NBA Gambling Accusations & Fan Reactions

Boomer & Gio

Audacy

Sports, News

4.2 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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We continued talking and taking calls on Malik Beasley’s gambling accusations and the effect on fans if they know guys are throwing games. A caller said you can fix your own prop bets as a player, and still win the game so what’s the big deal.

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0:00.0	Don and Merrick. What's going on, Don?
0:03.5	Gio, this is Ali's uncle. I felt compelled to call.
0:07.6	Hey, what's going on, Don?
0:11.7	I can't believe you don't think that if gambling becomes more pervasive in the NBA,
0:18.7	that it impacts the credibility, and regular people like me will stop watching the sport.
0:24.7	If that doesn't impact the NBA, I don't know what will.
0:26.9	Yeah, but Don, how much you're watching it now?
0:30.5	It's painful to watch regular season basketball.
0:33.4	I'm an old Nick's fan from way back when.
0:38.6	So you're not watching anyway.
0:41.3	I do watch.
0:42.9	Okay.
0:43.4	I do watch.
0:44.2	But if I know somebody's throwing a game, I'm not interested.
0:47.2	All right, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let me, let's like somebody kicking a ball in the rough.
0:51.5	Don, you kick the ball in the rough.
0:52.9	I'm not going to catch you anymore.
0:54.9	Don, listen.
1:00.1	You found out that Malik Beasley after the fact was fixing a game.
1:02.3	You're not watching the game knowing someone's fixing the game.
1:06.5	And also, if the Knicks make it to the playoffs, you said it's painful regular season basketball, or you're a big Knicks fan.
1:07.7	The Knicks make it to the playoffs. You're not putting on the playoff series because Malik Beasley fix some prop bets the previous year?
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