Overview
- Investigators retained by the NBA have requested documents and device access from several clubs, with an evidence-preservation push now reaching beyond a single team.
- At least 10 Lakers employees are expected to be asked for cell phones and phone records, according to multiple reports citing league sources.
- Lakers assistant trainer Mike Mancias and executive administrator Randy Mims have voluntarily turned over their phones, and neither they nor LeBron James have been charged.
- The league’s review follows indictments that accuse former player and ex-Lakers associate Damon Jones of selling non-public injury information, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
- The NBA is evaluating tighter injury-reporting rules and broader integrity safeguards as officials field inquiries from Congress and coordinate with outside counsel Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.