Feds Investigating Pistons Guard Malik Beasley Over Gambling Associated With NBA Games

Have all you heard about the latest drama with Pistons guard Malik Beasley? Apparently, the Feds are investigating him over some shady gambling stuff related to NBA games and prop bets. How crazy is that? I mean, we’ve seen some wild scandals in the NBA before, but this one is really heating up.

This is definitely a big deal. I mean, gambling on NBA games is a serious offense, especially for a player. The league has strict rules about that kind of stuff, so if Beasley is found guilty, he could be in some real hot water.

The allegations are from the 2023-24 season, when Beasley played for the Milwaukee Bucks, sources said. Beasley averaged 11.3 points in 79 games that season, during which he made a career-high 77 starts.

At least one prominent U.S. sportsbook detected unusually heavy betting interest on Beasley’s statistics beginning around January 2024, a gambling industry source told ESPN’s David Purdum.

A gambling industry source pointed to a game between the Bucks and the Portland Trail Blazers on Jan. 31, 2024. The odds on Beasley recording fewer than 2.5 rebounds moved significantly at sportsbooks before the game, shortening from around +120 to around -250 due to a surge of action on the under. Beasley finished with six rebounds, and the bets that were deemed unusual lost.

“An investigation is not a charge,” Beasley’s attorney, Steve Haney, told ESPN. “Malik is afforded the same right of the presumption of innocence as anyone else under the U.S. Constitution. As of now he has not been charged with anything.”

Haney told ABC News in a brief phone interview Sunday afternoon that he has been in touch with prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of New York, which he understands is leading the investigation.

The Pistons told ESPN on Sunday that they are aware of an investigation into Beasley and are deferring further comment to the NBA.

“We are cooperating with the federal prosecutors’ investigation,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass told ESPN.

But hey, let’s not jump to conclusions just yet. Maybe there’s more to the story that we don’t know about. Either way, this is definitely a situation worth keeping an eye on.

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