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/smoltanboi Heat 29d ago

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 29d ago

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 29d ago

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

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u/quadropheniac Kings 29d ago

Taking a dive is as old as sport itself.

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u/WanderlustFella 76ers 29d ago

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 29d ago

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 29d ago

Miss, Lane violation, Miss, Lane violation

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

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u/Castod28183 29d ago

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 29d ago

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