One of the biggest sports stories in recent memory revolves around the massive NBA gambling scandal that became public right after the 2025 NBA season started. The scandal involves rigged poker games and point shaving in sports gambling, shaking the foundation of the league.
Initially, Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones, and Terry Rozier were arrested for their involvement, but authorities hint that more arrests could be imminent.
Sports investigative reporter Pablo Torre, known for leading major stories in the sports world—especially the NBA, such as the alleged “fake” company paying Kawhi Leonard—has recently been digging deeper into this scandal. Torre has uncovered a significant connection between current NBA player Malik Beasley and Ammar Flappy Awawdeh, suggesting that Awawdeh might be cooperating with investigators to help bring more implicated players to justice.
Torre elaborated on the situation, stating:
“Some of the outstanding questions in this enormous NBA nightmare relate to Malik Beasley. Because, of course, Malik Beasley, you should know, happened to join the Lakers roster on February 9th, 2023. The same day, Lakers assistant Damon Jones was allegedly texting inside information to get a big bet on Milwaukee tonight to an unidentified co-conspirator number nine, described in the indictment only as a resident of Brooklyn.”
The plot thickens with the involvement of Ammar Flappy Awawdeh, who is Malik Beasley’s cousin. This family connection adds another layer of intrigue, especially if Beasley becomes the next active NBA player to face legal trouble.
Beasley himself commented on the situation:
“Malik Beasley, you may recall, is also the player that the cousin of Ammar Flappy Awawdeh, a resident of Brooklyn, had been tweeting about months before the federal investigation into Beasley was ever publicly mentioned. But months after, Ammar Flappy Awawdeh turned himself into the feds, joining the other charter members of that Jontay Porter group chat, only to very curiously not be named as a defendant in the government’s NBA betting indictment when it got unsealed last week.”
By connecting the dots, Torre suggests that Ammar Flappy Awawdeh is likely cooperating with the FBI in an effort to catch different NBA players involved in the betting scandal. He also hinted that Malik Beasley might be the next player under scrutiny.
As this story continues to unfold, the NBA community and fans alike will be watching closely to see what developments lie ahead in this far-reaching gambling scandal.
https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-news-torre-connects-the-dots-on-malik-beasley-link-to-nba-betting-scandal
