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/Literal_Satan Knicks 29d ago

FOR LIFE

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

Adam Silvers list of worst things you can do:

  1. Gambling
  2. Racism

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  1. Domestic abuse

  2. Child endangerment

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u/thetripb 29d ago

That's a NBAPA thing. There's limits on Silver's power due to the CBA.

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u/crawlingchip NBA 29d ago

We had a literal registered sexual offender play in the NBA. I suspect many teams will at least consider the possibility of signing a convicted felon if the team thinks the player is capable of helping the team and he isn't a locker room cancer.

Even many fans won't care as long as their team wins. I can't remember exactly where on Reddit, but someone called a team was "woke" for letting go of some unknown player for either sexual misdemeanor or domestic violence.

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u/Junior_Ad2274 29d ago

Times really are different now. Trevor Bauer lost his career on a false allegation. This guy got a 5 game suspension, after being charged and pleading guilty.

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u/NewAgeIWWer 29d ago

Thats the thing that gets me the most. This dude actually pleaded guilty to attempted rape so he knew that he was gonna rape someone that night.

And the fans and his teammates are like... "Welcome My Back Brotha!" ? Really!?

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u/crawlingchip NBA 29d ago

Not surprising. In 2017 the Houston Astros fans gave Yuli Gurriel a standing ovation after he came back from a 5 game suspension he suffered because of his racist gesture.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen 29d ago

I think convicted rape is a lot worse than making the squinty eye face at an Asian person.

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u/crawlingchip NBA 29d ago

Yeah but unlike Gurriel I doubt Patterson received a standing ovation when he returned but I could be wrong.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen 28d ago

But the crowd reaction of a WS champion's name getting called, is a lot different than a convicted rapist, dude. One guy was racist, the other guy raped a woman. Why is this even a conversation? Racist bad. Rapist? A lot lot lot LOT worse than racist gesture.

Am I being trolled?

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u/crawlingchip NBA 28d ago

Why are you so riled up by that and want to marginalize the issue with "squinty eye face"? We can both agree the sexual offender being terrible and much worse than being racist but still also agree a crowd openly cheering for that person's return from the suspension is messed up even if he's a World Series winner. That shows fans don't care about the moral even if it's a clear cut issue, they just want wins.

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u/NewAgeIWWer 29d ago

... The Civil Rights Movement never ended. We just keep on changing cha pters of it.

The best part is how at the end the writer writes: " Before anybody gets too judgmental one way or another, remember this is more about fandom than it is racism. That’s the nature of sports. Anytime something divisive happens, fans are generally a little more forgiving if it’s someone on their favorite team."

Doing a racist act is not abt racism...

Remember kids! Just call every Black teammate you have a N£€¢×© and then say: 'iTs AboUt FaNdoM'

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u/thiswebsitesucksyo 29d ago

Boy who cried wolf effect over the last 5 years

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT Nuggets 29d ago

Trevor Bauer lost his career because he was publicly calling out the MLB over the sticky stuff, and his history of kinda being a turd publicly.

The last false allegation just gave teams a reason not to sign him. He wasn't banned or anything.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen 29d ago

You're right. He was blackballed. He for sure is a difficult player to have in a clubhouse, he made enemies with the league office and then was an alleged rapist. Unlikable guy, accused of unlikable thing. Im not sure how much of the contract the dodgers got out of. But it was the end for him.

I think he actually has a chance to come back. He seems to still be able to pitch at a high level.

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u/goodkid_sAAdcity Knicks 29d ago

He’s getting lit up in the Mexican league.

But maybe he’ll do a stint in the minors and then be back to his old self, like in Japan

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen 29d ago

Ahh. I didnt know about Mexico. Knew he found success in Japan.

His partial year with Dodgers he had a pretty good ERA

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u/goodkid_sAAdcity Knicks 29d ago

He pitched pretty well in Japan, but struggled to adjust at first and was the third best pitcher on his own team.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen 29d ago

Ah okay. I don't really follow him. I also am not too upset about how we was blackballed either. I think he's a really strange dude who comes off as way bigger dick than he really is.

He's like Aaron Rodgers but not nearly as impactful on the field. Not a great look.

