Why These 4 NBA Players Got Blacklisted

Why These 4 NBA Players Got Blacklisted

What does getting blacklisted mean exactly well it’s the assumption that a player is shunned by the NBA cuz they engaged in behavior that was unacceptable usually players get punished by getting suspended or fined but even after that teams still want to avoid them it’s happened quite a few

Times across history some of which you could argue is not justified how’s it going folks my name’s Andy and today let’s take a look at some NBA players who who got blacklisted and these happened in recent years will they ever return and be given another chance let’s take a

Look Kevin Porter Jr the most recent example of a young Rising player with All-Star potential who saw his career turn for the worse on September 11th 2023 Kevin Porter junor was arrested and charged for assault on his girlfriend which left her with a fractured neck a month later the Houston Rockets traded

Him in what seemed like a salary dump to Oklahoma City where Porter got waved shortly after it seems kind of crazy at first because you know the NBA never usually takes domestic violence seriously usually they would work it out depending on how talented the player is and considering Porter was on the come

Up it’s shocking he got flat out waved this time however it’s different facing a second degree strangulation and a third degree assault charge no team wants to have that reputation of condoning these kind of Acts Porter’s name is in shambles and you know it wasn’t the first time something like

This happened over the years the Rockets have become accustomed to Porter’s outbursts according to W he stated Porter has well documented anger management issues which the team believes he has made progress on but those surfaced again Saturday and ultimately drove him to leave the arena instead of rejoining the team this was

Happening very early in his tenure with the rockets and they hoped he could change for the better for a guy like him working his way up from being the last pick of the first round nobody questioned his work ethic and his drive to succeed but those ridiculous outbursts and the frequent fights with

His coaching staff Porter lost his composure way too often and it slowly became intolerable when it culminated with his domes IC assault charge oh the Rockets knew it was time to move on and there was no saving this situation I don’t think all hope is lost for him if miles

Bridges can get another shot I’m sure eventually a team will pick up Porter as of now though every team in the league made a clear statement by not signing him it’s saying we don’t want to associate with you until you change Andis caner or by his new name Andis freedom

His Exodus from the NBA is quite an interesting case apparently the dude has a $500,000 bounty on his head from the Turkish government on February 8th 2022 caner played supposedly his final NBA game with the Boston Celtics on February 10th he got traded to the Houston Rockets in

What seemed like a horrendous deal for the Celtics I mean they gave up all this just to get Daniel Ty there has to be something else going on well caner would get quickly waved by the rockets and up until this video never played another NBA game caner believed it was because

He was vocal about his views of the Chinese government and because the NBA generates a lot of money from China teams did not want to be associated with somebody who might hurt their revenue although Adam Silver claims anybody is free to speak out on issues they care

About and denied that caner was you know blacklisted this can’t all be a coincidence the moment he started starts talking about this he stops getting minutes and then he gets traded and waved and never seen in the NBA again you can’t say he’s too old or he lacks

Talent or something the year prior he was an important piece for the Blazers it’s hard to believe he all of a sudden lost his skills on the Celtics if you remember China actually stopped broadcasting games of the Boston Celtics after Canter’s comments and it took a

While for them to show them again so perhaps there was some pressure by the higher UPS to play caner as few minutes as possible we’ll never know the full story but we do know ever since all that stuff happened plus being on turkey’s most wanted list no team has given caner

Another shot in fact he hasn’t even gotten any tryouts so you know teams aren’t looking for him there have been comparisons of the blacklisting of caner to that of mmud Abdul rouf who got blacklisted for refusing to stand for the national anthem in 1996 essentially what these two guys

Have in common is despite the NBA’s advocacy for speaking out on political issues it all changes when it starts hurting their bottom line OJ mayo the story of OJ mayo is hard to Fathom but you probably don’t know the full truth either from a high school

Phenom to the third overall pick of the draft Mayo found success in every stage of basketball but beneath the surface of his seemingly unbreakable exterior was a man who longed for forgiveness on July 1st 2016 the NBA suspended him for violating the drug policy for his use of marijuana and an exorbitant

