Malik Beasley is no longer the target of a federal gambling investigation, prompting four NBA teams to express interest in the sharpshooter who shot 41.6% from three-point range last season. League sources indicate that the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons have contacted Beasley’s representation regarding a potential signing. The Pistons were expected to re-sign Beasley to a three-year, $42 million deal before the investigation emerged.<\/p>\n
However, Front Office Sports’ Alex Schiffer reported that Beasley still faces potential legal hurdles before returning to the league. The NBA is expected to conduct its own investigation into Beasley.<\/p>\n
None of the conversations have advanced to deal-making stages at this point. Teams continue monitoring Beasley’s situation while awaiting clarity on his availability.<\/p>\n
Beasley will seek a contract above the veteran minimum once cleared to play, sources say. His strong three-point shooting performance last season on high volume should command such compensation if off-court obstacles are resolved.<\/p>\n
Beasley’s availability has created late-summer intrigue in the free agent marketplace. Teams view his shooting ability as valuable despite the ongoing uncertainty surrounding his status.<\/p>\n
Beasley’s situation remains fluid as multiple parties await resolution of any remaining legal matters and the league’s internal review process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malik Beasley is no longer the target of a federal gambling investigation, prompting four NBA teams to express…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149440,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,43186,6,331],"class_list":{"0":"post-256034","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cleveland","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","13":"tag-malik-beasley-draws-interest-from-cavaliers-knicks-timberwolves-pistons","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-realgm-wiretap"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115109140116497850","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}