Report: NBA G Malik Beasley Subject Of Federal Gambling Probe

Guard Malik Beasley is under federal examination in connection with accusations that he was connected to gambling activity on NBA video games and prop bets, ESPN reported Sunday.


The claims date to the 2023-24 season when Beasley was with the Milwaukee Bucks, among six teams he has actually bet since the Denver Nuggets chose him No. 19 total in the 2016 NBA Draft.


He invested the 2024-25 season with the Detroit Pistons on an one-year, $6 million agreement and is due to end up being a totally free representative when the new league year starts Monday evening.


The NBA knows the claims.


"We are cooperating with the federal prosecutors' examination," NBA spokesperson Mike Bass informed ESPN.


Beginning around January 2024, one U.S. sportsbook saw an sharp upturn in banking on Beasley's stats, such as rebounds per video game, per the report.


"An examination is not a charge," Beasley's lawyer, Steve Haney, informed ESPN. "Malik is managed the very same right of the anticipation of innocence as anybody else under the U.S. Constitution. Currently he has actually not been charged with anything."


ESPN reported that since of the claims, about a new 3- year, $42 million contract have actually stopped.


Beasley, 28, appeared in all 82 games (18 starts) last season with the Pistons and balanced 16.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 helps per video 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 video games in 2021 after he got in a guilty plea to a felony charge of threats of violence. He was sentenced to 120 days in prison to be served after the 2020-21 season and was launched after 78 days.