The NBA will make an example of everyone but the referees.

@capitalgainz9434

14 күн бұрын

insane Scott Fraser is still employed...

@Jon1LAW

13 күн бұрын

Refs are like cops of the NBA, are they really gonna do something to them? I think not...

@targetegrat

13 күн бұрын

@@Jon1LAW That explains it. Thats a good comparison. I remember when Jokic and Giannis were getting ejected for petty reasons at the beginning of the season. It was so obvious what the refs were doing.

@MiguelSosa-oo6ww

13 күн бұрын

He was an irrelevant bench player so it's easy to make an example out of him.

@poggamus4330

13 күн бұрын

I bet the referees are betting too. It's ridiculous.

As a Raptors fan I knew something was sus when he got “injured” in those games when there was no mechanism for an injury.

Imagine making it to the NBA where you can be set for life, to get banned for 22k in winnings lmfaooo

@Lowme1234

14 күн бұрын

@whatsGoodLu. He gave up everything including his future for 22k? What was he thinking?

@WhatsGoodLu

14 күн бұрын

@@Lowme1234 he for sure wasn’t thinking, probably wanted some quick cash and thought he was a small enough player where he wouldn’t get caught or if he did it wouldn’t be a big deal

@HeartlessWon506

14 күн бұрын

@@WhatsGoodLuit was way more than $22k. The investigation is ongoing. Turns out it might have been MILLIONS due to him from multiple co conspirators.

@noahjames1985

14 күн бұрын

The worst part is that he told "a known gambler" he wasnt going to play a game and the guy bet 80K to win 1.1 million. This was the red flag that did him in. How did they think that no one would notice these insane bets.

@dre32pitt

14 күн бұрын

22k was just his portion.. whoever he owed money to got the majority of the winnings, lol.

Hes just too small to be protected. This is more rampant from players and officials than any of us could imagine.

@c3dmf4s

14 күн бұрын

Yep

@LEGENDOFSEVENN

14 күн бұрын

literally, I love how they always pick a scapegoat, its like a cop ticketing somebody for speeding, when 10 other cars drive past going over the speed limit

@marckusduverger9776

14 күн бұрын

I really doubt that on the players part, referees idk. Most NBA Players are making far too much money to risk gambling, you think the NBA is gonna protect a player before the league itself?

@johnnyb1030

14 күн бұрын

@marckusduverger9776 not that they are gambling but in on some of the fix. There's too much evidence of it. Even throwing games for draft position happens so why couldn't it for money? Also have you heard when college qbs have been approached for millions to throw games. This shits been going on for decades. It's just easier now than ever to accomplish. The integrity of sport is no more.

@marckusduverger9776

14 күн бұрын

@johnnyb1030: I can’t really argue against that, mostly because it would come down to intention & how can anyone speak to that. The NBA season is long & teams have been known to tank for better draft picks, which seems to have mostly been fixed by the Play-In. So you’re not wrong that it could happen, I guess I’m just not that cynical but who knows.

"give us the guy that was betting on his own team" 😂

Blud got banned for LEGAL GAMBLING. Crazy how hypocritical this action is when several gambling ads are still showed on TV. SMH

I still use him on Nba 2 K 2024.And I have him as The 2024 MVP.

Gambling has always been a problem, but the rise of legalized sports gambling combined with encrypted communications is going to make it MUCH worse. There is just so much more money involved and it is easier to communicate in secret. I think this will be the death of sports; I just don't know when.

On the bright side now he can gamble as much as he wants

He bet his own team to lose 💀

@Ayo_Bruh22

14 күн бұрын

Why would he bet his own team if he knew they would t win?that would defeat the purpose of him gambling

This guy’s lifetime ban is well deserved. Pete Rose’s lifetime ban is not. He deserves to be in the National Baseball HOF as a player since all the betting stuff happened after his playing days were pretty much over. He was the manager of the Reds when all that went down. Sorry to get so off topic here.

