You gave up your career for $21000! I’ve left the casino playing blackjack plus poker up 7500. You telling me a dude who making at least 1.1 million can’t come up betting money another way? Bum
That's somehow a positive for him? Rose bet on the game for years, he bet on his own team while playing and managing, he bet through a mob-connected bookie, and he lied about it endlessly with arrogance and a total lack of remorse. He was in control of an entire team, not just one player affecting the outcome. He plays the victim in the most obnoxious way. Sure, there's hypocrisy and unequal justice in many aspects of the MLB decision-making. But Rose is not the poster boy for unfair rulings. He's an insufferable jerk, liar and disgrace to the sport.
@@surfwriter8461well it’s not like a double standard but ppl can argue it because he’s the all time hits leader while porter is a fringe nba player that bet on his teams to lose. No one says either is ok. But Pete rose was top notch
@@tainanking The fact that he was a stats leader and known for his passionate "hustle" on the field doesn't mitigate the offenses he committed through his gambling and his lies. If anything, the standards should be higher for someone viewed as a legend of the game. I have nothing but contempt for Rose the person, and I don't think we can be "objective" about his accomplishments when those accomplishments were undermined by his shameful gambling, endless lies and cheap victimhood act.
There's usually more to these stories than meets the eye. He made millions in the NBA and has a brother who signed a 180 million dollar contract so it probably wasn't financially motivated. There are bookies who target young players and manipulate them into a situation where they then have control over them. I wouldn't be shocked if some dangerous people were forcing him to do what he did because he owed them money or they found out some info on him that he didn't want revealed.
This is bad but to bring up Donald Sterling isn't the same now your gonna get some people on you once again because he was a racist owner. The player bet on the game but Donald Sterling is a much different situation that didn't even have to be brought up. I know how some people will look at this and they will have a valid point because those are 2 different situations and for you to say this was worse than a racist is blastfamy
I get it, it was super tempting to win this amount of money and he was an insider so it made sense “to him”. The amount of money is what got him in trouble. Lol 80k on a nobody to win $1 mil???
The argument about Pete Rose is ridiculous, filled with false or irrelevant issues about Rose's history and the supposed "exploitation" of Rose during his playing days, and an insulting attempt at defending the scum that is Pete Rose. If Smith was making a court case out of those comments, it would be laughed out of court. Rose bet on the game for years, he bet on his own team while playing and managing, he bet through a mob-connected bookie, and he lied about it endlessly with arrogance and a total lack of remorse. He plays the victim in the most obnoxious way. Sure, there's hypocrisy and unequal justice in many aspects of the MLB decision-making. But Rose is not the poster boy for unfair rulings. Jontay Porter, to return the subject of this current story, deserves to be banned and has no one to blame but himself. Finally, let's hear SA Smith deal with the gross hypocrisy of ESPN, the NBA and other major entities for ranting about athletes gambling while those major entities of the sports world weave betting into virtually every element of their public activities. They rely on gambling into their advertising, their website, their TV productions, their commentary shows and everything else they do. So don't try to pretend to be superior and judge athletes while ignoring your own complicity in the gambling cancer.
He’s 24, potential to make millions and secure his family & himself. All went down the hole for a 80k bet, matter of fact they caught him betting 20k as well. Makes 0 sense, dumba$$ of the year goes to this guy
Everyone is gonna know him for the wrong reasons lol 😂 And I bet he was bragging to his teammates to, like cmon bro do it wit me I’m telling you we can get paid 😂
I very much agree, especially about Pete Rose. Pete Rose never bet on compromising his team, Pete Rose always bet on his success which means that what you'd expect from his team to do.
Bro is legit smooth-brained. You’ve been given the opportunity to earn millions playing a ball game, why would you throw that away? And if you’re going to bet, why bet against your own team??? It makes him look super guilty and even worse Making a (extremely lucrative) living playing sports is a privilege. I think it’s more than fair to say that the league was right to revoke that privilege from this young man
Actually, he can't. Casinos run probably the most stringent background checks of any employers. If you have any gambling red flags in your past, you can forget working there. Getting banned from the NBA for gambling, is a gambling red flag.
It's a fair comparison because they're both banned for life. Sterling was a racist immoral creep. Porter was intentionally attacking the integrity of the game. Definitely worse
@@marvymarv959you know what they mean. They’re just too much of a coward to say it and deal with the blowback. He’s just another racist. No different from any other racist.
Worst then Donald sterling? S.A.S is obviously looking for clicks to catch up with club shay shay 😅. 2 you shouldn't ask the brother that is still in the NBA a damn thing, both are men and should be held accountable for their own actions.
