Former NBA player Malik Beasley pleads not guilty in NYC sports betting case ⁠11%

By John Annese⁠58%

7/1/2026, 11:05:16 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Fundamental Attribution Error, Appeal to Emotion, and Anecdotal, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 28.8% saturation with 95 hits. Analysis detected 448 faulty-reasoning hits from 330 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 27.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠11% (19,019 of 21,197 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 89.70% of the article peer group.

Former NBA player Malik Beasley may be accused of rigging pro basketball games, but at least he picks up when his mother calls — most of the time. 
The 29-year-old former baller’s actor parents signed off on his $100,000 bond at a hearing in Brooklyn Federal Court Wednesday, where his mom told a judge Beasley mostly picks up the phone when she calls. 
“I probably call him every day. 
He may not answer every day,” said Dorinda Beasley. 
“If I call him six days a week he probably answers five times.” 
“That's a pretty good ratio,” Magistrate Judge Taryn Merkl told the 6-foot-4 guard, as he put his head down and smiled. 
Beasley and co-defendant Paolo Zamorano, 39, pleaded not guilty to wire fraud conspiracy, bribery in sporting contests, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy. 
Both were released on $100,000 bond. 
Beasley is accused of fixing three games in 2024, when he played for the Milwaukee Bucks. 
Davis, a former teammate of Beasley on the Minnesota Timberwolves, acted as his “gatekeeper,” and the two decided which games Beasley would underperform and overperform in when it came to statistics like rebounds and points scored, according to the indictment against them. 
He’d then give online gamblers the heads-up so they could place "prop bets" on Beasley’s performance, the feds allege. 
As part of the arrangement, Beasley’s gambling debts to Davis would be reduced or paid off, the feds allege. 
Zamorano, a former Division I men’s college basketball player, was Davis’ former agent. 
Three others are also charged in the case. 
Beasley’s lawyer, Jason Goldman, said he looks forward to fighting the charges. 
"He's presumed innocent and that has to mean something, obviously," Goldman said. 
"There's a bigger conversation here about the industry, about individuals and institutions that are profiting millions of dollars and fuel addiction. 
And a larger, larger conversation needs to happen at some point." 
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330 words analyzed.

Speakers

3speakers32%attributed speech225writer words
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Writer's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 28 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 35 words • 0.0% coverageDorinda Beasley • 6 words • 0.0% coverageDorinda Beasley • 9 words • 0.0% coverageDorinda Beasley • 13 words • 0.0% coverageTaryn Merkl • 21 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 26 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 42 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 0.0% coverageJason Goldman • 12 words • 0.0% coverageJason Goldman • 12 words • 0.0% coverageJason Goldman • 21 words • 0.0% coverageJason Goldman • 11 words • 0.0% coverage
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Taryn Merkl

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21 attributed words20% of attributed speech61% writer coverage
0%7.5%15.0%Biased Writer Voice-12.4 ptsWriter: 12.4%Taryn Merkl: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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