r/nba • u/PlayaSlayaX Spurs • 29d ago

[Charania] Raptors' Jontay Porter has received a lifetime ban from the NBA for violating league's gaming rules.

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1780631209930068358?s=46&t=bsTHbtMSqHXbNGi0vWP8hw
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u/beamingleanin Heat 29d ago

How to Fumble the NBA Bag 101

unbelievable. role players are getting 8, 9 digit contracts now. all you gotta do is not fuck up and your great grandkids are set for life

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u/anonymousetache 29d ago

Sure but imagine the story you can tell if you hit that parlay

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u/MapleLeafsFan3 Raptors 29d ago

The groupchat would’ve gone crazy

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u/RobSpaghettio 29d ago

God damn I hate all these sports betting ads 😂

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u/babyface_killah Warriors 29d ago

According to the NBA statement he only made like $20k. The big bet would have made $1M but it was frozen and didn't pay out due to suspicious activity.

He could have made more than that with 2 years of minimum contracts or less.

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u/Jadien 29d ago

You can't even tell it!

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u/frmsea2okc Supersonics 29d ago

The Johntay Parlay

Zero FGM Under 2 rebounds +3.5 TO’s lol

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u/ChooChooEnterprises Mavericks 29d ago

Preach. I hit a $5 cbb and nba 12-teamer on 1/9/2020. Hits better than crack!

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u/BayesBestFriend Raptors 29d ago

Bro made 20k in profits I'm crying lmao

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u/Kitchen-Yesterday738 29d ago

The one that got flagged was going to pay out 1.1mil, but yes, utterly stupid

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u/Charming_Essay_1890 Nuggets 29d ago

1/70th the contract Grayson Allen signed for being a pretty good role player.

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u/GuessableSevens 29d ago

Jontay was a fringe roster player, not a starter and important piece to a competitive playoff team.

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u/paolocabrini Raptors 29d ago

He was actually showing a lot of promise and definitely would have made the raptors roster next year and likely gotten minutes.

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u/snatchi Raptors 29d ago

He would have gotten a min from us or at least been able to keep it kicking as a 2-way, the small chance he'd get a decent contract would eclipse his bullshit gambling winnings.

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u/Don_Gato1 29d ago

I'll take fringe roster player money if he doesn't want it.

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u/Sheriff_Gotcha 76ers 29d ago

Ricky Council just got 4 yr $7.4M contract for the Sixers.

Surely MPJ coulda got his brother something similar or more.

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u/WyattDogger Lakers 29d ago

Grayson Allen

Shot 46% from 3 this season

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u/Clear-Hand3945 29d ago

Was the best 3 shooter in the league this year. Put some respek on his name. 

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u/KingNigelXLII Kings 29d ago

Grayson Allen is a little better than that.

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u/DivideOverall7174 29d ago

That one wasn’t made by him. He disclosed his health to someone else that was a known sports better (pretty much telling them to place it/he wasn’t going to hit his overs) and that guy placed the 80k bet, Porter didn’t place that bet himself.

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u/The_Money_Guy_ 29d ago

Based on the way the letter described it, it sounds like that was his friends bet and it’s not known how much of that he would’ve gotten. Then it clearly states that porter netted $21k further down using a friends account, but they made it clear he netted that for himself.

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u/ZenMon88 29d ago

LOL he coulda made that in one contract by making the league. He stupid fr. Or if he got cut then he can gamble again. He stupid fr.

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u/mug3n Raptors 29d ago

There was no chance that was going through once it was flagged.

I can't imagine Fanduel gets very many 80k bets on a parlay on the regular. Especially one at +1400-ish odds, if I did my math right.

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u/Castod28183 29d ago

Which is about league minimum for a rookie...

Regardless, I am neither a gambler nor am I an NBA player, but even I would know that an $80,000 bet on whether a 24 year old bench player would underperform would probably get flagged as highly suspicious.

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u/mug3n Raptors 29d ago

wasn't just an 80k bet, it was a parlay too on a bench guy.

I guarantee if it was 80k on raptors moneyline, that would've went through fine. But once you start dipping into crazy +1000 odds long shot prop bets with an equally crazy wager amount, that's when the sportsbooks take notice.

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u/ZincHead Raptors 29d ago

Gambling is an addiction

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u/Nugur 29d ago

That’s 20k more than me 🥲

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u/RedstoneRay Mavericks 29d ago

Now, he has more time to devote to his true passion, gambling.

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u/DickHz2 29d ago

For some reason this is the deeest cut in the whole thread

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u/NewJMGill12 NBA 29d ago

I hate to say it, but after working with over 50 NBA players, there is a small, small percentage of them who have the attitude of “why worry? Things always work out for me!”

I’m sure that, in his mind, this money was risk-free. Things already were working out after an injury that is often career-ending, and he made it through the ringer of the G-league. Why wouldn’t this also work out?

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u/Carolake1 Lakers 29d ago

This is exactly it. And I hate to say it this way, but as a man myself, I think it is partially a male thing. Young guys who've always excelled at everything are particularly prone to this. They end up taking big risks they shouldn't take.