I’m terms of the integrity of the game yeah it’s worse. One racist owner is bad but players throwing games will literally be the end of any league. Imagine if teams would have guys like this. In playoff games and all. That’d destroy the credibility of the league. A racist owner has nothing to do with on court stuff. Throwing games literally affects on court activity.
@@KKOPPONGwait til you learn the games are fixed. From the total point amount, to player props, to the winner. Sheep like you see these stories and it’s “proof” the nba isn’t fixed. Enjoy being somebody’s fool.
To everyone in the comments AND Stephen A Smith himself, I hope you read this: The fact is, Adam Silver brought this on himself. He jumped into bed with gambling conpanies and now a player found doing the wrong thing is crucified. Manipulation of player prop bets has been rampant in ncaa basketball for many years - being manipulated by players obviously, as well as coaches and refs. Go ask any ncaa basketballer to speak off the record, and you'll hear the truth. It's gotten so bad that several U.S states have banned player prop bets and there is a further push to expand the ban to more states. So, this has been going on for a long time at lower levels and god knows how many others have done what Jontay did in nba but do it smarter. Gambling, whether it is on sports or two cockroaches climbing up a wall is, for many people, a disease. We all know gambling took a stranglehold of even the GOAT MJ. It is truly insidious. Before simply looking at black and white facts, the NBA should also investigate WHY and show a duty of care to an EMPLOYEE that is bombarded by gambling commericals on a daily basis. Jontay is a victim of the NBA enabling this to happen. They opened the door...and a player walked through it.
Appreciate the support guys. I mean, of course i don't condone what he did - BUT some of his bets were $15... $15...does that sound like a man trying to corrupt the game or get rich? As a degen, he's done it for entertainment which is exactly how gambling companies promote themselves, as "entertainment". What should of happened is the league should have kept this completely confidential; investigated; provided counselling and support; and offered probation. If he violated again, then he's gone.
Nice to see Stephen A. out here defending guys like Pete Rose, who should have immunity for his actions due to his fame and revenue contributions to the sport. That never goes wrong, having different standards of punishment, and our society is all the better for just giving folks a pass because they are super famous. We all know laws and rules are for the plebs.
Thats not how things work dude. There's NO excuse for his actions. It wouldn't be as bad if he was just betting on games but this dude bet on himself and took the Under and then mysteriously leaves games injured. Not only that but he gave away confidential information about his playing status. That is why there's rules for players betting on the sports they play AND has some control in the outcome
We are about to witness the biggest corruption in NBA history, the referees are about to work double time and a half to help LEBALCO win this series. The Nuggets have to get ready for all the shady shit that’s about to happen, the nuggets fans need to step up and put a stop to this..!!!!!
I obviously agree with the NBA's decision, athletes should be betting on games in any way shape or form, honestly people shouldn't be betting in general. But with that being said, why are the REFS allowed to bet????
You do remember that Pete Rose said he never bet on baseball games for years. Then switched his story to sell books. You can't believe a word that man says.
This is what you get for allowing legalized gambling online. It's simply way, way too tempting for players. Look what happened with the Black Soxs scandal back in the day, and there was no internet or even television then. Nevermind now with how easy it is to bet online.
Not even. Betting institution help sports leagues to personally tie and track every pro athletes' phone and email activity, should they even sniff the way of sports betting. They tell players this even before they sign any contracts. They know the risk. That's why they sneak around to do it. Even Porter here tried to use someone else's account but it didn't slide.
That's not how it happened, little to do with tracking devices. A betting company noticed that there had been a quite large bet on Jontay Porter's props.
Stephen A., I like how you said, “My condolences to the Porter family.” People may have forgotten or not even know that around this same time last year Michael Porter Jr.’s other brother killed a lady in Denver while he was drunk driving. I was very proud that Michael Porter Jr. was able to move past that and win a championship with the Nuggets. Now he has to go through a major distraction again this year.
In football (Euro), a known EPL player Ivan Toney had a betting ban but only got 8 months. I wonder why the NBA, has decided a lifetime was needed. I suspect the scale and amount of leaks he was giving out was attrivutable to it.
" I suspect the scale and amount of leaks he was giving out was attrivutable to it." No my brother. Jontay is a nobody. Jontay isn't LeQueen James or Stephe Curry. The NBA will always protect those ones but no a Jontay. Who cares about a plumber.
