Overview
- The NBA retained Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to run the inquiry and has told teams to preserve and produce records, including phones.
- Investigators are expected to seek phones and phone records from at least 10 Lakers employees, with assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims already cooperating.
- Multiple franchises were contacted after DOJ indictments tied NBA figures to illegal betting and rigged poker schemes, and defendants have pleaded not guilty.
- Prosecutors allege former Lakers staffer Damon Jones sold nonpublic injury information on two Lakers players; LeBron James, Mancias and Mims are not charged or named in filings.
- The league is evaluating tighter injury-reporting rules as Congress presses for briefings and documents on integrity safeguards and sportsbook relationships.