Report: NBA G Malik Beasley Subject Of Federal Gambling Probe

Guard Malik Beasley is under federal examination in connection with allegations that he was tied to gaming activity on NBA 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 bet considering that the Denver Nuggets selected him No. 19 overall in the 2016 NBA Draft.


He spent the 2024-25 season with the Detroit Pistons on an one-year, $6 million agreement and is because of become a free representative when the brand-new league year begins Monday evening.


The NBA knows the accusations.


"We are complying with the federal district attorneys' investigation," NBA representative Mike Bass told ESPN.


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


"An examination is not a charge," Beasley's attorney, Steve Haney, informed ESPN. "Malik is paid for the exact 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 agreement have stopped.


Beasley, 28, appeared in all 82 games (18 starts) last season with the Pistons and averaged 16.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game while shooting 41.6 percent from three-point range.


He has career averages of 11.7 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists 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 went into a guilty plea to a felony charge of threats of violence. He was sentenced to 120 days in jail to be served after the 2020-21 season and was released after 78 days.