Former North Carolina forward and first-round NBA Draft pick Ed Davis has been indicted in the U.S. government’s widening sports gambling investigation.
Davis, who has been out of the NBA since 2022, was among those placing bets on the performance of Milwaukee Bucks guard Malik Beasley. While playing for the Bucks in 2024, Beasley allegedly altered his performances based on individual player prop bets.
The indictment from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York alleges that Beasley amassed millions of dollars in gambling debt over a span of multiple years.
Davis, a 2010 lottery pick who played 12 season in the NBA, allegedly loaned him money to cover those debts. As part of a betting scheme with…