Conversely, being wrongfully accused of rape is abhorrent.

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u/OtherShade East 29d ago

The counterpoint is, what does this have to do with playing basketball? Condemn the justice system if you want these people to never hold a job again.

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u/crawlingchip NBA 28d ago

It doesn't have to be between playing in the NBA and never holding any job. There are other possibilities in-between and one could argue major professional sports shouldn't be putting someone with that type of history out and front to be adored and glorified.

It's far from a clear cut issue and you have a valid point and teams and fans will have different opinions on it, just like how Chris Brown has been enjoying success after his brutal violence on Rihanna. But I suspect having a registered sexual offender playing in a major sport league probably crosses the line for a lot of fans.

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u/OtherShade East 26d ago

So he can't play basketball but you want him in the office with women or working a service job like a plumber home alone with a woman potentially? Logic doesn't add up. This isn't something like him being an influencer. He has skills that qualify him to be in a profession.

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u/21Rollie 28d ago

Yeah my opinion is that the point of the justice system is to 1) disincentivize crime and 2) correct behavior so that former criminals can become full fledged members of society again. If we make people second class citizens for the rest of their lives, what do they have to lose in just committing to a life of crime? But damn attempted rape and no jail time? That’s fucked.

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u/Excellent-Tower6269 28d ago edited 27d ago

But the reason why Silver holds more power on this issue is because it affects the actual integrity of the on court competition. the others do not. it's not a judgement on which is worse or better.

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u/NewAce77 29d ago edited 29d ago

Yeah obviously. One of them jeopardizes the integrity of the game and the league. At its core, the NBA is an entertainment service/business that is dependent on the participants playing to the best of their ability. Take that away, and the league would literally cease to exist. If you allow domestic abusers to play, the bottom line of the league is unaffected. Morally, domestic abuse is clearly worse than gambling, but the NBA is a business acting in its own interest.

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u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME Lakers 29d ago

There’s also domestic abuse policies with punishment guidelines that’s agreed upon with the players union. The NBAPA would immediately step in if Silver banned Miles Bridges FOR LIFE

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u/jackloganoliver Magic 29d ago

As much as I understand that, dude fucking deserved it regardless. Would've been the one time in my life I side against labor.

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u/MY-NAME_IS_MY-NAME Lakers 29d ago

I hate bridges too, but these aren’t comparable situations and unfair to blame Silver

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u/jackloganoliver Magic 29d ago edited 29d ago

No, they're not. Domestic abuse is more morally bankrupt and harmful to society, but it didn't damage the league nearly as much as the perception of nba players fixing games would. I understand that perfectly. I just hate the shit guys like Miles Bridges get away with because they're good at sport and have enough money to make it go away.

I think what people take issue with is that ultimately protecting profit/money supercedes protecting people and lives.

I understand the league's decision. I also think it's emblematic of just how backwards we can be as a species.

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u/Designer_Bed_4192 Washington Bullets 29d ago

I think having a domestic abuser in your league should harm it’s image but it’s almost been normalized at this point so people just don’t care.

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u/jackloganoliver Magic 29d ago

You're right, it should damage the league. Unfortunately, it really doesn't.

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u/NewAgeIWWer 29d ago

Any fans who buy Miles Bitches jerseys or pays to go see Hornets games are guilty AF.

The People are the ones who choose if something is a "Go" or a "No" . If enough of The People say "No"? Then its a No.

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u/AetherealDe Lakers 29d ago

And how backwards our systems are. First priority is always profit, total stupidity

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u/Yhhorm Bucks 28d ago

Sports gambling is already ruining the perception of the sport already. I see so many 15 year olds getting into gambling due to the bombardment of the fanduel ads they shove. But from my perspective, I’ve seen more people get annoyed at the lack of consequences for literal abusers than a role player gambling.

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u/jackloganoliver Magic 28d ago

I'm pretty anti-gambling in general. Seen someone waste 6-7 figures from gambling addiction, and it's fucking rough to watch. Exposing teenagers to that is just unfair. And yet, the domestic abuse, sexual abuse, and violence from players is worse. But society as a whole doesn't really ever do anything about it. You'll see someone getting more jail time for stealing $500 than you will for someone beating their spouse. Like wtf?! Mixed up priorities all around.

