And we are back, folks, here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA online at the big 1050.com, Sam Webb.

Mr. Irointraub on the other side.

And NBA free agency is he.

The Detroit Pistons had a mission.

And the mission in free agency was first to take care of your own house.

To get your own house in order to lock your doors and to keep your own guys home if you could. Unfortunately, Ira,

they couldn't. One was out of their control and the other one I think was just the price tag was too high just wanted to get out

wanted to get out couldn't corral the one that you had no control over was malik beasley or is

malic beasley and i don't know what the what the future will hold.

Maybe there's a path forward.

I don't know what the timeline for the investigation is going to be.

I mean, is there a future where he's cleared in time for the season?

Is there a future where you get some clarity on the investigation, at least spanning the rest of the season?

I mean, have you got some inkling?

Like, hey, you know what?

This investigation is likely to go through the 25, 26 seasons.

It's already lasted 18 months, right?

So it went through, it went through the entire, the remainder of his season with the bucks.

So, you know, I think they started investigating him in, his season with the bucks.

So, you know, I think they started investigating him in December of the 20, the 23, 24 season.

And then it went all the way through the 24-25 season with the Pistons.

So who knows how long this investigation is going to take? If you got some indication that it was going to take another eight months, 10 months a year, then you could, you can sign him to another one-year deal.

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