Ahead of the opening of NBA free agency negotiations on June 30, the NBA reached out to the Detroit Pistons to let them know about the pending investigation into guard Malik Beasley. It had been assumed that Detroit would do what was necessary to re-sign Beasley, who was coming off a strong season for the team in 2024-25.
With Beasley under investigation for gambling concerns related to NBA games, Detroit pivoted to other players in free agency. The Pistons have agreed to sign Caris LeVert, sign-and-trade for Duncan Robinson and to re-sign Paul Reed.
The gambling investigation is just the latest in a long line of off-court issues for Beasley since he entered the NBA. When the Minnesota Timberwolves traded Beasley to the Utah Jazz, they had worried that he’d be able to keep his off-court life on the straight and narrow.