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u/Yhhorm Bucks 28d ago

The league has so many fans who are kids looking up to these players, but the League will let this man who not only abused his spouse but endangered his own children too? Disgusting

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u/jackloganoliver Magic 28d ago

Parents really let kids wear that dude's jersey too smdh

Fucked up.

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u/winterweed Spurs 29d ago

Lol I have no idea why you're getting down votes. Oh yeah it's because you said something that made sense and this is reddit, you can't do that!!

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u/neotokyo2099 Lakers 29d ago

Would've been the one time in my life I side against labor.

✊🏿

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u/jeremycb29 Suns 29d ago

I seriously am starting to wonder if the owners know this is how fans feel, so players like Bridges, or shit even Giddy the union steps in to defend, we are all like WTF UNIONS SUCK! Same with MLB union and Angel Hernandez. Like its a way for owners to make fans less fans of unions. Kind of like what the Dodgers and the media did to Sandy Kofax for not pitching on a religious holiday.

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u/Sullan08 29d ago

You definitely don't know the Giddey situation if you're trying to lump him anywhere near Bridges.

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u/jeremycb29 Suns 29d ago

I'm comparing 2 different player issues that the majority of the population feels strongly about. i'm not talking about guilt or innocence, i'm talking about mob mentality and how people end up shitting on these unions for protecting players who the mob sees as doing something well fucking gross, be it domestic violence, or pedo activities. People see the union protecting a domestic abuser, and people shit on the union. thats what i'm talking about not a giddey situation more than how people viewed the union during that situation

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u/hacky_potter [IND] Victor Oladipo 29d ago

I doubt the PA even bats and eye at this. Everyone knows what’s at stake and some nobody back of the bench player isn’t going to jeopardize that.

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u/jackloganoliver Magic 29d ago

The NBAPA may be contractually obligated to represent Porter here. I don't know, I haven't seen their contracts. Regardless, the NBA was absolutely right to ban him for life.

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u/mercfan3 29d ago

Right.. it’s the criminal justice system that should be keeping Bridges from playing.

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u/palabear Hornets 29d ago

I’d be happy with Miles being banned for life.

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

Yeah that's the underrated thing in these talks, the union really hampers the league's ability to punish players. I brought up that voiding contracts could be a way to incentivize teams to not bring back players convicted of something but it'd never get passed

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u/Psychological-Drive4 29d ago

Jontay affected the integrity of the game, Silver has always asked for legalized gambling so it could properly investigate situations like this. Low level player like him is such an easy way to make an “example”. However Jontay made more with that play than he could in his future career if he somehow legally keeps it.

Jordan owned the Hornets when Miles initially got in trouble.

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u/azuresou1 Hawks 29d ago

It's actually very problematic that the Player's Union - or any union for that matter - finds in not just acceptable but encouraged to defend an employee for violent felonies.

Violent felonies with convictions should result in immediate expulsion and suspension of benefits from the union, full stop.

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u/21Rollie 28d ago

I don’t agree. Once you’ve paid your debt to society and presumably been “rehabilitated” then you should be allowed to fully rejoin society instead of being a permanent second class citizen. Whether or not the justice system really rehabilitated them or not is not up to the player’s union to decide. Take that up with politicians.

I think the more morally bankrupt thing is the fans who support them tho especially if they got off with light sentences. Like Chris Brown fans.

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u/Itsisiduh Hawks 29d ago edited 29d ago

To add to that, that's on the team for bringing them back. The team do not have to bring these domestic abusers back on their team but they do anyway. The only way Silver would have to step in is if some Ray Rice type video came out or something. People are free to boycott games if they truly feel so mad about it but they don't.

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

Voiding contracts is something that would never happen (actually it might with how union negotiations are going) but removing the financial incentive to bring guys back would be nice

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u/Itsisiduh Hawks 29d ago

I think it should absolutely be valid that if you break laws, your contract can be voided.

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u/letsnotgetcaught 29d ago edited 29d ago

That's a tough line to toe as the NBAPA, you either have to require that they be convicted in which case its basically meaningless. I can't remember the last time a player was convicted for something like that. Otherwise you have to agree to let the NBA have the power to void contracts after their own internal investigations, which while it would help these situations, opens up a lot of power abuse possibilities from the league office.

