Both ESPN and New York Times are reporting that the NBA has opened a wide-ranging investigation into tampering, looking into both improper inducements as well as the timing of some of the earliest deals.
ESPN did not mention the Nets agreements with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving but the Times did, noting how the Nets got agreements worth a third of a billion dollars.
Both claimed the investigation was an outgrowth of tense meeting of the NBA’s Board of Governors last week in Las Vegas. The owners of many small market teams claimed they were put at a disadvantage.