It doesn't matter whether Pete Rose helped or hurt ratings during his time...give the money back! Ridiculous to even mention abstract, inconsequential things, smith know this. Just adds to his so-called "documentation". Thing about, you can never figure out ALL the PIECES of what was or was not done! Even as a manage, you influence the game by your managerial actions that could either win or lose the game, endanger players (an injured player should be pulled, yet you keep him in...was this done because of betting, or would you have done it anyway...Absolutely No Way Of EVER Knowing), same as pulling out a player and putting a low performer player! How doesn't can anyone EVER know the betting didn't influence the action? But the worse of all, just like Jontay and many others, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON PETE SHOULD BE BETTING, SHARING INFORMATION, WHATEVER BECAUSE HE REALLY DOESN'T NEED THE MONEY! THIS IS ALL EGO!!!!, Rose, Jontay could have GIVEN money directly to those that were to benefit from it and at his salary...never missed a penny! So, it all ego! I'm the man, Life is about ME! I control....power corrupts, absolute power...we know, and point made again!
I really, *REALLY* hope Jontay saved the 2.3 million (or whatever it was) he made b4 he started this gambling mess. He can still live a nice life... But he probably didn't smh
For those people thinking he’s headed Overseas. “NOT GOING TO HAPPEN”! Book It! McDonalds is always hiring. In my opinion, he should get really close with his brother Michael, and become part of his entourage. That’s what I would do. Stay close to the real $$$$$. Maybe he could be his brother’s laundry guy etc.
For anyone out here trying to give Porter an excuse just think about this, these players can gamble all they want to.....JUST DON'T BET ON YOUR OWN SPORT! How hard is that? Why is that so difficult? Porter is a big dummy, plain and simple.....
Young black hip hop culture is all about being tough right? So why is there so much emotional uproar over Donald sterlings comments? And don’t just say some “🤦🏾♂️” or some “you must be racist” please actually explain it. Why Is young black culture all about thug life, acting hard, anti snitching etc etc, then y’all get tilted by an old man comments. While y’all call them “white people this and white people be like” the second a white man says the word black it’s a riot. Please explain in a way that doesn’t reflect ignorance, because it only further proves the point.
Knowing that NBA salaries always go up, even if he makes the minimum, he's a multi millionaire over time. Thiannis Atentekumpo has made over 12 million, and he's nowhere as good as Jontay, and he resorts to this? Losing millions over 21k winnings? Mofo goofball.
Y’all think Jontay Porter the master mind of this gambling? Y’all think he the head of the snake? It’s still happening now and will continue to happen. Jontay Porter got Caught. The others haven’t. That’s the only difference. Y’all think refs stopped betting games? Y’all forgot the refs got caught years ago? Y’all think that stopped? 😂 gullible people.
Here is where SAS is a shrill for the establishment. Jontay Porter is a scapegoat that lets Silver look like he has control. But he does not have control of this. Not at all. That speech by Silver was a joke. Obviously, the integrity of the game is NOT the most important thing in the game or else he never would have gotten in bed with gamblers. Wake up, SAS. Porter is a pawn in all of this. He means nothing. There is, however, a much, much bigger story here. Stephen A, let them just hand down this narratives and expect you to swallow them whole. Come on, bro. Wake the H up. Your moral outrage feeds the system and gives it cover.
Banned for life? Harsh. At least make it 20 years and chance of redemption during the 2044 season tryouts. He can keep his game sharp playing ovesars for Ping TunhYeng Ducks😊
I’m a basketball fan who watches a lot of NBA games ( I’m in Toronto) and we are bombarded by gambling ads all game long, too much really. I’m not a gambler by any means but I understand why people are drawn to it. For an actual NBA player (who makes the minimum) to participate in it doesn’t really surprise me. It’s big big money after all, and Jontay had the potential to make more than his salary.
They all have female hair extensions and tights white dudes brothers players from other countries and backgrounds all are running around looking like Cindy Brady diving and chucking the ball it's embarrassing. I'd watch the WNBA over this all day long
So let me get this straight, Jonatay Porter’s scripture quoting father (who continues to mentor young men through the porterbasketball academy and the MPJ elite team) now has one son starring in the NBA, one son banned from the NBA for life and one son in jail for 8 years for vehicular homicide. What right does he have to preach and tell others how to raise their children? 2 bad apples out of 3. Not a great look.
Well, it clearly wasn’t about the money. I’ve read that his winnings from his gambling on those games amounted to about 20k. Considering how much he could have earned over a career that really emphasizes just how dumb he was being.
