Wolves’ Beasley suspended for felony gun threat
Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Malik Beasley has been suspended for 12 games without pay by the NBA for his recent guilty plea to a felony charge of threats of violence.
The league announced the punishment, which will begin with Minnesota’s game Saturday at Washington, on Thursday. Beasley is eligible to return March 27 against Houston.
Beasley, in his fifth NBA season, is averaging a careerbest 20.5 points per game.
He was sentenced earlier this month to 120 days in jail, which he can complete after the season, for the Sept. 26 incident, when he pointed a rifle outside his home in suburban Minneapolis at a family on a househunting tour. Police later found weapons and marijuana in the home.
Speaking at his remote sentencing, Beasley said, “I am not that person. I humbly apologize for my actions.”
Timberwolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas said the organization fully supports the suspension.
Jazz to look into allegation: The Utah Jazz said they will “thoroughly investigate” an allegation from former NBA player Elijah Millsap that longtime team executive Dennis Lindsey directed a bigoted statement toward him during an endofseason exit interview in 2015.
Millsap, the brother of former Jazz standout and current Denver forward Paul Millsap, made the allegation in a tweet Wednesday. Millsap alleged that Lindsey, then the team’s general manager, said “if u say one more word, I’ll cut your Black ass and send you back to Louisiana.”
Lindsey, now the team’s executive vice president, denied saying that.