Overview
- The NBA has asked several franchises to provide documents, phone records and devices as part of an expanded investigation into illegal betting schemes, according to multiple reports.
- At least 10 Lakers staffers are expected to be contacted, and assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims have voluntarily turned over their phones, reports say.
- League officials stress that preservation requests are standard procedure and that cooperation to date has been full, with no implication of wrongdoing for those contacted.
- The probe follows Justice Department cases that charged Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones, with prosecutors alleging Jones sold non‑public injury information about two Lakers players; Jones has pleaded not guilty.
- After briefings on Capitol Hill, the NBA is reviewing gambling safeguards, including potential changes to injury‑status reporting and related team protocols.