Imagine fumbling a $2.3M bag contract over a $21K bet. 🤦🏿♂️😬😂
I think that's how much he made over his entire career
You gave up your career for $21000! I’ve left the casino playing blackjack plus poker up 7500. You telling me a dude who making at least 1.1 million can’t come up betting money another way? Bum
Fact
If you want to gamble in the nfl play poker or roulette lol
Donald Sterling’s mistress called herself his “Silly Rabbit” 😂
She looked like Madonna
He's on his way overseas
Nope. Bans such as these usually apply for overseas leagues as well they want no parts of a player like that
Hes banned from most leagues that have any association with NBA.
He sat across the isle from me on the plane to Shanghai
He'd bet on his new overseas team. lol. He's banned from everywhere including the local park and LA Fitness. Nobody will touch him (No Diddy).
😂😂😂😂😂
At least Pete Rose bet on his team to win. Damn!
😅
That's somehow a positive for him? Rose bet on the game for years, he bet on his own team while playing and managing, he bet through a mob-connected bookie, and he lied about it endlessly with arrogance and a total lack of remorse. He was in control of an entire team, not just one player affecting the outcome. He plays the victim in the most obnoxious way. Sure, there's hypocrisy and unequal justice in many aspects of the MLB decision-making. But Rose is not the poster boy for unfair rulings. He's an insufferable jerk, liar and disgrace to the sport.
@@surfwriter8461well it’s not like a double standard but ppl can argue it because he’s the all time hits leader while porter is a fringe nba player that bet on his teams to lose. No one says either is ok. But Pete rose was top notch
No he didn't
@@tainanking The fact that he was a stats leader and known for his passionate "hustle" on the field doesn't mitigate the offenses he committed through his gambling and his lies. If anything, the standards should be higher for someone viewed as a legend of the game. I have nothing but contempt for Rose the person, and I don't think we can be "objective" about his accomplishments when those accomplishments were undermined by his shameful gambling, endless lies and cheap victimhood act.
Dude is the face of hustling backwards lol
There's usually more to these stories than meets the eye. He made millions in the NBA and has a brother who signed a 180 million dollar contract so it probably wasn't financially motivated. There are bookies who target young players and manipulate them into a situation where they then have control over them. I wouldn't be shocked if some dangerous people were forcing him to do what he did because he owed them money or they found out some info on him that he didn't want revealed.
The guy misuderstood Fred VanVleet's advise to him to bet on himself.
It’s a shame because he finally got a real contract and was a good piece for the raptors, and he throws it away for $21,000
If I see Michael Porter Jr. leave the game early vs the Lakers I'll die.
Sports betting will be the down fall of all sports. Ya think he really is the only one? In any sport.
Only one stupid enough to get caught yea
Fred Vanvleet taught him on how to bet on himself.
Banned for life for betting yet Draymond Green gets slapped on wh wrist for multiple physical violence violations? You tell me, which one's worse?
He’s getting paid to dribble a stupid basketball and still got greedy 🤣
This is bad but to bring up Donald Sterling isn't the same now your gonna get some people on you once again because he was a racist owner. The player bet on the game but Donald Sterling is a much different situation that didn't even have to be brought up. I know how some people will look at this and they will have a valid point because those are 2 different situations and for you to say this was worse than a racist is blastfamy
His Name was Charlie Hustle Boy was the Beast
But what if he made way more money than he would have playing in the NBA😂😂😂
This will effect Michael Porter Jr in the playoffs
Worse than Donald Sterling, ain’t no way!!!!!
GTFOH Donald Sterling was not kicked out of the league for that one statement. He did a hell of alot more that made him a cancer to the NBA.
I get it, it was super tempting to win this amount of money and he was an insider so it made sense “to him”. The amount of money is what got him in trouble. Lol 80k on a nobody to win $1 mil???
He couldn’t just train hard at practice and enjoy the game? Strange
Protecting the integrity of nba competition 😂 good one Adam silver
Imagine if there was a large group of nba players found to have done this
4:45 Donald Sterling situation was worst.
80k….like of course they gonna see that and be specious. Even worse you bet on your on team to lose.
No way his brother aint part of this
The argument about Pete Rose is ridiculous, filled with false or irrelevant issues about Rose's history and the supposed "exploitation" of Rose during his playing days, and an insulting attempt at defending the scum that is Pete Rose. If Smith was making a court case out of those comments, it would be laughed out of court. Rose bet on the game for years, he bet on his own team while playing and managing, he bet through a mob-connected bookie, and he lied about it endlessly with arrogance and a total lack of remorse. He plays the victim in the most obnoxious way. Sure, there's hypocrisy and unequal justice in many aspects of the MLB decision-making. But Rose is not the poster boy for unfair rulings.
