District attorney investigating Pistons' Beasley on gambling allegations

The United States District Attorney's office is investigating gambling allegations against Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley relating to bets placed on NBA games and prop bets, according to ESPN's Shams Charania.

The allegations involving Beasley are from the 2023-24 season when he played for the Milwaukee Bucks, sources told Charania.

An NBA spokesperson told Charania that the league is "cooperating with the federal prosecutors' investigation."

"An investigation is not a charge," Steve Haney, Beasley's attorney, said in a statement to Charania. "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."

Beasley, a pending free agent, was reportedly in serious talks with the Pistons about re-signing on a three-year, $42-million deal. However, those discussions have been paused amid the investigation, Charania adds.

The Atlanta native appeared in 79 games (77 starts) during the 2023-24 season, his lone year with Milwaukee. He averaged 11.3 points and 3.7 boards that year while shooting 44.3% from the field and 41.3% from behind the arc. Beasley had signed a one-year deal worth around $2.7 million with the Bucks ahead of that campaign.

The 28-year-old moved from Milwaukee to Detroit last summer on a one-year, $6-million contract. He helped the Pistons end a six-year playoff drought as the team's sixth man, averaging 16.3 points and 2.6 rebounds per game while shooting over 41% from three-point range across 82 regular-season games in 2024-25.

Beasley has played for six teams during his nine-year NBA career. The Denver Nuggets drafted Beasley 19th overall in 2016.