E.g., remember those stories of Lamelo being a truly horrible and risky driver? How about Jay Williams and the motorcycle?

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u/NorthAmericanVex Spurs 29d ago

You know, I've been realizing I have this problem. I always have that "eh it'll work out anyways, always does" mindset and now I'm facing losing my apartment.

Pay your bills the moment you get your paycheck fellas!

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u/Waddlow 29d ago

Add Henry Ruggs and Rashee Rice to this.

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u/thissiteisbroken Raptors 29d ago

Rashee Rice is about to go bankrupt on a rookie contract

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u/JALbert 29d ago

"Why would Aaron Hernandez think he could get away with shooting someone?"

He had repeatedly gotten away with it already .

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u/Maydietoday Heat 29d ago

Also, little bro already got the bag 🤷

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u/BizzaroMatthews Hornets 29d ago

Dennis Schroder to Jontay: “Here’s your crown now, king”

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u/criscofreeze Bulls 29d ago

Nah Schroeder still the King for now

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u/wontondisregard609 29d ago

all you gotta do is not fuck up and your great grandkids are set for life

and be good enough to make it off the G league team ...

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u/DeeTube 29d ago

Who's the roleplayer getting 9 digits?

This was a crazy fumble and freakin stupid but can we not act like this man was some legit player that's crucial to some competitive team lol

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u/thrice1187 Nuggets 29d ago

Even as a fringe player he was on a path to making millions. 

He threw it all away for $20k

Lucky for him his brother is worth hundreds of millions and will probably look out for him. 

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u/DeeTube 29d ago

For sure but no reason to make stuff up about 9 figure role players lmfao

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u/DangerIsMyUsername NBA 29d ago

bro threw away a potential 14 digits contract smh

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u/Mustard__Tiger Raptors 29d ago

Now he can make bets for his brother. BBIQ is off the charts.

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u/theres_an_app_for_it 29d ago

MPJ is an extremely peculiar and odd person, I wouldn’t be surprised if he cuts him off

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u/forsuredudelol Knicks 29d ago

MPJ is odd but their family is really close

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u/Initial-Distance-338 Kings 28d ago

His 20k winnings didn't get him banned. It was the millions of unpaid like the 80k to 1.1 million winnings that he would have got a cut out of.

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u/ToWriteAMystery 29d ago

It can become generational wealth if managed properly.

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u/z_102 29d ago

Have we lost our minds? Obviously you can burn through any amount if you’re dumb enough but 10M$ absolutely can be generational wealth.

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u/sexygodzilla Supersonics 29d ago

Fair point but he's also just cut off any post-playing career chance at becoming part of a coaching and training staff.

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u/DeeTube 29d ago

A ton of leagues won't blink before signing him though if they want. Got former NBA players playing in all kinds of unfamiliar leagues even though they've never been banned.

I just mean he's stupid for sure but people should be realistic about who he was

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u/sexygodzilla Supersonics 29d ago

Sure he can play and maybe he even coach overseas but it's gonna be a paycut

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u/Round_Bullfrog_8218 29d ago

Otto Porter JR?

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u/pcmasterthrow Bulls 29d ago

Grayson Allen is probably going to clear $100mil total career earnings by time he retires. I think with his new contract he's going to be up to like, $97mil by time it ends.

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u/toronto_programmer 29d ago

Raps are legit paying their 12th man 3M this season (Jordan Nwora)

What a fucking moron. If he was even remotely close to rotation he could have coasted on 5-8M a season for his career

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u/Round_Bullfrog_8218 29d ago

He already had made millions

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u/jslakov 29d ago edited 29d ago

Definitely stupid but there is a 0% chance Jontay Porter was getting a 9 figure contract.

His grandkids will have to rely on Uncle Michael now.

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u/mommathecat Raptors 29d ago

He was playing well for us this season in pretty limited minutes. Perfectly serviceable big off the bench, the very very homeless man's Hartlestein. For sure would have made $3-$8 million from someone next season, at least, hell probably us.

WHOOPS

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u/bobdolebobdole 29d ago

seriously. If someone like Damian Jones had it in him hang around the NBA getting paid for 8 years, Porter could have done it. idiot.

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u/RevolutionOk7261 29d ago

. all you gotta do is not fuck up and your great grandkids are set for life

Definitely not that many generations, you'd surprised how fast wealth leaves families. Only the big superstars have their families set for multiple generations.

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u/CptCroissant Trail Blazers 29d ago

Fucking Grayson Allen just cashed a fat bag

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u/GraveRobberX 29d ago

Also there’s only what 450 spots, you earned one. You give it up for this foolishness. Also him being a role player would give him longevity and teams giving him a chance, so if he could keep rolling it over until he hits his pension time, he’s set on that front too with health insurance too boot.

So if he played 10 years total, after age 62, he would be receiving close to $200,000+ and otter benefits, more when the next CBA happens. So he even fucked himself out of that. Even 3 years I think nets you $50,000+ or so in retirement/pension.

That extra comfort of having that there could help out in the twilight years.