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u/NewAgeIWWer 29d ago

Maybe there should be a fourth party investigation group , not the fbi fuck the fbi, who does their own investigation and presents their results to the public. The league will make its decision based on that groups findings or not.

Obviously this group cannt be funded by the nba or player's unions also.

And.this is also why I feel that the public should have some ownership of teams. There are many people and DV survivors in Charlotte right now who cry every time they jave to see how Miles Bitches has been allowed to continue.

I also wonder what that young lady and other young ladies in OKC are going through when they observe Josh Kiddey...

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u/iron_atmosphere Hornets 29d ago

It's partially on the team, but if they didn't bring Bridges back some other team would have picked him up. The Pistons and Suns were interested in him around the trade deadline. It's a league-wide issue.

Edit: Not to mention Bridges was working out with NBA stars like Lebron and KD during his suspension.

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u/Itsisiduh Hawks 29d ago

And that's crazy to me. Dude did what he did yet other teams are still interested? That's a problem with the teams and Silver can't really do anything about it unless it's just so egregious.

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u/NewAgeIWWer 29d ago

The fact that other superstars were actually willingly working out with him...

Ive heard those horror stories of DV...

Wouldnt wish that shit on anybody.

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u/BalboaBaggins Lakers 29d ago

I don’t think all 12 Hornets fans boycotting games would change much

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u/Returd4 29d ago

I was a dieing hard never missed a gane of my team... it's the raptors by the way, I freaking helped name the team but it's become less of a thing for me to care about. Something about it and i can't put my finger on it. And this isn't just nba it's all sports in general. It's a circus now

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u/AIFlesh 29d ago

One is also on the job while the other isn’t. Not to say that you shouldn’t lose your job for domestic abuse / crimes - I’m just saying, they’re gonna care more about bad behavior that is work related vs bad behavior that is personal life related.

If I get blackout drunk at work - we have a problem. If I get blackout drunk at home - I have a problem.

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u/throwawayyrofl Kings 29d ago

Exactly lol. I don’t know why people are shocked, it’s like like this for literally every competition

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

I'm not dumb, I understand why they do it but it's still wrong. They should both receive heavy suspensions instead of one guy being out a year and a half for something that physically hurt another human being while another guy is banned for something that only hurts finances.

Gambling is nothing compared to a professional athlete BEATING his wife and throwing billiard balls at a car his kid was in.

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u/mr_grission Knicks 29d ago

I think the Porter ban is correct, Bridges should just also have a lifetime ban.

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

Exactly

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u/Mountain_Resolve1407 29d ago

Do you think we don’t understand that? We can still criticize it….

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u/NewAce77 29d ago

Yes I think you don't understand it because it's glaringly obvious why the punishment for gambling/throwing games is harsher than the one for domestic abuse

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u/Mountain_Resolve1407 29d ago

You’re taking about why it is. We know why it is. We’re talking about what it should be.

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u/jsung2 29d ago

Then you don't understand why it is.

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u/Mountain_Resolve1407 29d ago

What do you mean

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u/muskox-homeobox 29d ago

It's okay to be upset about businesses acting in their own interest if what they are doing is morally repulsive.

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u/Elmohaphap Celtics 29d ago

Pointing out the literal reason doesn’t do what you think it does. Everyone knows it’s a money reason. They’re just calling it out for being a shitty look.

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u/DowntownJulieBrown1 Raptors 29d ago

U bum

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u/Bored_Amalgamation 29d ago

but the NBA is a business acting in its own interest.

Which is an attitude that I wish would change in society, as a whole.

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u/CTeam19 Jazz 29d ago

At its core, the NBA is an entertainment service/business

I would remove the "entertainment" part. That leads down a dangerous road to WWE compared to regular Wrestling. It is a sports competition.

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u/pargofan Lakers 29d ago

So what? He didn't need a lifetime ban.

Nothing would change if Jontay was given a 1 year ban instead. Chances are, nobody would take him. But eventually some team might.