Amount of painkillers the suspension would last for 2 years and then he’d be eligible to apply for reinstatement in 2018 however almost immediately following his suspension Mayo was filled with regret and fell into a deep spiral of loneliness embarrassment and depression without basketball he had nothing I

Didn’t get a phone call last summer from anybody besides my family for 40 days I still haven’t talked to some people who I’d used to talk to every week taking the game away is probably the closest thing to jail that I’ll get to since I

Was like 6 or seven I’ve always had a basketball season this was the lowest point in my entire life Mayo was fortunate enough to have a family who supported him I think his suspension from the NBA is a good reminder that it’s not the suspension itself that

Hurts it’s that you get a ostracized from society from your friends and from people around the league you’ve hung out with for so many years they stop calling you the instant you’re gone even though it’s been several years since he’s been eligible to return to the NBA he still

Hasn’t it’s not without a lack of trying Mayo has held private workouts he’s tried contacting his old friends and trainers to see if there’s any way he could get back in at this time age is not on his side maybe one day he might get another chance

Dion Waiters on October 19th 2019 Dion Waiters was suspended by the Miami Heat for just one game Pat Riley released a statement saying there was a bunch of unacceptable moments and misconduct but they remained vague on what really happened first nobody thought much of this suspension it was only one game

After all it was before the season even started so it wasn’t a big deal right ah well it spiraled out of control that one game suspension led to a 10 game suspension then another six-game suspension waiters even had a panic attack after consuming way too many Edibles and during his recovery he would

Continue to not follow the team’s policies and even faked an illness to avoid practice the heat traded him away and he got waved instantly funny enough the Lakers picked him off waivers he even won a championship against his former team this would be the last time he appeared in the

NBA for several years Dion didn’t have much interest in returning until his 10-year-old son asked him a question dad why aren’t you in the NBA anymore to which Dion responded your dad is not out of the league because of talent it was my attitude my character I

Was so irresponsible and immature I let the heat down they were good to me I did not handle it well at all on the bright side waiters has gotten a couple of workouts with some teams but since 2020 he’s still waiting to make his return if it ever

Happens in recent years I feel like there’s been a bigger shift in how players get blacklisted or blackballed in the past if you were you know a locker room cancer if you had off court issues with the law you could still get by if you had enough Talent a team isn’t

Going to pass on you because you’re a headcase as long as you could play nowadays I feel like it’s different there’s less tolerance for stuff like that just look at Miles Bridges who basically got suspended an entire season in the past they’d separate what happens on the court versus off the court things

You did off the court were never taken as seriously you never saw a player get suspended this long for a domestic assault case now this set a new precedent that your place in the NBA should not be taken for granted and every player needs to abide by certain

Standards with the era of social soci media the backlash spreads fast teams will get hammered if they picked up a guy who just had a serious charge against him in the long run I think it’s better for the NBA to be more protective of their image anyway That’s all folks those were

Several players who they’re basically blacklisted from the NBA though I can see some of these guys returning eventually we just don’t know when but I’m sure their stories are not over yet thank you all so much for watching I hope youall enjoy the video and of

Course as always I’ll see you next time peace

NBA teams are trying to avoid these players as much as possible…but why? Let’s take a look at how these players became blacklisted from the NBA. Enjoy!

I make all kinds of NBA videos which include analysis, player stories, countdowns, and mysteries. Make sure to leave a like and subscribe if you enjoyed this video!

► X (Twitter): @AndyHoopsYT
► TikTok: @AndyHoopsYT
► Music:
E L L A – Chill Hip Hop Beat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFfncn6YPW0
Super Power Cool Dude by Kevin MacLeod

Available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Find all of his songs and download them for free here: http://incompetech.com

► Sources:
Stats and box-scores from Basketball-Reference.com, NBA.com, Statmuse.com, PBPstats.com

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10022783-report-rockets-kevin-porter-jr-has-well-documented-anger-management-issues
https://www.si.com/nba/2017/08/20/oj-mayo-drug-ban-comeback-milwaukee-bucks-travelle-gaines

#nba