It has been over three months since the NBA opened a tampering investigation into the Bulls’ sign-and-trade acquisition of Lonzo Ball from the Pelicans (along with the Heat’s Kyle Lowry move). ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported over the weekend that the investigation is in its “advanced stages,” and the findings and any penalties should be announced “in the near future.”
God only knows why this has taken so long (the investigation into the Bucks last season took nowhere near this long), but here’s what Woj wrote about the investigation:
The NBA has conducted numerous interviews with team executives and player agents and has gathered electronic messaging of front-office executives of four teams — Chicago, New Orleans, Miami and Toronto — over the past three months, sources said.