[Tim Bontemps] Adam Silver says what Jontay Porter is accused of is a “cardinal sin” and that punishment for it could go up to banishment from the league.
Adam Silver says what Jontay Porter is accused of is a “cardinal sin” and that punishment for it could go up to banishment from the league.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) April 10, 2024
by drecz
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GGs in the chat for jontay
It’s Jontay Pover
If that ends up being the case – he literally threw away a potential spot on our roster. Braindead decision
They will probably want to make an example out of him, given the risks for how it could affect players, referees and everyone’s sense of fair play.
Bro threw away a career in the NBA for some change on prop bets 🤦♂️🤦♂️
yeah hes cooked. bro was a good shooter and played well in our system, was a solid front court playet that wouldve been great depth off the bench. Cant believe he just threw it all away like that
its interesting tho I was curious when he kept coming out of games early in his last few games. bro would have freak “accidents” then suddenly leave the game and it would have me mad cos he was productive in his minutes
Still an accusation until we know what comes from this he’s still screwed. If he’s innocent it will be a black eye on his career. If he’s guilty he threw his NBA career goodbye.
He’s gone. If the allegations are true, he not only bet on games, he encouraged others to also bet and then faked injuries to secure the bet. It’s like a triple whammy.
Bet on your… nevermind
Oh what could’ve been Jontay
I like how it’s this serious but any chance they get they will promote sports betting and even put it in your face on the nba app when watching league pass
Get ready to learn antarctican buddy
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Jontay’s biggest crime was not being a ref betting on games
Silver when it’s DV or guns: “oh poor child, take some time off and get therapy”
Silver when someone is jeopardizing his grand vision of sports betting + NBA: “banished for life”
I hope Silver fucking lays the law down on the refs too. I have no doubt that the refs have affected the outcome of games for personal reasons way more than Jontay ever has (see Scott Foster, Ben Taylor). If we’re going to ban a player, be consistent and apply the rules everywhere
Why make Millions when you can make……..thousands!! Muhahaha MUUUHHAHAHAH MUUUUUUUUUUHAHAHAHA
he thre a multimillion dollar contract for this petty shit.
I’m still golding hope he didn’t do it, but it’s looking bleak rn.
A “cardinal sin”??? Holy shit.
MPJ must be stingy with his money lol
If he did it, I hope he an cop a plea – get banned for a year or two then get reinstated. In all likelihood his career is over anyway, but he should have the opportunity to make amends and get another shot.
Beyond banishment from the league, if it is proven he did what he’s being accused of, I wouldn’t be surprised if he is criminally charged for it.
Such a bizarre situation. He worked his ass off after his injuries to get a spot in the NBA. His brother isn’t a nobody, he’s arguably the 3rd best player on a perennial championship squad. You really had to gamble?? Shit, we would’ve paid you if you kept making your 3s and played decent basketball every game. Wild.
Even if they don’t banish someone from the league they would still be banished cause no one on the team would play with them. Why would you even pass them the ball? So they can chuck it out of bounds? 😑
Even if they didn’t banish from the league no team would ever feel confident enough to hire him.
I just don’t get how you’re so dumb and bet with you’re real name like bruh
Bro was actually solid too, could’ve carved out a nice role for himself on this team. Damn shame
If he’s guilty, I don’t disagree with Silver.
But ffs look at the god damn refs, the hypocrisy lol. Someone could make hours of YouTube comps of refs making objectively bad calls and then look at the subsequent bets that were placed and there would 100% be links.
League asked for this.
Guys cooked.
If hes guilty i dont even understand the risk. Whatever he was betting or had betted was no where near enough to make up for an nba contract unless he was garaunteed to be out of the league following this season
I like how the NBA lets players bet on other sports. I think that’s fair and goes hand in hand with integrating sports betting ads into literally everything the NBA does now. I’d go so far as to say that there isn’t really an issue with player’s betting on themselves/others/other teams as long as they take the over or the win.
But if he was actually telling people to take unders and then taking himself out, that’s pretty shit. He deserves to be banned for that. You can’t really fix an over, that’s just being good at your sport and that’s what they are paid to do. Unders are a different story.
Rape, domestic assault, adultery – not cardinal sins.
Get ready to learn Chinese buddy
Yeah, duh. Guy Pete Rose’d himself.
Adam Silver gonna hit him with the Sterling special
**FOR LIFE**
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Or he could become a ref for a couple decades
Okay sure but Scott Foster is still allowed to be a referee in the NBA
FVV: BET ON YOURSELF.
JTP: AIGHT SAY NO MORE.
RAPTORS SECONDS FROM DISASTER
yes jontay would then have committed one of the worst decisions you can in sport.
but let’s not forget that the league encourages gambling by heavily promoting it and accepting huge moneys from the gambling firms.