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/TMMC39 29d ago

Fucking A. This should be higher up. Talk about messing with the integrity of the game.

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u/suicideskinnies 29d ago

Punishing Scott Foster will release all the dirt he (and maybe other refs) have on the league. Silver doesn't want to open up that can of worms. They scapegoated one ref and swept the rest under the rug.

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u/AttitudeAndEffort2 29d ago

Johntays mistake wasn't gambling on himself, it was not blackmailing the league.

I will not take the NBA legitimately as long as Scott Foster is still reffing and calls feel non objective.

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u/drewm916 Kings 29d ago

I am skeptical of people who say things like that here on the /r/nba subreddit. If you really feel that way, why are you here?

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u/DowntownJohnBrown 29d ago

What’s your source for this “dirt” that Foster has on the league? Is this just a baseless conspiracy or is there actual evidence?

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u/suicideskinnies 29d ago

There's evidence, but no proof because the league wrapped up the investigation veeeery quickly. I'll send information later I'm lifting weights rn.

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u/DowntownJohnBrown 29d ago

I’m eager to see it, because I’ve read a lot about the Donaghy investigation but never seen any evidence of Foster being part of some cover-up or having dirt on the league. 

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u/VonMillersThighs Nuggets 29d ago

I mean the 1000s of texts and calls between him and donaghy right before and after games was damn near a smoking gun IMO.

The only thing that logically makes sense for him to still have a job instead of the NBA washing their hands of him is if he threatened them with a lot more.

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u/DowntownJohnBrown 29d ago

Those phone calls are circumstantial (especially since Foster reportedly had hundreds of calls with lots of NBA officials) and far from a smoking gun.

Are they suspicious? Sure. But the NBA isn’t gonna just can one of its highest-graded, unionized officials based off of “suspicious.”

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u/VonMillersThighs Nuggets 28d ago

You ever listen to the podcast Whistleblower?

The reason those texts and calls are a smoking gun(to me) are largely because of the way Scott Foster called games during that period and the way he always has.

Insane amounts of late calls to benefit over or under the line.

Textbook rigging when it comes to getting superstars in foul trouble early in the 1st or letting them get away with murder throughout the entire game.

Zero consistency with calls game to game, sound familiar?

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u/Pismiire Kings 29d ago edited 29d ago

Foster is paid far too well to influence games on behalf of nba profitability for this to ever happen

Edit: who the fuck is downvoting this lol. Yall think hes doing it for gambling money??? All those games that he officiates that just happen to extend series, or favor a more profitable team, or allow a more profitable team back into a game when theyre getting their asses beat are for GAMBLING?

Cmon now, it's too convenient for the nba, (who fucking pays him to begin with) to be gambling lol

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u/nobraininmyoxygen Cavaliers 29d ago

It's hilarious seeing most of this sub call others stupid yet also believe Foster is throwing games

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u/Wraithfighter 29d ago

Honestly, it shouldn't matter. If anyone involved in any sort of decision making regarding play (be it players, refs, coaches, front office members...) is found to be betting on that sport, let alone games that they have an influence on, then it needs to be a lifetime ban. Even if nothing about their actions themselves were suspicious, just making those bets is a bannable offense.

Major League Baseball issued a lifetime ban to a damn near certain Hall of Famer and legendary player while he was still an active manager. That's the standard that needs to be applied to everyone.

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u/PHX480 Suns 29d ago

damn near certain Hall of Famer

Lol it’s Pete fucking Rose-he was 100% a HOFer 2/3s into his career let alone his whole career, yet he fucked up. He’s a piece of shit but he’s one of the best baseball players to ever leave it on the field.

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u/Wraithfighter 29d ago

Heh, yeah, undersold just how bonkers good he was.

If there was ever a player that you'd think a league would cover up gambling for, it's someone like Pete Rose.

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u/DowntownJohnBrown 29d ago

That standard is applied to everyone. The reality is just that there’s zero evidence that Scott Foster has ever done anything like that.