Jontay Porter, to return the subject of this current story, deserves to be banned and has no one to blame but himself. Finally, let's hear SA Smith deal with the gross hypocrisy of ESPN, the NBA and other major entities for ranting about athletes gambling while those major entities of the sports world weave betting into virtually every element of their public activities. They rely on gambling into their advertising, their website, their TV productions, their commentary shows and everything else they do. So don't try to pretend to be superior and judge athletes while ignoring your own complicity in the gambling cancer.
He’s 24, potential to make millions and secure his family & himself. All went down the hole for a 80k bet, matter of fact they caught him betting 20k as well. Makes 0 sense, dumba$$ of the year goes to this guy
He said, im going down in NBA history one way or another
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Lmfao😂
Yeah he did do that
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Guangdong tigers
The DIABLOS
shanghai sharks😂
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He’ll be suspected of betting there too. Homie better start driving Uber or Lift. He’s finito in Basketball imo
Homeboy a new fool
Everyone is gonna know him for the wrong reasons lol 😂 And I bet he was bragging to his teammates to, like cmon bro do it wit me I’m telling you we can get paid 😂
It doesn't even make any sense smh. Now he gotta go play over seas,i wonder what his kids or lady think. Got damn idiot
I very much agree, especially about Pete Rose. Pete Rose never bet on compromising his team, Pete Rose always bet on his success which means that what you'd expect from his team to do.
More like "Homebody" now
@@alb.4089 😂
This was dumb.... You got chance out of a lifetime to play pro ball only to gamble it away🤔🤔🤔🤔 Not smart, now they gonna watch his brother....
Exactly bro and that's why some people that actually deserve doesn't get to that level😢
I wonder if his brother is involved or perhaps knew about it 🤯
How about Referees sports betting? 😂😂😂
21k, to be exact. The minimum NBA salary is 900k a year. If he plays 20 seasons, that's almost 20 million, and this idiot got caught winning 21k. Smh.
@@Cutthroat557Well, one more person’s gonna get a chance now that he’s been banned.
Jontay Porter, the most infamous undertaker in history.
bars🔥🔥🔥😭😭😭
@@JPDigital24it’s really not fair that jontay was banned, when ja flashing guns at strip clubs, Giddey fucking minors, and bridges beating his girl
Boy threw away nba money to gamble 😂😂😂he got to slow
I do believe he made more money betting than he did in his NbA career lol but still no excuse
But i won 80k makin 300k a yr
@takerrock That would be a lot of gambling to win more then his $415,000 Salary.
@@takerrockhis salary was 400,000 and he made 22,000 betting.
@@takerrockno he didn’t.
Bro bet the unders on himself lol
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I guess the OVER must have been too difficult.
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He could’ve at least used a fake profile 😂
Hahaha
Bro is legit smooth-brained. You’ve been given the opportunity to earn millions playing a ball game, why would you throw that away? And if you’re going to bet, why bet against your own team??? It makes him look super guilty and even worse
Making a (extremely lucrative) living playing sports is a privilege. I think it’s more than fair to say that the league was right to revoke that privilege from this young man
He actually earns $415K a year.
There's no explanation for stupid. It just is.
bruh was in the g league
for regular people that's still lucrative
Dude was scared, desperate. People do stupid things when they are desperate.
He took himself out of a game 😂
At least he can work in a casino now lol
Actually, he can't.
Casinos run probably the most stringent background checks of any employers.
If you have any gambling red flags in your past, you can forget working there.
Getting banned from the NBA for gambling, is a gambling red flag.
Oh I forgot. You're right.
Cmon Stephen A. How can you fix your mouth to compare this to Donald Sterling. Two different situations
He acknowledged they were two different situations & said THIS is worse. Were you paying attention?
They are two different things, but equally as bad. Porter bet against his own team
It's a fair comparison because they're both banned for life. Sterling was a racist immoral creep. Porter was intentionally attacking the integrity of the game. Definitely worse
Pete rose should be in a HoF 100% right .Jordan gambled & received a slap on the wrist “Mj” side note still the Goat but Yeah Porter should be Gone..
penny wise, pound foolish. Risked 3 million+ just for 20k of thrills. HAHAHAHA
He can go work at mcdonalds in california. Starting pay 20 an hour. Will take him 200 years to make the 2.9 mil he made in the nba.
