Sources – Pistons’ Malik Beasley subject of federal gambling probe
Federal authorities are investigating the Strait Pistons Malik Beasley goalkeeper on game claims related to NBA games and propeller bets, ESPN said on Sunday.
The allegations come from the 2023-24 season, when Beasley played for the Milwaukee Bucks, sources said. Beasley collected an average of 11.3 points in 79 games this season, during which he made a career summit of 77 departures.
At least a large American sports book has detected unusually heavy Paris interests on Beasley’s statistics from January 2024, a source from the game industry told David Pardum d’Espn.
A source from the game industry underlined a match between the Bucks and the Portland Trail Blazers on January 31, 2024. The chances of Beasley recorded less than 2.5 rebounds have moved considerably in sports books before the match, shortening about +120 to approximately -250 due to an increase in action. Beasley finished with six rebounds and the bets deemed unusual lost.
“An investigation is not an accusation,” said Beasley’s lawyer Steve Haney. “Malik has the same right of the presumption of innocence as anyone under the American Constitution. For the moment, he has not been accused of nothing.”
Haney told ABC News in a brief telephone interview on Sunday afternoon that he had been in contact with the prosecutors of the American prosecutor in the Oriental District of New York, which he understood at the head of the investigation.
Beasley, 28, and the pistons were in talks on a $ 42 million contract over three years to bring the elite shooter of the free agent to Detroit, but now the talks are on a break, sources said.
The Pistons told ESPN on Sunday that they were aware of an investigation into Beasley and reported more comments to the NBA.
“We cooperate with the investigation of federal prosecutors,” said NBA spokesman Mike Bass, in ESPN.
The nine -year -old veteran collected an average of 16.3 points while appearing in the 82 games last season, his first with the pistons. He made 319 3 points, the most of a season in the history of the Pistons franchise.
Last year, the former Toronto Raptors striker, Jontay Porter, was banned by the NBA after an investigation by the League found that Porter revealed confidential information to sports betting and bet on matches.
Earlier this year, it was announced that the goalkeeper of Miami Heat Terry Rozier was under federal survey for activities related to unusual Paris models that surround him in a March 2023 match when he played for the Charlotte Hornets. Rozier was not accused of any crime, and he made no sanction of the NBA.
In 2020, when Beasley played for the Minnesota Timberwolves, he pleaded guilty to an accusation of threats of violence and was sentenced to 120 days in prison, which he served after the 2020-21 season. He was also suspended for 12 games by the NBA in 2021 following the guilt.
Beasley has been a companion since he spent his first six seasons with the Denver Nuggets and Timberwolves; The pistons were his fifth team in four years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
