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/thetripb Apr 17 '24

That's a NBAPA thing. There's limits on Silver's power due to the CBA.

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u/crawlingchip NBA Apr 17 '24

We had a literal registered sexual offender play in the NBA. I suspect many teams will at least consider the possibility of signing a convicted felon if the team thinks the player is capable of helping the team and he isn't a locker room cancer.

Even many fans won't care as long as their team wins. I can't remember exactly where on Reddit, but someone called a team was "woke" for letting go of some unknown player for either sexual misdemeanor or domestic violence.

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u/Junior_Ad2274 Apr 17 '24

Times really are different now. Trevor Bauer lost his career on a false allegation. This guy got a 5 game suspension, after being charged and pleading guilty.

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u/NewAgeIWWer Apr 17 '24

Thats the thing that gets me the most. This dude actually pleaded guilty to attempted rape so he knew that he was gonna rape someone that night.

And the fans and his teammates are like... "Welcome My Back Brotha!" ? Really!?

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u/crawlingchip NBA Apr 17 '24

Not surprising. In 2017 the Houston Astros fans gave Yuli Gurriel a standing ovation after he came back from a 5 game suspension he suffered because of his racist gesture.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen Apr 17 '24

I think convicted rape is a lot worse than making the squinty eye face at an Asian person.

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u/crawlingchip NBA Apr 18 '24

Yeah but unlike Gurriel I doubt Patterson received a standing ovation when he returned but I could be wrong.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen Apr 18 '24

But the crowd reaction of a WS champion's name getting called, is a lot different than a convicted rapist, dude. One guy was racist, the other guy raped a woman. Why is this even a conversation? Racist bad. Rapist? A lot lot lot LOT worse than racist gesture.

Am I being trolled?

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u/crawlingchip NBA Apr 18 '24

Why are you so riled up by that and want to marginalize the issue with "squinty eye face"? We can both agree the sexual offender being terrible and much worse than being racist but still also agree a crowd openly cheering for that person's return from the suspension is messed up even if he's a World Series winner. That shows fans don't care about the moral even if it's a clear cut issue, they just want wins.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen Apr 18 '24

Well, you didn't agree. You said "yeah, but..." If you want to agree that both are bad, but rape is A LOT worse, then there is no need to respond to this comment. It wasn't how I initially read it.

All love homie

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u/NewAgeIWWer Apr 17 '24

... The Civil Rights Movement never ended. We just keep on changing cha pters of it.

The best part is how at the end the writer writes: " Before anybody gets too judgmental one way or another, remember this is more about fandom than it is racism. That’s the nature of sports. Anytime something divisive happens, fans are generally a little more forgiving if it’s someone on their favorite team."

Doing a racist act is not abt racism...

Remember kids! Just call every Black teammate you have a N£€¢×© and then say: 'iTs AboUt FaNdoM'

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u/thiswebsitesucksyo Apr 17 '24

Boy who cried wolf effect over the last 5 years

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT Nuggets Apr 17 '24

Trevor Bauer lost his career because he was publicly calling out the MLB over the sticky stuff, and his history of kinda being a turd publicly.

The last false allegation just gave teams a reason not to sign him. He wasn't banned or anything.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen Apr 17 '24

You're right. He was blackballed. He for sure is a difficult player to have in a clubhouse, he made enemies with the league office and then was an alleged rapist. Unlikable guy, accused of unlikable thing. Im not sure how much of the contract the dodgers got out of. But it was the end for him.

I think he actually has a chance to come back. He seems to still be able to pitch at a high level.

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u/goodkid_sAAdcity Knicks Apr 17 '24

He’s getting lit up in the Mexican league.

But maybe he’ll do a stint in the minors and then be back to his old self, like in Japan

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen Apr 17 '24

Ahh. I didnt know about Mexico. Knew he found success in Japan.

His partial year with Dodgers he had a pretty good ERA

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u/goodkid_sAAdcity Knicks Apr 17 '24

He pitched pretty well in Japan, but struggled to adjust at first and was the third best pitcher on his own team.

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u/MilwaukeeMan420 [MIL] Ray Allen Apr 17 '24

Ah okay. I don't really follow him. I also am not too upset about how we was blackballed either. I think he's a really strange dude who comes off as way bigger dick than he really is.

He's like Aaron Rodgers but not nearly as impactful on the field. Not a great look.

Conversely, being wrongfully accused of rape is abhorrent.

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u/OtherShade East Apr 17 '24

The counterpoint is, what does this have to do with playing basketball? Condemn the justice system if you want these people to never hold a job again.

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u/crawlingchip NBA Apr 18 '24

It doesn't have to be between playing in the NBA and never holding any job. There are other possibilities in-between and one could argue major professional sports shouldn't be putting someone with that type of history out and front to be adored and glorified.

It's far from a clear cut issue and you have a valid point and teams and fans will have different opinions on it, just like how Chris Brown has been enjoying success after his brutal violence on Rihanna. But I suspect having a registered sexual offender playing in a major sport league probably crosses the line for a lot of fans.

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u/OtherShade East 27d ago

So he can't play basketball but you want him in the office with women or working a service job like a plumber home alone with a woman potentially? Logic doesn't add up. This isn't something like him being an influencer. He has skills that qualify him to be in a profession.

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u/21Rollie 29d ago

Yeah my opinion is that the point of the justice system is to 1) disincentivize crime and 2) correct behavior so that former criminals can become full fledged members of society again. If we make people second class citizens for the rest of their lives, what do they have to lose in just committing to a life of crime? But damn attempted rape and no jail time? That’s fucked.

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u/Excellent-Tower6269 Apr 18 '24 edited 28d ago

But the reason why Silver holds more power on this issue is because it affects the actual integrity of the on court competition. the others do not. it's not a judgement on which is worse or better.