Jontay Porter betting on himself

scrabbarista · Post #42 » by **scrabbarista** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:19 pm

LoveMyRaps wrote:

Read on Twitter

Interesting, but it would be stupid to read much into this. He's smiling, and then seems a bit ashamed.

Normal reaction of a prideful guy trying to earn a spot in the league.

___Rand___ · Post #43 » by **___Rand___** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:19 pm

If this was true, things are going to turn massively sours on a guy who's had to over come adversity just trying to make an NBA roster. All the years of hard work is going down the drain for a few dollars.

scrabbarista · Post #44 » by **scrabbarista** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:21 pm

Childs wrote:

One day, they will call Gobert "The Logo" because of this pose.

scrabbarista · Post #45 » by **scrabbarista** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:24 pm

___Rand___ wrote:If this was true, things are going to turn massively sour on a guy who's had to overcome adversity just trying to make an NBA roster. All the years of hard work is going down the drain for a few dollars.

Yeah, seems clear he has NBA talent. It doesn't make sense that he would do this - with the potential for legally earning 100 million in his future.

But I'm never one to assume that people's actions are going to make sense, so obviously I have no clue what really happened here.

Same with the Ohtani situation: the one thing I assume is that we the public will never get the full, accurate story.

WolfAddict · Post #46 » by **WolfAddict** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:27 pm

Obviously this would never happen given I have absolutely no talent whatsoever, but there's no way my competitive arse could ever fake injuries in an NBA game to win a bet... Like, I'd sacrifice my whole family just to win a game of Monopoly or Uno ffs

PlatinumState · Post #47 » by **PlatinumState** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:29 pm

At least he can fall back on his bro's paychecks now that he's gonna be around the house a lot :lol:

rapstarter · Post #48 » by **rapstarter** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:29 pm

WolfAddict wrote:Obviously this would never happen given I have absolutely no talent whatsoever, but there's no way my competitive arse could ever fake injuries in an NBA game to win a bet... Like, I'd sacrifice my whole family just to win a game of Monopoly or Uno ffs

Maybe Jontay isn't so bad...

NyKnicks1714 · Post #49 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:30 pm

___Rand___ wrote:If this was true, things are going to turn massively sours on a guy who's had to over come adversity just trying to make an NBA roster. All the years of hard work is going down the drain for a few dollars.

You say a few dollars but we're probably talking figures that represent a lot of money to him. It's criminal, but not stupid. What's stupid is how he got caught. Prop bets on a relatively unknown player were the biggest Draftkings moneymakers on two separate dates. That's absolutely insane.

We don't know if he orchestrated it or if someone else did and just told him what to do, but whoever did was basically clueless.

BigDan245 · Post #50 » by **BigDan245** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:30 pm

NyKnicks1714 wrote:
CptCrunch wrote:
The next day, DraftKings SportsBooks reported to its users that Porter's prop bets were the No. 1 moneymaker from the night in the NBA.

Well this is the red flag of all red flags. I imagine whoever was placing bets for him was spreading it around, at least I hope, but clearly not well enough. I don't how Porter and his people allow this to happen.

Because people are stupid.

People seem to think everybody doing something shady is doing it with a highly sophisticated operation. Most of them are idiots.

Post #51 » by **G R E Y** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:33 pm

lol

Read on Twitter

What a **** weird news day...

NyKnicks1714 · Post #52 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:34 pm

BigDan245 wrote:
NyKnicks1714 wrote:
CptCrunch wrote:

Well this is the red flag of all red flags. I imagine whoever was placing bets for him was spreading it around, at least I hope, but clearly not well enough. I don't how Porter and his people allow this to happen.

Because people are stupid.

People seem to think everybody doing something shady is doing it with a highly sophisticated operation. Most of them are idiots.

True, but this is reeeeeallly stupid. I know nothing about how to get away with anything like this, and even I could have planned the betting logistics better in all of 5 minutes.

JayMKE · Post #53 » by **JayMKE** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:34 pm

Inevitable result of the NBA's embrace of sports betting, won't be surprised to see more people nabbed

Chuck Everett · Post #54 » by **Chuck Everett** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:34 pm

If it's true, it's just the League reaping what it sows. They are in bed with gambling and Donaghy is just a single rogue actor. Yep.

Nothing to see here, please disperse.

scrabbarista · Post #55 » by **scrabbarista** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:36 pm

I wonder why they didn't flag Scott Foster when Jarret Allen exceeded his season-high of 11 FTA's by 8 ---- in one half.

(And then they fined Rudy Gobert $100,000 for noticing.)

MarcusBrody · Post #56 » by **MarcusBrody** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:38 pm

NyKnicks1714 wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:Man, this is one of the 100 reasons I don't sports gamble. You win big, and they're like, "Hold on, you're obviously cheating."

This isn't a thing that happens.

It certainly can be:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/17/sports-bets-errors-payouts/

Basically sports books claiming that their odds were "in error" retroactively to try to avoid paying based on the observed payout of what actually happened. I strongly suspect that they never refunded money in the opposite direction.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #57 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:41 pm

MarcusBrody wrote:
NyKnicks1714 wrote:
scrabbarista wrote:Man, this is one of the 100 reasons I don't sports gamble. You win big, and they're like, "Hold on, you're obviously cheating."

This isn't a thing that happens.

It certainly can be:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/01/17/sports-bets-errors-payouts/

Basically sports books claiming that their odds were "in error" retroactively to try to avoid paying based on the observed payout of what actually happened. I strongly suspect that they never refunded money in the opposite direction.

He got paid in full in the end, but this sort of thing is an anomaly. If you want to start sports betting, it's not a potential issue you need to concern yourself with.

10DayContract · Post #58 » by **10DayContract** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:43 pm

Lots and lots of guys are doing this, in all sports.

Quattro · Post #59 » by **Quattro** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:47 pm

Who would have ever thought pro sports getting in bed with gambling would have these sorts of repercussions?

twozeroMM · Post #60 » by **twozeroMM** » Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:49 pm

Dubious Handles wrote:and so it begins

First thought that came to mind.

This is probably going to be first of many and it makes me wonder how this dude slipped up.