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Confusing reporting may have misled Pistons fans about Malik Beasley

Related Topics: Shams Charania, Alex Schiffer

Many fans and pundits jumped to conclusions about Malik Beasley when it was reported he was under investigation for gambling and were just as quick to declare him innocent when reports emerged that the investigation was over, but it turns out they may have reacted too soon (again), as Beasley is not out of the woods yet.

Shams Charania, who is essentially the mouthpiece for the league and the face of its media for ESPN, first reported that Beasley was no longer the “target” of a federal investigation, which makes it seem as though he’d been declared innocent and cleared.