Well, it'd be kinda dumb to stay in California. He can still live a nice life if he saved up his money.. but that's a big if. Smh
Not necessary he still got his younger brother in the Nba making millions of dollars lol
We need to investigate the referees too! Because anyone with common sense knows these referees are betting too.
True they had a ref go to prison and he said he's not the only 1
@@geocane5844 anyone who believed Donaghy was a 'lone rogue referee' is a damned fool
THIS IS BS THE GAMES R FIXED
DUMB 💯
This is why I still say Shohei Othani’s dude was the fall guy for that bull💩
if you still think that than you're a fuken dummy. You really think the Feds gives a f about baseball? lol
You think the MLB would let their cash cow get banned for life. They had all the reasons in the world to cover up for Ohtani 😂
@@CalebWilliams2030 you think the feds gives a fuk about baseball?
@@Camera728yeah. It’s americas pastime bro
@Camera728 they absolutely do. The anti trust exemption alone gives them a heightened interest
Adam Silver to Jontay Porter
"We hear you are trying to rig NBA games again? Don't do as we do! Do as we say do!"
Condolences to the Porter family? WTF.
This dumbass betting on himself, and one of the other brothers killed someone drunk driving. Family is taking nonstop Ls
Another brother killed someone drunk driving. The family is taking constant Ls
don't f with their money, everything else is cool
Don’t f with who’s money?
@@marvymarv959 the sport gambling apps. they ruthless, don't get it twisted.
@@marvymarv959you know what they mean. They’re just too much of a coward to say it and deal with the blowback. He’s just another racist. No different from any other racist.
Not even bout money it’s about fans knowing players aren’t selling games for the mob to make money gambling
He heard Fred Vanvleet say "bet on yourself" and took it literally
More you f around the more you gonna find out. Don’t feel sorry for the porter family. MPJ is making banks they’ll be fine.
Where can I buy a Jontay Porter jersey? Dude is mad chill.
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According to Jontay the over/under for the jersey is $2
At the Goodwill.
Jontay to brother MPJ: Can I borrow $2m so I can bet on sports???
Worst then Donald sterling? S.A.S is obviously looking for clicks to catch up with club shay shay 😅.
2 you shouldn't ask the brother that is still in the NBA a damn thing, both are men and should be held accountable for their own actions.
this is worse than Donald Sterling....... 🤬REALLY!!!
Nah
Ikr Stephen A is a bitch for that
Stephen A going to see it that way because Johntay black.
I’m terms of the integrity of the game yeah it’s worse. One racist owner is bad but players throwing games will literally be the end of any league. Imagine if teams would have guys like this. In playoff games and all. That’d destroy the credibility of the league. A racist owner has nothing to do with on court stuff. Throwing games literally affects on court activity.
@@KKOPPONGwait til you learn the games are fixed. From the total point amount, to player props, to the winner. Sheep like you see these stories and it’s “proof” the nba isn’t fixed. Enjoy being somebody’s fool.
All sports are rigged ,thats why there called sports entertainment,,gotta protect the spread!!!
Nah. /
@@jordanjohnson9866 nah what ? are u delusional ?
To everyone in the comments AND Stephen A Smith himself, I hope you read this:
The fact is, Adam Silver brought this on himself.
He jumped into bed with gambling conpanies and now a player found doing the wrong thing is crucified.
Manipulation of player prop bets has been rampant in ncaa basketball for many years - being manipulated by players obviously, as well as coaches and refs.
Go ask any ncaa basketballer to speak off the record, and you'll hear the truth.
It's gotten so bad that several U.S states have banned player prop bets and there is a further push to expand the ban to more states.
So, this has been going on for a long time at lower levels and god knows how many others have done what Jontay did in nba but do it smarter.
Gambling, whether it is on sports or two cockroaches climbing up a wall is, for many people, a disease. We all know gambling took a stranglehold of even the GOAT MJ. It is truly insidious.
Before simply looking at black and white facts, the NBA should also investigate WHY and show a duty of care to an EMPLOYEE that is bombarded by gambling commericals on a daily basis.
Jontay is a victim of the NBA enabling this to happen. They opened the door...and a player walked through it.
shut up
no wonder the refs be making the worst calls 😭
and the league acting like there isn’t any shady stuff happening behind the curtains..
@divad....u ain't lying.
Appreciate the support guys. I mean, of course i don't condone what he did - BUT some of his bets were $15...
$15...does that sound like a man trying to corrupt the game or get rich?
As a degen, he's done it for entertainment which is exactly how gambling companies promote themselves, as "entertainment".
