Jontay Porter betting on himself

[Johnny Bball]

no doubt, even if he evades criminal charges he'll be done in the NBA and probably in the states as well. I would think decent European clubs will steer clear as well, his next stop gonna be China..

To be fair, Raptors management is doing worse things themselves this season. Have you seen how many guys have been sitting out lately?

They are showing 0 intention to actually win games and are blatantly tanking to keep their pick. I'd actually be pissed if he was doing this while the team was trying to win. Porter's intentions align with the Raptors management's intentions lol.

Nah, Barnes, and Poelt are truly injured. Barrett is probably depress losing his brother and Quickley losing his uncle. They will lose intentional or not. They wanted to enter the play-in until they lost Barnes for the season.

Yep. Such a stupid accusation. Its taking far less than any other team to tank.

[Tor_Raps]

To be fair, Raptors management is doing worse things themselves this season. Have you seen how many guys have been sitting out lately?

They are showing 0 intention to actually win games and are blatantly tanking to keep their pick. I'd actually be pissed if he was doing this while the team was trying to win. Porter's intentions align with the Raptors management's intentions lol.

Nah, Barnes, and Poelt are truly injured. Barrett is probably depress losing his brother and Quickley losing his uncle. They will lose intentional or not. They wanted to enter the play-in until they lost Barnes for the season.

Yep. Such a stupid accusation. Its taking far less than any other team to tank.

Ya but that's when the Porter stuff happened... after we've clearly been tanking. Even when IQ and RJ were back... they kept sitting out random games as well. Are you seriously telling me that the Raptors aren't currently tanking? Lol

[Tor_Raps]

So when people win, let's start an investigation. When people lose their life savings due to an addiction, you should have called the gambling hotline and we still get to keep all the profits. Screw these gambling companies and for everyone promoting them.

If the guy isn't betting himself, everything should be fair game. Maybe Gambling companies should stop allowing such bets or figure out a better method to protect themselves. Anyone have a hotline for gambling companies?

/rant

[bballfan1three3]

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[Johnny Bball]

Nah, Barnes, and Poelt are truly injured. Barrett is probably depress losing his brother and Quickley losing his uncle. They will lose intentional or not. They wanted to enter the play-in until they lost Barnes for the season.

Yep. Such a stupid accusation. Its taking far less than any other team to tank.

Ya but that's when the Porter stuff happened... after we've clearly been tanking. Even when IQ and RJ were back... they kept sitting out random games as well. Are you seriously telling me that the Raptors aren't currently tanking? Lol

What are you even talking about. Such a worthless question.

The first game was January. Stop trying to jam your bias into everything. It gets old.

No, they are clearly tanking, but that wasn't your dumb point. Your dumb point was they are just sitting guys out, and everyone should be outraged (LOL), yet they are doing what every other team is and to a lesser extent. RJ's 19 YO brorther died, wtf. 3 guys are out for the season.

[Tor_Raps]

Yep. Such a stupid accusation. Its taking far less than any other team to tank.

Ya but that's when the Porter stuff happened... after we've clearly been tanking. Even when IQ and RJ were back... they kept sitting out random games as well. Are you seriously telling me that the Raptors aren't currently tanking? Lol

What are you even talking about. Such a worthless question.

The first game was January. Stop trying to jam your bias into everything. It gets old.

No, they are clearly tanking, but that wasn't your dumb point. Your dumb point was they are just sitting guys out, and everyone should be outraged (LOL), yet they are doing what every other team is and to a lesser extent. RJ's 19 YO brorther died, wtf. 3 guys are out for the season.

LOL whats up your ass. I don't even know who the hell u are so not sure about the "it gets old" comment. Go get some fresh air man.

It was a light hearted comment that we already suck and are trying to tank now anyways. I understand the implications but I also don't give 2 craps about gambling companies so I'm not catching feelings like you.

Again, go get some fresh air... this message board isn't that serious lol.

[durden_tyler]

If that account has any connection to him/his close friends, his career is over. LOL

[gusman]

NBA is fixed. College is even worse. You are telling me these guys aren’t talking about this in their dorm rooms in college? Sports gambling has ruined sports and this will come out down the road. It’s sickening.

