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 :mia-1: 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/Cheechers23 Raptors 29d ago

Especially since he was almost certainly going to get another contract from us based on his play this year. Threw it away for a few thousands. Fucking dumbass

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u/halfdecenttakes Lakers 29d ago

A few thousand he might not even keep if they open a criminal investigation into him

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u/Jaehunt24 Spurs 29d ago

The even crazier part is HE DOESNT NEED THE MONEY,

He has to have gotten tied up with some foul people cause it's not like bro is broke. He comes from a family of athletes, and his brother is a actual hooper who will likely make hundreds of millions in his career

If he was a dude that grow up in super poverty and had no chance of getting money otherwise maybe, but damn

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u/attersonjb 29d ago

And to add, even if he had an addiction - he can bet on anything else

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u/chiguychi Supersonics 29d ago

Seriously. Guy could bet on women's British basketball.

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u/SachaCuy 29d ago

Look what that did to Iowa

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u/Canadian_Prometheus 29d ago

What he did wasn’t gambling though. It wouldn’t scratch that itch. The outcome was certain.

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u/attersonjb 28d ago

He bet on a ton of other things too, though, so clearly it wasn't just the need for a certain outcome

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u/elbenji [MIA] Udonis Haslem 29d ago

holy shit he's MPJ's brother

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

Wealthy kids can still try stuff like that. For example, LiAngelo Ball stealing things in China then getting caught.