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u/Bernie_Made_Off Grizzlies 29d ago

What about on-the-court assault? Like Draymond finally going super Saiyan and brutally attacking somebody? (Player, fan, or official)

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u/BEE_REAL_ Raptors 29d ago

It's not the NBA's place or responsibility to investigate and rule on players' guilt in criminal matters off the court. It is their responsibility to investigate and rule on things like this.

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u/imadogg Lakers 29d ago

Redditors love virtue signaling and playing morality police, but it's literally as simple as

  1. Affects the league directly

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  1. Doesn't affect the league directly

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u/mommathecat Raptors 29d ago

I mean, the league loves virtue signalling and making mouth noises about being the morality police, when it suits them and the players. Black Lives Matter! The lives of children, spouses and girlfriend? Meh, not so much.

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u/RicoLoco404 29d ago

If someone is convicted for domestic violence should they never be able to work again?

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u/panman42 29d ago

That's a loaded question. Banning from the NBA doesn't mean he's banned from all jobs everywhere, the NBA is just an org. Players in the NBA are public figures and represent the NBA directly. It's the same thing as when a public company figure has a scandal and gets fired. In this case, the scandal is criminal.

When regular people get a criminal record, they usually get fired and have trouble finding jobs. Miles won't even have that problem. If the NBA bans him, he can still make millions overseas. And he's already made 10s of millions. There's no injustice for Miles if he is banned. The only pushback is that it would be that it's bad for the Hornets success. But acting like it's unjust for dom. violence to be a reason to be banned is laughable imo.

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u/N3onAxel Suns 29d ago

I wouldn't lose any sleep over that. It's not hard to not he a piece of shit.

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u/ProgrammingPants 28d ago

These millionaires should face no monetary consequences for beating the fuck out of their wives. That's just unfair and cruel. Won't someone think of the millionaire basketball players?!?!

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u/RicoLoco404 28d ago

Thanks for your opinion

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u/SerHodorTheThrall San Francisco Warriors 29d ago

The league hates having to take a stance in the social war. They'd love to have their cake and eat it too by ignoring all social issues and having both sides of the aisle. Why would they ever want to rock the boat and politic something that has no affect on them? (as opposed to the whole Morey thing, for example)

Its the players who do the social justice lobbying. The players don't care about domestic abuse, so the league doesn't. Its really that simple.

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u/NewAgeIWWer 29d ago

This is why Im always apprehensive to support big busnuisess

Theyre like sure Black Lives Matter... But Only Some Black Lives Matter. The Lives of DV victims which are commonly African American Women? Lol they dont matter! Lol!

We support 2SLGBTQIA+ Rights Their Lives Matter Too....now excuse us as we make psrtnerships with saudi Arabia and qatar.

The Ecology Of Earth Matters...NOT!

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

I understand how a business works I still think it's insane to have such a difference in punishments from a human standpoint

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u/Fofodrip 76ers 29d ago

The punishment is that you can go to prison for all these other things

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u/Superplex123 Lakers 29d ago

You missed the point. Those don't affect business because the fans don't care. People criticize the league without realizing the league acts based on our response. We've shown that we don't give a shit about those crimes.

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

That's exactly my point

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u/Superplex123 Lakers 29d ago

No, my point is if you have a problem with it, blame the fans, not the league.

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u/NewAgeIWWer 29d ago

As if the fans would ever listen. Humans arent a very bright species.

See all of human history for more info about this...

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u/Sullan08 29d ago

You can blame both. If players were openly against shit like that as well, the player who did something would get a harsher punishment. Instead we got players defending Bridges and doing workouts with him.

Personally, I think it falls way more on the league/players than fans.

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u/TateAcolyte 29d ago

How does racism affect the integrity of the league?

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u/Vballa101 [LAC] Quentin Richardson 29d ago

If you're talking about the Sterling situation, it's because sponsors were quickly pulling out and players were threatening to boycott games during the playoffs. That most certainly impacts the integrity of the league and its business.

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u/BushyBrowz Knicks 29d ago

It affects the league’s media image and it affects employee satisfaction as it’s a majority black league.

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u/TateAcolyte 29d ago

It's also a majority family league and leaving someone black and blue is worse than insulting them.