@gothard5

14 күн бұрын

I guess it’s not off topic since Pat actually mention Pete Rose

@Ayo_Bruh22

14 күн бұрын

I don't watch baseball I don't know him

@mohamedsaid9416

10 күн бұрын

Lifetime ban is too harsh

The integrity of all sports is going down the drain as sports betting becomes more and more advertised... especially by the leagues themselves.

@mrbear716

13 күн бұрын

The league shot itself in their own foot😂😂😂😂

Problem with the boxer betting on themselves to win is that they can offer their opponent a share of the winnings to lose. It is less direct than betting on yourself to lose, but there is still an incentive to fix the outcome. Best to fight for the prize.

As a raptors fan. Yes!!!

But Pat why is this so bad? These sport books ruin thousands of lives all the time. A Sportsbook can have insider information.. see the public on one side and clean house when Lebron or Giannis is mysteriously ruled out. We see if happen all the time. No analyst calls out the nba or sports book for roster manipulation. It’s only when they get screwed then it’s a big issue

@thesportsguy126

14 күн бұрын

Its more than that. He literally chose his team to lose, and bet the under on himself. Watch the game he wasnt trying for rebounds. Hes a horrible teammate. Get rid of him.

@Seriously5505

14 күн бұрын

@@thesportsguy126 yes it’s bad. But why don’t they address roster manipulation? There’s players literally listed as day to day every game throughout the season. And sometimes a player won’t even be on the injury list and still ruled out. Vegas will always have this information before the public which is unfair

@tainanking

13 күн бұрын

I’ve lost just as much as Jontay has won. So I hope for him this was worth it because for me it sure wasn’t. I’ve been up as much as he was at one point and I lost it all and then some so I see it both sides here. Nothing good comes from sports books but it’s not gonna go away

@jasonklimes2231

13 күн бұрын

@@tainanking So you want him to get off cause you're a shitty gambler?

Let’s be realistic here. Most if not all players are betting or have bet. What separates this is him betting on his own team. To lose.

sports gambling has ruined sports. you see it every day, the sway of the game. refs bought out

Jontay’s inferno.

@JustinChristopher-ov7gw

14 күн бұрын

Ok that's really good tbh. Needs more likes.

If only hit could hit and pitch then he'd be fine.

Well said Pat!

Honestly needs to be criminal charges for him and everyone involved. An example has to be set of what happens to athletes and bettors involved in fixing bets/matches.

@hipking23

14 күн бұрын

I heard somewhere on the sports talk shows that the NBA passed on his information to the FBI

@Ayo_Bruh22

14 күн бұрын

Its not criminally chargeable it's legal gambling,he just tried to use loop holes to make more money

@user-rq9ig9bt2t

14 күн бұрын

Isn’t it just more so violating company policy I don’t think it’s illegal idk tho just asking

@paralleluniverse99

14 күн бұрын

@@Ayo_Bruh22 It's fraud, genius.

@Ayo_Bruh22

13 күн бұрын

@@paralleluniverse99 fraud is when you try and falsify documents,u can't sue done for using a private account for gambling goofy

"no one's ever heard of this guy" 😂

"F**K JOHNTAY" - Every Raptors FAN everywhere. This guy can go kick rocks BAREFOOT!!!!

It's all over the nba... he is the scapegoat

This is worst than Dahntay getting fines on a small contrat😂

Tell the NBA to investigate these Refs! They never will because they tell them who they want to win, guarantee it lol

This was inevitable when sports leagues got in bed with gambling. We don’t know what we don’t know

It turns out that graping someone is perfectly okay though. I mean look at Josh Giddey. Ja Morant waves around a gun on social media and commits zero crimes and gets banned for a 3rd of the season but grape is fine.

This won’t stop the league from enable gambling. I will not join that road. It is tempting btw

Cant wait for a big player to get busted and the league will make excuses

This segment about the sanctity of sport brought to you by draft kings.

