NBA free agent Malik Beasley under investigation regarding gambling allegations, AP source says
DETROIT AP NBA free agent Malik Beasley is under probe by the U S District Attorney s office regarding gambling charges tied to league games a person familiar with the situation communicated The Associated Press on Sunday The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the matter We are cooperating with the federal prosecutors scrutiny NBA spokesman Mike Bass reported in a declaration issued to the AP and other outlets on Sunday ESPN was the first to account on the analysis There have been no charges against Malik Steve Haney Beasley s attorney notified the AP It s just an study at this point We hope people reserve judgement until he s charged or if he s charged It s not uncommon for there to be a federal study The probe into Beasley comes months after the NBA banned Toronto s Jontay Porter who was linked to a prop bet assessment and eventually pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud This past season The Wall Street Journal was first to overview that Terry Rozier then of the Charlotte Hornets was under review for activity related to unique betting patterns surrounding him in a March meeting Rozier now of the Miami Heat has not been charged with any crime nor has he faced any sanction from the NBA Porter s ban came after a similar examination into his performance and prop bets wagers where bettors can choose whether a contestant will reach a certain statistical standard or not during a tournament The Porter study started once the league learned from licensed sports betting operators and an organization that monitors legal betting markets about rare gambling patterns surrounding Porter s performance in a competition on March against Sacramento The league determined that Porter gave a bettor information about his own strength status prior that meeting and disclosed that another individual known to be an NBA bettor placed an bet that Porter would not hit the numbers set for him in parlays through an online sports book That bet would have won million Beasley signed last year with the Pistons taking a one-year contract for million in the hopes of cashing in this summer as a free agent A second person speaking to AP on condition of anonymity because no deal was revealed disclosed Detroit was very interested in re-signing Beasley to a multi-year contract this summer Those talks might be in jeopardy given the uncertainty regarding the federal probe He made a single-season franchise-record -pointers in the regular season He helped Detroit make the playoffs for the first time since and end an NBA-record -game postseason losing streak in the first round against the New York Knicks Beasley averaged points last season and has averaged points over his career with Denver Minnesota Utah the Los Angeles Lakers Milwaukee and Detroit He scored a career-high points a competition during the - season with the Timberwolves The Atlanta native played at Florida State and the Nuggets drafted him No overall in