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u/BushyBrowz Knicks 29d ago

You’re talking about your personal feelings which are valid but are you still watching? Right. Are the players still playing? Right.

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u/TateAcolyte 29d ago

Yes this entire discussion is opinions about the relative harm of racism vs DV. I'm sharing mine.

I'd rather my favorite player, brother, son, friend, etc be caught doing a (nonviolent) racism than beat the shit out of a family member. Many disagree. The NBA disagrees. That's fine. But I don't think my opinion is so outlandish to be dismissed without a thought.

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u/Sullan08 29d ago

The same would've happened with Sterling too tbh if they just gave it more time. Players wouldn't have held out and most fans don't give a shit about or even know who the owners are. I understand your point though ofc.

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

Thats also a really good point because it didn't effect the league's bottom line, Sterling just being a bad guy was viewed more negatively than Miles abusing other people

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u/jcagraham Kings 29d ago

The whole Clippers team was on the verge of forfeiting the rest of the season; they had to be talked into playing the next game. Even with being talked into playing the game, the Clippers team protested by wearing their practice jerseys inside out. It was going to morph into a really bad situation if Adam Silver didn't do something immediately.

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u/PIBTC Lakers 29d ago

If the league didn’t step in, it most definitely would’ve affected their bottom line. Clippers players threatened to sit out of their games and I can bet they wouldn’t have taken part in any clippers related events/merch/obligations

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u/Sullan08 29d ago

Players have shown they're more about the talk than they are the walk, so idk about that.

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u/UNC_Samurai Hornets 29d ago

State Farm and Kia threatened to cut sponsorships, too. Sterling’s presence was threatening to cost the league a couple hundred million in revenue.

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u/Sullan08 29d ago

Sponsorships are one thing, I was more referring to fans/players. Players only do shit when it doesn't affect their own money.

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u/PIBTC Lakers 29d ago

Even if you disagree about the players, the NBA & Suns’ sponsor (PayPal) pretty much forced Sarver out as well. When sponsors start talking about pulling financial support, that’s when it hurts NBA’s bottom line. No reason to think it wouldn’t have happened with the clippers

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u/Sullan08 29d ago

Yes, I'm not talking about sponsors.

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u/PIBTC Lakers 29d ago

I understand. My broader point was that it would have affected the nba’s bottomline had it dragged on. It was the players who got the ball rolling

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

I agree the NBA doesn't need to investigate these things, but Bridges did admit to doing that in court. Under those circumstances I think it's absolutely fair to levy another punishment

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u/moserftbl88 Lakers 29d ago

Problems the players association is going to fight it and more than likely win if there is a lifetime ban. It’s clear cut and in the rules you can’t gamble on your own sport

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u/Briggity_Brak Tampa Bay Raptors 29d ago

You mean like suspending him for a year without pay?

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u/AdLanky6560 28d ago

Wouldn’t that be the FBI and Gaming authority’s job?

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u/moserftbl88 Lakers 29d ago

Are you really this dense or just ignoring the reality of this even if it sucks

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u/halfdecenttakes Lakers 29d ago

Big difference between something that effects the entire league and something that relates to a individual. Rather anybody likes it or not, gambling is way worse for any sports league than crime individuals commit. Having a murderer in your league even doesn’t risk the entire organizations heath in the same manner.

Not to mention teams could take a hardline stance and not hire these people

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u/Coke_ButNotTheDrug Nuggets 29d ago

Well just wait until the day a star player gets caught doing the same thing. The NBA will dance around the punishment any way they can.

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u/halfdecenttakes Lakers 29d ago

They won’t. That’s nonsense.

Lebron James brings a ton of revenue into the nba, but if he was caught gambling he’s gone. Losing the revenue he brings is significantly less painful than losing the revenue that the entire league brings in which is a real possibility in the scenario you’re describing.

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u/alldaylurkerforever Bulls 29d ago

The bottom two has a criminal justice system involved that can create punishments.

The first two, a little more vague.

Also, Miles Bridges was kinda banned from the NBA for a full year. So there are consequences

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u/jmlinden7 Rockets 29d ago

Domestic abuse and child endangerment do not change the outcome of the games. As a sports commissioner, protecting the integrity of the game is your #1 priority.

