NBA gives Jontay Porter LIFETIME BAN for gambling | CBS Sports

We have breaking news from the NBA that has handed down a

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suspension to Jonte Porter for violating the league's playing rules. The league said an investigation revealed that while playing for the Raptors, Porter revealed confidential information to bettors and limited his playing time for betting purposes. and betting on NBA games Adam Silver, the commissioner of the NBA, issued a statement today saying: there is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of the NBA, a competition for our fans, our teams and everyone associated with the sport , he went on to say, what is Why is Jonte Porter's flagrant violation of our rules of the game receiving the harshest punishment?

It's really harsh, so let's bring in our NBA expert, Bill Ryder, to discuss the Jonte Porter news here. Bill Adam Silver clearly wants to end this early. making Porter an example. I love your reaction to this news now that we've seen it directly from the NBA. Yes, Haly, you are right. I spoke to some League officials a few months ago before this news broke. In the investigation began and they express this as their nightmare scenario, they understand it as all professional

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leagues now understand that the game is part of their reality, but navigating it so that these types of things do not happen is the ultimate goal and, although not is in the NBA, it's Obviously, it was a terrible day for the NBA and although the expectation was that if the NBA investigation found that Jon was bad at NBA games of any kind, he would be banned for life as he has been, I still think it's shocking because the fact that he gambled. on his own team to lose, which is one of the things the NBA investigation found to be surprising.

I mean, he's not a star like Pete Rose, but he's Pete Rose on the level that it messes up the game and it messes up the NBA's attempts to separate the reality of the game from the reality of the sport. The fact that his research found that he in fact did it is the initial report suggested and what led to the investigation to bet on himself or leak information to allow bets on himself and a party related to his

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and the accusation that he pretended to be sick to hit some of the lower parts is a Razer eyebrow, it's a big credit to the NBA for getting the information and moving quickly, but these are unpleasant facts that the NBA has revealed about what Jont Porter allegedly did and It makes sense from the perspective of the NBA that will never play in the association again.

Yeah, I love it while you were talking. I was just going over the statement just to coincide with how egregious this is becoming as the NBA has learned in and for you. It's true that they made quick decisions in terms of not allowing him to return to the NBA, but I imagine Porter isn't the only player who has dabbled in this type of activity, so if you're the NBA, you're trying. to remove this initially here, but what conversations are you hearing about in terms of trying to make sure that that is removed from the game completely so that those throughout the NBA right when the reports initially came in and the investigation started and some things following?

Tex's conversations briefly over the last 101 15 minutes reflect good news, bad news, so bad news is exactly what you're suggesting. It is not lost on people throughout the NBA that people with

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problems gamble too much, lie about their game and can become desperate in their attempts to hide it and that is not limited to any type of person in any walk of life. Good day, but if you're looking for a silver lining for the NBA, better jonte Porter than any superstar, any major player. At the risk of being disrespectful to Porter, this was a nobody in terms of how many minutes he played per game, but obviously.

Now there was someone in terms of this conversation about the game, the other good news and someone pointed this out to me from the NBA league office, so it's worth mentioning that because the game is legal now in many states and because it is socially acceptable, you have results. like this one where someone can bet legally well, different from Otani's timid story, bet legally and a bookmaker can look at a bet and say this doesn't make sense, this doesn't follow how these bets should be played and then like it happened here Those

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books, whether online or their actual brick-and-mortar casinos, can refer the matter to the NBA or any other sports league, so this league source told me it's not good news, but we found out because now there is an infrastructure and the culture of In gambling now, where there is problematic betting, we will be able to be alerted and do these investigations, and the hope in the NBA is that it will be a message to other players, don't do this and it will give them some security. net, if people make that mistake, the NBA feels like we at least have a good chance to figure this out, eradicate it and not have a severe impact on our sport, so going forward, one of the things you mentioned that I want to follow up on here up, if he were a star player, you know, and I don't want to put a name on him, obviously for reasons of respect, but let's say he was a player who really is a big star in the NBA, do you think the result would be?

They've been similar with that

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ban and then to take it a step further, how does the NBA move forward so they can again prevent this from happening in the future? Yeah, great question, I won't, I won't put a name to it either. but you're right, imagine the biggest names in the game and if it was one of those names, yes, it would be a lifetime ban. I think Adam Silver is shown and you mentioned this Earl before, his ability to move quickly and his ability to move boldly. I know Donald Sterling shouldn't own a team in the NBA and that was the right decision, but at that moment, a decade ago, when he was caught on tape using racist and perjorative language, Adam Silver getting rid of that then-Clippers owner . it wasn't a guarantee because those owners, when you add them up, all 30 of them are Adam Silver bought, he moved quickly, he moved bravely, he did it here with

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Porter and I think if there was a superstar accused of This they would suspend him immediately if they thought that It is a credible report.

I'm speculating, of course, and would certainly go all-in. No pun intended, that person would be banned for life if he bet on games. I will say this, the NBA. The view on this and people around the league is that there is less risk for superstars to engage in the behavior because they make a lot more money and the logic is that they have a lot more to lose and they don't do it. I need the money and my answer to that would be and probably has been true for them, but again, people who have a gambling problem and who have a gambling problem can sometimes get into trouble even if they make a lot of money, so certainly It's something from the NBA. is aware and they are going to be attentive and I can tell you that this is not good news today at J.

Porter. They are very happy that it is that particular player who is banned for life and not a superstar or even All-Star level player, yes Bill, we know you have to get out of here for a podcast. One last question before I let you go. Adam Silver talked about preserving the integrity of the game going forward, so do you anticipate there will be any changes because I know Silver has been a guy who's been pretty open about the idea of ​​gambling, not his players, obviously, but do you? Do you anticipate any changes in the future? I don't think so, you're right, Adam Silver, I think it has to be recognized before the NFL before Major League Baseball that the game was one of the future cornerstones of American sports, that's right and although the NBA does not have a team in Las Vegas, eventually they were a big part of the Reon and I think that was possible for that to happen, gambling is socially acceptable and it is accepted in the halls of power in major sports, that is not changing and Adam Silver, you are right, he is a catalyst for that in the country in general, so I think what you're going to have is a continued emphasis on gambling, I mean, the timing is not the best for the NBA because now you can access their products, their league passes and watch games that are outside of whatever market you're in and in some of those markets. they can gamble, they have the ability to connect you to legal gambling venues while you watch the games, everyone is involved in the game, what will continue to happen is even the slightest puff of smoke of inappropriate, inappropriate or problematic behavior.

Behavior or play you will see. massive bands, lifetime bands will be the rule, so I think that will be the carrot and stick that gambling will adopt, but obviously players and people associated with the game cannot bet on NBA games or the NBA and if they do, their fate will be the same as

jontay

Porters certainly can't pretend to be sick too while betting on games because he is so bad about this situation, but the NBA got it here. Bill Ryder joins us to discuss this. Longtime band Jonte Porter is now looking forward. We certainly appreciate your time.

Bill, you can see more from Bill Ryder, as well as Ashley Nicole Moss and our very own John Gonzalez on the newest podcast Beyond the Ark, where they discuss all the latest NBA news as it progresses. so be sure to scan the QR code on your screen or listen to it wherever you get your podcast.