Report: NBA G Malik Beasley Subject Of Federal Gambling Probe

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


The accusations date to the 2023-24 season when Beasley was with the Milwaukee Bucks, among 6 groups 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 a 1 year, $6 million contract and is due to become a free agent when the new league year starts Monday night.


The NBA knows the allegations.


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


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


"An examination is not a charge," Beasley's lawyer, Steve Haney, told ESPN. "Malik is afforded the exact same right of the anticipation of innocence as anyone else under the U.S. Constitution. As of now he has not been charged with anything."


ESPN reported that since of the claims, conversations about a brand-new 3- year, $42 million agreement have actually halted.


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 helps per game while shooting 41.6 percent from three-point variety.


He has profession 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 went into a guilty plea to a felony charge of risks of . He was sentenced to 120 days in jail to be served after the 2020-21 season and was launched after 78 days.