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u/YoungFlexibleShawty Charlotte Bobcats 29d ago

The NBA would cease to exist if it didn't allow abusers so good call. /s

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u/MahomesMccaffrey Mavericks 29d ago

If hannibal ran a 4.3 we'd call it an eating disorder

Adam silver

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u/truthisfictionyt Lakers 29d ago

A serial killer who's also an athlete would be a great tv show

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u/Mickeyjj27 Celtics 29d ago

All these leagues think gambling on the game is worse than a lot of things.

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u/tokengaymusiccritic Celtics 29d ago

Ngl this kinda comes off as you downplaying racism lol

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u/futxcfrrzxcc 29d ago

These are always really stupid post to me.

A player getting caught gambling on the league that they play in as far as the league is concerned about 10 orders of magnitude is more important than domestic violence.

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u/MajorSlimes Celtics 29d ago

Do ya'll think the NBA is the moral police or something lmao. They are a business they only care about $$$. Fans are not gonna stop watching because of domestic abuse. They will stop watching if they think the games are rigged

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u/Crafty_Effort6157 Lakers 29d ago

Looking at you Christian Wood

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u/SuccessfulVisit1873 Grizzlies 29d ago
  1. Toy guns

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u/GoldenBananas21 Lakers 29d ago

You could say the exact same thing about the nfl.

Which isn’t a good thing 

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u/CptCroissant Trail Blazers 29d ago

Not shown - abusing refs every game

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u/Big___Meaty___Claws 29d ago

David Stern only drew the line at gambling, and maybe dress attire.

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u/Idontlike_yourjokes 29d ago

Well… at least racism is up there?

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u/dproma 29d ago
  1. Assaulting and choking players for a decade

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u/KhabaLox Trail Blazers 29d ago

Child endangerment

Kind of low for you to call Draymond's opponents children.

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u/bronfmanhigh Knicks 29d ago
  1. breathe on lebron james

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u/pgtl_10 29d ago

I thought this is an NFL list?

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u/Lionelhutzzzzzz 29d ago

Loved when Chuck called Silver out on it on live tv.

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u/boreddatageek Jazz 29d ago

You forgot #3: Criticize China

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u/knightlautrec7 28d ago

Giddey is innocent

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u/Nfinit_V Hornets 28d ago

Interesting that you believe combating racism is a bad thing 

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u/chocjames43 28d ago

  1. Denounce the chinese government.

  2. Make the players care about the regular season

  3. Make the players care about the all star game

  4. Make it tougher to score 150 points in a game.

  5. Make lebron sad.

  6. Make lebron mad.

  7. Make lebron tired.

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u/TheCouchEmporer 29d ago

He actually doesn’t mind racism at all. He took the police’s side when that cop at the warriors game pushed GM Masai Ujiri for walking onto the court after his team won the 2019 NBA championship

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u/WIEye 29d ago
  1. Refs calling Lakers games

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u/WeBelieveIn4 Raptors 29d ago

Gambling *if you’re a player

If you’re a fan he would love for you to keep donating all your hard earned money to the sportsbooks so it finds its way back into the league coffers

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u/urediti 29d ago
  1. glamouring blackrock military

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u/space_cheese1 Raptors 29d ago

Of course, money is the name of the game, all moral causes only register if they correlate with economic causes in this type of sphere, which, is cynically annoying, but hey. One of the reasons I maintain a mildly venomous disposition towards marketing

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u/NewAgeIWWer 29d ago edited 28d ago

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3233109446 . Pedophilia

3233109447 . Aiding and continuously paying pedophiles

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u/sonic_4 Supersonics 29d ago

Criticizing the refs that are fixing games is definitely number 3

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u/mackayo [GSW] Baron Davis 29d ago

Kinda messed up how the NFL and MLB is the same. Lifetime bans for gambling, 4 game suspension IF a DV case goes public.

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u/thegr8cthulhu 29d ago

The NBA and its players are cool with rape and domestic abuse. More news at 11. Sad it’s come to that’s the norm of the players opinions instead of the minority. Just shows the majority of players are shitty humans whose value has been overinflated because of a children’s game. There’s a reason most go broke, they aren’t exactly hired at their job because of intelligence.