NBA seeks cell phones from multiple teams, including Lakers, in gambling investigation: Sources
The NBA has asked multiple teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, to hand over documents and other property as part of its investigation into illegal sports gambling, six league sources told The Athletic.
The league, under scrutiny from Congress, is seeking new information based on the federal charges brought last month by the Department of Justice.
Committees from the House and the Senate asked the NBA why it did not uncover credible evidence that players and coaches participated in a scheme to use private information to help bettors win money after Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were arrested and charged last month. NBA officials made the case to a congressional committee that the league was taking the charges seriously, and through the outside law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, began contacting teams asking for access to cell phones, among other items.
As a result of the charges filed against Damon Jones, a former NBA player and LeBron James’ former shooting coach who had special access to the Lakers, Wachtell investigators are expected to seek documents, including cell phones and phone records, from at least 10 Lakers employees, league sources told The Athletic. Per league sources, Lakers assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims are among the employees who are already cooperating and who voluntarily handed their cell phones over to investigators.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6810632/2025/11/15/lakers-nba-gambling-investigation-congress-damon-jones/
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