Breaking: Malik Beasley is no longer a target of the federal gambling investigation conducted by the Eastern District of New York, his attorneys Steve Haney and Mike Schachter told ESPN. This potentially reopens free agency for one of the NBA’s top shooters. pic.twitter.com/elbC09hprW

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 22, 2025

The Brooklyn Nets have made plenty of moves this offseason as they seek to rebuild the roster into the kind of team that can compete for titles once again. At the moment, Brooklyn has made some moves to brighten the future of the franchise, but there is the possibility of them being able to add one of the NBA’s best shooters.

ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Friday that Detroit Pistons guard Malik Beasley, who is an unrestricted free-agent this summer, is no longer the target of a federal gambling investigation that had put his free-agency on hold. Charania did note in his report that while Beasley is no longer a target of the investigation, the sharpshooter’s free-agency could “potentially” be re-opened.

Charania reported earlier in the summer that Beasley, who was coming off one of the best years of his career last season with the Pistons, was looking to sign a three-year, $42 million deal to return to the Pistons. Unfortunately, the gambling investigation has potentially cost Beasley millions of dollars, but that is assuming that a team like the Nets wouldn’t take the chance that he could repeat what he did last season.

Beasley, 28, averaged 16.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per game while shooting 43.0% from the field and 41.6% from three-point land for a Detroit team that made it to the first round of the playoffs. Brooklyn had just two players from last season that shot a better percentage from deep than Beasley: forward Dariq Whitehead (44.6%) and forward Dorian Finney-Smith (43.5%), whom Brooklyn traded to the Los Angeles Lakers prior to the trade deadline.

Per Spotrac’s Keith Smith, the Pistons can only offer Beasley $7.2 million due to their lack of cap space, meaning that there are eight teams that can give Beasley more money, including the Nets. Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks made it clear that he will keep his options open throughout this rebuild and if Beasley can be had for less than the $14 million AAV he was looking at prior to his investigation, that could be a chance for Marks to pounce.

Here are the teams that could offer Malik Beasley more than the $7.2M DET can offer using his Non-Bird rights:

BKN: $15M in cap space
CHA: $14.1M NTMLE
CHI: $14.1M NTMLE
IND: $13.5M of NTMLE
MIA: $7.3M of NTMLE
OKC: $8.5M of NTMLE
SAC: $7.3M of NTMLE
WAS: $14.1M NTMLE

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— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) August 22, 2025