Fans of the Detroit Pistons have been quietly waiting for news that the team had re-signed Malik Beasley, but it appears their Plan B will have to wait.
According to EuroHoops.net via Nova.rs, Beasley is close to signing a 6-month contract to finish out the season with Partizan Belgrade, a team in the Serbian league.
Beasley is still embroiled in multiple gambling investigations, so hasn’t been able to get work in the NBA even though he was 2nd in the 6th Man of the Year awards last season as well as in made 3-pointers.
But he’s still not cleared to play in the NBA, so a 6-month deal worth a reported $2 million is a payday that is too tempting to pass up, especially when it doesn’t appear Beasley is going to be cleared to play this season anyway.