[JDR720]

When stuff like this happens people always try to think about it logically. I spent some time as a counselor working with gamblers. Ironically enough, many don't spend a lot of time thinking about things like risk/reward. They just gamble.

I can't recall where it was from.

But basically, people who like to gamble enjoy the high from winning more than they dislike the low from losing. Even if they lose a lot more or don't win much money.

It's literally an addiction.

[JDR720]

Watch on YouTube

[CIN-C-STAR]

This is the dumbest scheme I've ever heard of.
If this guy's brother wasn't an anti-vaccine flat earther I'd say it's impossible for anyone to be this dumb, but must be that top-notch homeschool education they received

[GeorgeSears]

I doubt he bet on himself, but there was definitely some insider trading going on. He was likely giving his friends information. If he's caught, he'll get a lifetime ban.

[GreatWhiteStiff]

It's kind of funny though, Jontay Porter fakes injuries due to gambling gets pulled. Chris Boucher, injured, perhaps seriously remains in tight game they're supposed to try and lose anyway.

[GreatWhiteStiff]

I think this story is way bigger then news outlets are making it.
It really does undermine the legitimacy of the entire NBA.

This is surely just the tip of the iceberg

Ya. You catch 1 but how many are doing it but just better? It's actually pretty easy to hide it if youre a player and youre smart

I mean you have to be on a tanking team and you have to be 11-15 on the roster for the economics of a point shaving bet to make any sense. Otherwise, the risk/reward doesn't work.

Yeah I see the risk reward logic the same way. Still the guy's an idiot for doing it though. Or maybe it just seems that way because it seems like he's got caught. I think he had a career ahead of him otherwise.

[NyKnicks1714]

Has that bet slip been verified?

[LeBronSpaghetti]

https://youtu.be/DeXcc2d9Ajw?si=S-XfvgLl4EF1tBCS

I thought this was a gutsy move by both guys and so true. They start with Ohtani but really get into it once Wilbon starts talking about the Porter situation.

[Johnny Bball]

Has that bet slip been verified?

Its the NBA. They aren't going to let one bit of this information public while they figure out what happened. And once they do, they will release even less info.

[Goomba3666]

Everyone's spent so much time speculating about officials, but there are a lot more players than officials and they have a much stronger impact on the game...especially when we're talking about their own stats.

We don't know if he's guilty, but to me, rotation players who aren't making crazy money have the highest potential to impact the integrity of the game via gambling.

10000% this. Guys at the end of the bench & refs.

[Johnny Bball]

Everyone's spent so much time speculating about officials, but there are a lot more players than officials and they have a much stronger impact on the game...especially when we're talking about their own stats.

We don't know if he's guilty, but to me, rotation players who aren't making crazy money have the highest potential to impact the integrity of the game via gambling.

10000% this. Guys at the end of the bench & refs.

I doubt he agrees to empty his locker and get away from the team if he isn't guilty. I doubt the NBA even release the fact that the NBA is investigating if they don't know already he's guilty. And none of that means they are going to tell anyone he is guilty in the end either. I get the feeling this ends like a drug/PED violation, where its a very vague desription of what hapepened with no facts and just the punishment.

[Goomba3666]

Everyone's spent so much time speculating about officials, but there are a lot more players than officials and they have a much stronger impact on the game...especially when we're talking about their own stats.

We don't know if he's guilty, but to me, rotation players who aren't making crazy money have the highest potential to impact the integrity of the game via gambling.

10000% this. Guys at the end of the bench & refs.

I doubt he agrees to empty his locker and get away from the team if he isn't guilty. I doubt the NBA even release the fact that the NBA is investigating if they don't know already he's guilty. And none of that means they are going to tell anyone he is guilty in the end either. I get the feeling this ends like a drug/PED violation, where its a very vague desription of what hapepened with no facts and just the punishment.

Very similar to the Biogenesis story & Bron. It won't go anywhere even though there are CLEAR links.