This is SOP for any big industry.. you make an example of a nobody as to not ruffle any feathers while still appearing to be on the up n up.. but IYKYK.. Look at the 08 market crash.. one dude got arrested at Credit Suisse.. one guy, lol.. and he was a nobody.

@RyTrapp0

14 күн бұрын

Yea, Pete Rose is a great example of this😂

@dre32pitt

14 күн бұрын

@@RyTrapp0 Always an exception to the rule.. should be old enough to know this, lol

@RyTrapp0

14 күн бұрын

@@dre32pitt Except there aren't any other examples but Pete Rose though, so I don't know what the foundation for this is in the sports world. There has yet to be a single player that significantly impacts the league if they go away; not Mahomes, not Bron, not Ohtani, all of those fans are still going to keep watching those sports.

@dre32pitt

14 күн бұрын

@@RyTrapp0 Affect the entire sport, no.. affect the wallet of owner of said player, yes.. and the owners run the leagues..

Adam Silver said," “There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition..." yet the NBA continually encourages betting on specific players and games. In a desperate move for more revenue the league also set up a trash tournament allowing teams as bad as 30 games below .500 a second chance to get into the playoffs.

They should investigate the refs.

I live in Vegas this dude is lucky he’s not buried in the desert or at the bottom of a lake casinos don’t mess around with that stuff

@yeeglizock8223

14 күн бұрын

You watch to many movie

@Ayo_Bruh22

14 күн бұрын

Mafia don't run casinos anymore,that was fixed along time ago.

He could play basketball in China. Lots of questions sports outcomes including their marathons.

This gives me Hansie cronje vibes 😔, except hansie knew he made a mistake…I’m yet to see what jontay porter is going to say…

It was harsh, if he was a somebody like his brother, it would have been a 40 game ban.

@jacobartis9853

14 күн бұрын

Very unlikely, if someone puts the integrity of the sport at risk they will most certainly levy the highest punishment. The double standard argument doesnt apply in this circumstance

@marckusduverger9776

14 күн бұрын

Not true, if the NBA Players Association isn’t even trying to protect Jontay Porter you see how bad it is.

@nicoyourcousin

14 күн бұрын

he’s michael porter jr’s brother lol

@Ayo_Bruh22

14 күн бұрын

His michael.porter knew about this I'm sure he's lucky his brother didn't throw him under the bus

@Ayo_Bruh22

14 күн бұрын

Well of course it's favoritism,jontay is a nobody in the league,if this was LeBron we probably wouldn't even here about it

Y'all can ban him but not Draymond and the horrible refs lol.

--- deserves lifetime ban. Betted on his own team to lose. While he was on the team. About his own availability

what about josh kiddey

@jasonklimes2231

14 күн бұрын

Investigation cleared him

@alexshirley6096

14 күн бұрын

Funny name though

@juicedwilson5563

14 күн бұрын

@@jasonklimes2231 that’s how i know you guys aren’t smart it didn’t clear him off messing with an underaged girl, the family didn’t cooperate and there was no case to build on most likely because of under the table money

@Ayo_Bruh22

14 күн бұрын

​@@jasonklimes2231he got slap on the wrist is what happened

Ohtani

acting is if he the only way is crazy

What would have happened had it been Lebron that did this? Banning a nobody, I didn't even know about Jontay Porter till this.

@Ayo_Bruh22

14 күн бұрын

Favoritism of course if LeBron did this nobody would here anything about this

@okey7118

14 күн бұрын

LeBrons interrupter would be found guilty 😂

He just messed up his whole basketball 🏀 career 😭

Too bad he doesn't have a translator.

NBA is a laughing stock now I just watch during the playoffs really that’s about it.

Homie fumbled the bag…clown…

Poor MPJ his brothers are a mess one gets banned from nba other one is on a murder trial

@carladavis1473

14 күн бұрын

What??? Mpj isn't the brightest bulb in the pack either, though.

Because he never played and wasn’t that good. If he was a starter he would not be banned for life. Am I wrong?

Forever is insanity

The NBA will make an example of everyone but the referees.