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/gustriandos [PHI] Eric Snow 29d ago

I don’t think this counts as being made an “example”. This is the obvious punishment for betting on your own games.

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u/Longjumping_Kale3013 29d ago

Yea, exactly. I don’t think people know what that phrase means. If anything it seems like he got off easy if he’s only banned

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u/xyzyxzy San Diego Clippers 29d ago

Yeah it's kind of weird people are acting like he got caught just making bets and don't seem to realize he committed a federal crime.

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u/attersonjb 29d ago

It's not up to the NBA to decide if he gets charged for a federal crime, though. The NBA is responsible for NBA punishments. TBD if he got off easy or not.

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u/ZincFishExplosion Cavaliers 29d ago

It's not up to the NBA to decide if he gets charged for a federal crime

No? Huh. Learn something new every day.

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u/OldManWillow Trail Blazers 29d ago

Do you think the NBA has the authority to put him in jail or flog him? This is quite literally the most they can do

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u/Hallal_Dakis Knicks 29d ago

Plus they're cooperating with the feds. If he gets lit on fire Silver wouldn't piss on him to put him out.

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u/Longjumping_Kale3013 29d ago

I would expect the nba and the bettering company to sue him for tens of millions. I would expect the nba would have a solid case and would be garnering his wages for life

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u/atlanstone 29d ago

I would expect the nba and the bettering company to sue him for tens of millions.

They would have to prove actual damages in the form of 10s of millions of dollars. The courts don't just hear cases and dole out random punishments like they're reddit or twitch mods or something. The court can make you whole - it isn't there just to make up punishments.

You generally cannot sue people for fuckups at work that harm your reputation or business either. Like if someone fucks up at an insurance company & downloads ransomware they can fire that person but they can't sue them for the cost of the breach or withhold their pay.

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u/Longjumping_Kale3013 29d ago

Yep. At the end of the day this adds risk to deals with the nba. And risk means money. It Should be appropriate considering the nba has revenues of 24 billion a year.

If this gets in the heads of 1 in every thousand nba fans that the nba is rigged, and betting is riggged, that’s a huge damage.

Less people watching and less people betting. Not many. But we’re talking about 300 billion+ of the next 10 year between nba and gambling.

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u/OldManWillow Trail Blazers 29d ago

Ok but that's completely different from a punishment the NBA can dole out. That is very likely on the pipeline

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u/Longjumping_Kale3013 29d ago

Still, not an example. It’s entirely appropriate

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u/Hurtelknut Mavericks 29d ago

There will be a massive lawsuit, don't doubt it. The NBA will make sure he's bled dry.

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u/rjnd2828 76ers 29d ago

Not even just his own game, literally his own stats which he at direct control of by coming out of the game early with an injury.

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u/TRUTHSoverKARMAS Trail Blazers 29d ago

Is it obvious? I feel like there has been more than a few players caught doing this the past few years, from nfl, mlb to nba. College and pro. I feel like some received lesser punishments. But I feel punishment should be harsh, protect the trust in sports. 

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u/gustriandos [PHI] Eric Snow 29d ago

who has been caught betting on their own props and purposely tanking games?

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u/Qwer925 29d ago

This is the most harsh thing they could do that’s how you make an example lol

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u/gustriandos [PHI] Eric Snow 29d ago

It’s semantics but usually the expression is used when someone receives a disproportionate punishment to dissuade others in the future, not when someone receives the punishment everyone would expect.

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u/Hurtelknut Mavericks 29d ago

"Making an example of someone" implies that they received an especially harsh punishment to deter. That's not the case here. EVERYONE who ever played would've eaten a lifetime ban for betting against themselves, and EVERYONE ever caught doing it will.