What should of happened is the league should have kept this completely confidential; investigated; provided counselling and support; and offered probation. If he violated again, then he's gone.
He’s definitely on his way overseas now
Nice to see Stephen A. out here defending guys like Pete Rose, who should have immunity for his actions due to his fame and revenue contributions to the sport. That never goes wrong, having different standards of punishment, and our society is all the better for just giving folks a pass because they are super famous. We all know laws and rules are for the plebs.
I'm glad someone said this. At the very least, skill level and accomplishment should have nothing to do with severity of punishment.
Oran Juice Jones silly rabbit!
😂😂😂
Welp get rid of all these gambling apps
Thats not how things work dude. There's NO excuse for his actions. It wouldn't be as bad if he was just betting on games but this dude bet on himself and took the Under and then mysteriously leaves games injured. Not only that but he gave away confidential information about his playing status. That is why there's rules for players betting on the sports they play AND has some control in the outcome
Exactly. But this guys a moron for getting cught lol
We are about to witness the biggest corruption in NBA history, the referees are about to work double time and a half to help LEBALCO win this series. The Nuggets have to get ready for all the shady shit that’s about to happen, the nuggets fans need to step up and put a stop to this..!!!!!
Always ban the scrubs.
I obviously agree with the NBA's decision, athletes should be betting on games in any way shape or form, honestly people shouldn't be betting in general. But with that being said, why are the REFS allowed to bet????
You do remember that Pete Rose said he never bet on baseball games for years. Then switched his story to sell books. You can't believe a word that man says.
I wonder how Michael Porter feel about this
WTF did George Jefferson give a condolences to the Porter family? Guy didnt d13, he cheated and got punished!
This is what you get for allowing legalized gambling online. It's simply way, way too tempting for players. Look what happened with the Black Soxs scandal back in the day, and there was no internet or even television then. Nevermind now with how easy it is to bet online.
If this was Ja Morant or Zion.. they will get 5 games suspension
That’s true, a super star is treated differently, I don’t think 5 games more like a whole season.
It wouldn’t be true. At all. If they started intentionally playing bad it would have been apparent much earlier.
These mobile devices with cameras and tracking devices….
Not even. Betting institution help sports leagues to personally tie and track every pro athletes' phone and email activity, should they even sniff the way of sports betting.
They tell players this even before they sign any contracts. They know the risk. That's why they sneak around to do it. Even Porter here tried to use someone else's account but it didn't slide.
@@BrianLockett why not go after the refs who place bets ?
That's not how it happened, little to do with tracking devices. A betting company noticed that there had been a quite large bet on Jontay Porter's props.
How much money 💰 is enough for some fools
Porter is a damn cheat!
NBA: "There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition"
Kings/Lakers 2002 Game 6: "Am I a joke to you?"
Can’t believe you compared jontay porter to donald sterling
Right Donald sterling takes the cake it doesn’t compare gambling and being a racist are two completely different things
I think they should suspend his brother too just to be safe.... 😉😉😉😉 Where's all my Lakers fans at ??? 💜💛
I think they should suspend his brother too just to be safe.....😉😉😉 where all my Laker fans at ??? 💜💛
Bruh!?!?!? Worse than Donald Sterling!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Super disappointed. If you know, you know.
Hilarious. Made 2.9 mil in basketball and gambles. 😂
Stephen A., I like how you said, “My condolences to the Porter family.” People may have forgotten or not even know that around this same time last year Michael Porter Jr.’s other brother killed a lady in Denver while he was drunk driving. I was very proud that Michael Porter Jr. was able to move past that and win a championship with the Nuggets. Now he has to go through a major distraction again this year.
The ‘Porters’ are not too bright at all!
In football (Euro), a known EPL player Ivan Toney had a betting ban but only got 8 months. I wonder why the NBA, has decided a lifetime was needed. I suspect the scale and amount of leaks he was giving out was attrivutable to it.
" I suspect the scale and amount of leaks he was giving out was attrivutable to it."
No my brother. Jontay is a nobody. Jontay isn't LeQueen James or Stephe Curry. The NBA will always protect those ones but no a Jontay. Who cares about a plumber.
What he did is hideously foolish!
🤦♂️
Meanwhile Ohtani just hit another HR ⚾️
Really disappointing Sterling take fam, please don't double down.
