NBA free agent Malik Beasley under investigation regarding gambling allegations, AP source says
DETROIT AP NBA free agent Malik Beasley is under analysis by the U S District Attorney s office regarding gambling statements tied to league games a person familiar with the situation reported 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 examination NBA spokesman Mike Bass reported in a report issued to the AP and other outlets on Sunday ESPN was the first to assessment on the study There have been no charges against Malik Steve Haney Beasley s attorney notified the AP It s just an probe 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 scrutiny The probe into Beasley comes months after the NBA banned Toronto s Jontay Porter who was linked to a prop bet probe and eventually pleaded guilty to committing wire fraud This past season The Wall Street Journal was first to analysis that Terry Rozier then of the Charlotte Hornets was under study for activity related to exceptional betting patterns surrounding him in a March tournament 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 player will reach a certain statistical standard or not during a challenge The Porter scrutiny 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 contest on March against Sacramento The league determined that Porter gave a bettor information about his own wellbeing status prior that competition and announced 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 broadcasted announced 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 encounter during the - season with the Timberwolves The Atlanta native played at Florida State and the Nuggets drafted him No overall in
