OT Jontay Porter lifetime ban for gambling

[HogtiedHippo]

Good. Leagues need to clamp down on this stuff hard lest it become a bigger issue.

Someone on YouTube broke down his games where there was unusual betting activity and his most recent one was laughable. Dude got a rebound and literally got bug eyed that the ball fell into his hands. He tried to immediately deflect it/drop it too, doing a weird movement, in hopes it wouldn't count. And since he was close to his prop he went to his coach and feigned an eye injury so he wouldn't play the rest of the game and the under would hit.

I think it wouldn't be that hard to watch the data and see when games have unusually betting activity and then analyze the games to see who was playing far below their efficiency averages. It wouldn't be hard to clean this sort of stuff up in the NBA.

 

[ganner918]

 

[bbncal02]

This is strange because multiple people on here have told me that gambling doesn't affect sports and refs and/or players do not impact games for gambling reasons.

Outside betting usually is pretty clean and regulated. It's in situations like this where the rigging occurs. And why when people are caught, should be punished severely.

Gambling is part of every day life. Hell, the entire Stock Market is technically gambling at its core. At it's origins, it was betting on Tulip crops for the upcoming season. Now we just "bet" on the success or failure of companies and their products. These players/coaches (and I'm sure refs) gambling is no different than insider trading. Both is extremely wrong.

Personally, Porter should be headed to prison.

 

[BigKari]

I bet there’s at least a few active NBA players who’s stomach has been in knots all day.

 

[RunninRichie]

Who the hell is Jontay Porter?

 

[ralphdaltonfan]

Who the hell is Jontay Porter?

Michael Porter's brother. The Porter family of Missouri and Michael now with the Nuggets.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Too bad he doesn't have a translator to fall on the sword for him.