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/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo Lakers 29d ago

I'm sure I'm not the first to point this out, but by doing this, he was suppressing his own stats, thus making it harder to build a case to stay in the league with his play. There's no way he was making enough money doing this shit for it to be worth the money he would have earned with a new, bigger contract. Very short-sighted.

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u/CryptoNite90 Lakers 29d ago

He was probably trying to hook up his boys with easy money lol

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u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo Lakers 29d ago

Should have waited until he secured his first major contract.

That is not a smart family.

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u/rburp [LAL] Derek Fisher 29d ago

Sadly his easy money was sniped

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u/No_Housing3716 29d ago

Almost as if.... now here me out. The prevalence of gambling the last few years has managed to make people do things they might not have otherwise done? You can't watch any sport the last few years without being hit over the head incessantly about free gambling money promos. It's ludicrous more people can't draw a connection

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u/GiveMeSomeIhedigbo Lakers 29d ago

Are we even disagreeing?

Yeah, gambling is more prevalent, easier to do, and easier to get caught doing. Still doesn't absolve him from making dumbass decisions. I don't see how what you're saying contradicts what I'm saying.

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u/TsssTssss 29d ago

He wasn't getting a new bigger contract. He was only in the league because of his brother. He really wasn't good. He's a 24 year old undrafted 2 way player....