Former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones is set to become the first person to plead guilty in a wide-ranging US gambling investigation that resulted in the arrests of more than 30 individuals, including alleged organised crime figures and basketball personalities. A change-of-plea hearing is scheduled for 28 April in Brooklyn federal court, where Jones faces charges of wire fraud conspiracy and money-laundering conspiracy across two separate indictments — one involving rigged poker games and another alleging he sold insider injury information about Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis to sports bettors. The case, which also ensnared Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, has exposed alleged links between professional basketball circles and New York crime families including the Gambino, Genovese, and Bonanno organisations.