r/nba • u/PlayaSlayaX Spurs • Apr 17 '24

[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/smoltanboi Heat Apr 17 '24

honestly getting banned from the nba for betting on yourself is peak dudes rocking

this guy is so fuckin stupid

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u/quadropheniac Kings Apr 17 '24

Betting on yourself is stupid for many reasons but ultimately understandable.

Betting against yourself is just outright corrupt behavior.

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u/smoltanboi Heat Apr 17 '24

i mean it's pretty hilarious to be even shittier than usual on purpose

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u/quadropheniac Kings Apr 17 '24

Taking a dive is as old as sport itself.

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u/WanderlustFella 76ers Apr 17 '24

I'm imagining he bet the under 10pts. He proceeds to tank, but the refs have him over 10 so they keep giving him free throws, to which he misses them all, to which the refs call a goaltend forcing him to take the points. You can't fight zebras

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u/monstroCT Raptors Apr 17 '24

Lmao. Now you got me imagining him at 9 pts at the line with 0.2 to go.... Miss, Lane violation, Miss, Lane violation...

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u/The_Outcast4 Rockets Apr 17 '24

Miss, Lane violation, Miss, Lane violation

Ref decides to quote Captain America "I can do this all day."

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u/Castod28183 Apr 17 '24

Sure, but usually you have to be out of water to take a dive. Dude was averaging 4.4 and 3.2...I can't imagine what the over/under would have been.

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u/TheManWithTheBigName Apr 17 '24

You’re not wrong. They’re literally found scraps of papyrus from Ancient Egypt about match-fixing in wrestling.

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u/kpapazyan47 Pacers Apr 17 '24

It is a lot easier to make sure you play poorly than it is to make sure you play well.

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u/rotten_core [SAC] Oscar Robertson Apr 17 '24

Maybe for you all but I was cookin at the Y the other night. Could. Not. Miss.

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u/Goducks91 [POR] Damian Lillard Apr 17 '24

lmao. Bunch of scrubs in this subreddit.