Report: NBA G Malik Beasley Subject Of Federal Gambling Probe
Guard Malik Beasley is under in connection with claims that he was tied to gambling activity on NBA games and prop bets, ESPN reported Sunday.
The accusations date to the 2023-24 season when Beasley was with the Milwaukee Bucks, one of 6 groups he has actually bet since the Denver Nuggets chose him No. 19 total in the 2016 NBA Draft.
He spent the 2024-25 season with the Detroit Pistons on an one-year, $6 million contract and is due to become a free agent when the new league year begins Monday night.
The NBA knows the allegations.
"We are working together with the federal district attorneys' investigation," NBA spokesperson Mike Bass told ESPN.
Beginning around January 2024, one U.S. sportsbook saw an sharp upturn in betting on Beasley's data, such as rebounds per game, per the report.
"An examination is not a charge," Beasley's attorney, Steve Haney, informed ESPN. "Malik is afforded the same right of the presumption of innocence as anybody else under the U.S. Constitution. Currently he has not been charged with anything."
ESPN reported that due to the fact that of the allegations, discussions about a new 3- year, $42 million agreement have actually halted.
Beasley, 28, appeared in all 82 video games (18 starts) last season with the Pistons and averaged 16.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 helps per game while shooting 41.6 percent from three-point variety.
He has career averages of 11.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.4 helps with the Nuggets (2016-20), Minneapolis Timberwolves (2020-22), Utah Jazz (2022-23), Los Angeles Lakers (2023 ), Bucks (2023-24) and Pistons.
The NBA suspended Beasley for 12 games in 2021 after he got in a guilty plea to a felony charge of risks of violence. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail to be served after the 2020-21 season and was launched after 78 days.