He just messed his whole career up 😮
05:22 Come on man. 🤣
It doesn't matter whether Pete Rose helped or hurt ratings during his time...give the money back! Ridiculous to even mention
abstract, inconsequential things, smith know this. Just adds to his so-called "documentation". Thing about, you can never
figure out ALL the PIECES of what was or was not done! Even as a manage, you influence the game by your managerial
actions that could either win or lose the game, endanger players (an injured player should be pulled, yet you keep him in...was
this done because of betting, or would you have done it anyway...Absolutely No Way Of EVER Knowing), same as pulling out
a player and putting a low performer player! How doesn't can anyone EVER know the betting didn't influence the action?
But the worse of all, just like Jontay and many others, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON PETE SHOULD BE BETTING,
SHARING INFORMATION, WHATEVER BECAUSE HE REALLY DOESN'T NEED THE MONEY! THIS IS ALL EGO!!!!,
Rose, Jontay could have GIVEN money directly to those that were to benefit from it and at his salary...never missed a penny!
So, it all ego! I'm the man, Life is about ME! I control....power corrupts, absolute power...we know, and point made again!
I really, *REALLY* hope Jontay saved the 2.3 million (or whatever it was) he made b4 he started this gambling mess. He can still live a nice life... But he probably didn't smh
definitely not worse than Donald sterling
Forreal he is tripping😂Donald sterling was a racist
For those people thinking he’s headed Overseas.
“NOT GOING TO HAPPEN”! Book It! McDonalds is always hiring. In my opinion, he should get really close with his brother Michael, and become part of his entourage. That’s what I would do. Stay close to the real $$$$$. Maybe he could be his brother’s laundry guy etc.
For anyone out here trying to give Porter an excuse just think about this, these players can gamble all they want to.....JUST DON'T BET ON YOUR OWN SPORT! How hard is that? Why is that so difficult? Porter is a big dummy, plain and simple.....
Young black hip hop culture is all about being tough right? So why is there so much emotional uproar over Donald sterlings comments? And don’t just say some “🤦🏾♂️” or some “you must be racist” please actually explain it. Why Is young black culture all about thug life, acting hard, anti snitching etc etc, then y’all get tilted by an old man comments. While y’all call them “white people this and white people be like” the second a white man says the word black it’s a riot. Please explain in a way that doesn’t reflect ignorance, because it only further proves the point.
Knowing that NBA salaries always go up, even if he makes the minimum, he's a multi millionaire over time. Thiannis Atentekumpo has made over 12 million, and he's nowhere as good as Jontay, and he resorts to this? Losing millions over 21k winnings? Mofo goofball.
Y’all think Jontay Porter the master mind of this gambling? Y’all think he the head of the snake? It’s still happening now and will continue to happen. Jontay Porter got Caught. The others haven’t. That’s the only difference. Y’all think refs stopped betting games? Y’all forgot the refs got caught years ago? Y’all think that stopped? 😂 gullible people.
Here is where SAS is a shrill for the establishment. Jontay Porter is a scapegoat that lets Silver look like he has control. But he does not have control of this. Not at all. That speech by Silver was a joke. Obviously, the integrity of the game is NOT the most important thing in the game or else he never would have gotten in bed with gamblers. Wake up, SAS. Porter is a pawn in all of this. He means nothing. There is, however, a much, much bigger story here. Stephen A, let them just hand down this narratives and expect you to swallow them whole. Come on, bro. Wake the H up. Your moral outrage feeds the system and gives it cover.
Banned for life? Harsh. At least make it 20 years and chance of redemption during the 2044 season tryouts.
He can keep his game sharp playing ovesars for Ping TunhYeng Ducks😊
I’m a basketball fan who watches a lot of NBA games ( I’m in Toronto) and we are bombarded by gambling ads all game long, too much really. I’m not a gambler by any means but I understand why people are drawn to it. For an actual NBA player (who makes the minimum) to participate in it doesn’t really surprise me. It’s big big money after all, and Jontay had the potential to make more than his salary.
They all have female hair extensions and tights white dudes brothers players from other countries and backgrounds all are running around looking like Cindy Brady diving and chucking the ball it's embarrassing. I'd watch the WNBA over this all day long
So let me get this straight, Jonatay Porter’s scripture quoting father (who continues to mentor young men through the porterbasketball academy and the MPJ elite team) now has one son starring in the NBA, one son banned from the NBA for life and one son in jail for 8 years for vehicular homicide. What right does he have to preach and tell others how to raise their children? 2 bad apples out of 3. Not a great look.
Well, it clearly wasn’t about the money. I’ve read that his winnings from his gambling on those games amounted to about 20k. Considering how much he could have earned over a career that really emphasizes just how dumb he was being.
Donkey of the century