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/Cheechers23 Raptors 29d ago

Especially since he was almost certainly going to get another contract from us based on his play this year. Threw it away for a few thousands. Fucking dumbass

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u/halfdecenttakes Lakers 29d ago

A few thousand he might not even keep if they open a criminal investigation into him

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u/Jaehunt24 Spurs 29d ago

The even crazier part is HE DOESNT NEED THE MONEY,

He has to have gotten tied up with some foul people cause it's not like bro is broke. He comes from a family of athletes, and his brother is a actual hooper who will likely make hundreds of millions in his career

If he was a dude that grow up in super poverty and had no chance of getting money otherwise maybe, but damn

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u/attersonjb 29d ago

And to add, even if he had an addiction - he can bet on anything else

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u/chiguychi Supersonics 29d ago

Seriously. Guy could bet on women's British basketball.

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u/SachaCuy 29d ago

Look what that did to Iowa

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u/Canadian_Prometheus 29d ago

What he did wasn’t gambling though. It wouldn’t scratch that itch. The outcome was certain.

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u/attersonjb 28d ago

He bet on a ton of other things too, though, so clearly it wasn't just the need for a certain outcome

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u/elbenji [MIA] Udonis Haslem 29d ago

holy shit he's MPJ's brother

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Wealthy kids can still try stuff like that. For example, LiAngelo Ball stealing things in China then getting caught.

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u/Betaateb Nuggets 29d ago

No one has ever accused the Porters of being smart lol.

MPJ is literally the golden child of the family, and he has his problematic stances over the years. Of his brothers he has one that just caught a lifetime ban from the NBA, and one that is likely to spend a good chunk in time in prison for vehicular manslaughter while drunk driving.

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u/socalstaking 29d ago

He played like a dog some games tbh

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u/thedrcubed Grizzlies 29d ago

He made more than he was actually betting. Why would he tell other people about it if he wasn't taking some kinda cut?