Jontay Porter, a 2.08-meter, 24-year-old power forward on a dual contract with the Raptors, is under investigation for a gambling-related matter.. You are trying to verify If the player loves his performance in two games (January 26 and March 20) in which he allegedly could have feigned physical discomfort a few minutes after taking to the court. The bets on Porter not reaching a certain number of triples were the ones that generated the most money. So significant that it attracted too much attention.
Commissioner Adam Silver assured this Wednesday that the player, brother of champion Michael Porter Jr., can be expelled from the NBA if his guilt is proven. “It’s a capital sin”said the head of the competition. “The last and extreme option I have is to expel him. There is nothing more serious in this League when it comes to betting than betting on our games. “The investigation is ongoing, but the consequences could be very serious.”continu.
It is a capital sin. The investigation is ongoing, but the consequences could be very serious
Adam Silver, NBA commissioner
In NBA history, The biggest sanctions that have been imposed, those that have led to the expulsion of a player, have in most cases had to do with drugs or betting.. Now that the League has partnered with betting houses, it seems clear that the first case that appears – Porter’s or any other – will be treated with enormous harshness. Nothing like a lesson to defend the honesty and cleanliness of the competition.
Dangerous partners
The NBA has decided to embrace betting houses as partners. Dangerous, but partners. It has been established agreements with FanDuel and DraftKings, two of the most important. After the signing of the last collective agreement also Players are allowed to associate with companies in the sector, although in small percentages. Furthermore, fans will be able to bet live through the NBA League Pass. Closer, impossible.
It doesn’t seem like they mattered. the precedents that throughout history have shown that betting is included among the great scourges of sport. It is not necessary to have a long memory to remember the case of Tim Donaghy, the referee who in 2007 turned the NBA upside down by admitting that he had bet on games officiated by himself. The most avant-garde League and most concerned with social issues has also not cared the threat of gamblingan evil on the rise.
A great business without counting on California and Texas
Business, above all. And he is a very lucrative one. In 2023, Sports betting moved more than 120,000 million dollars in the United States. That, being prohibited in the two most populated states in the country, with 70 million inhabitants in California and Texas. There has been a trend for years to legalize them at this second and there seems no doubt that the purchase of the Mavericks by the Adelson family, linked to casinosresponds to that interest.
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The threat is there and has already been reported. Tyrese Halliburton, Pacers basemanhe defined himself more than as a player, as “a plugin that helps people make money”. No one has raised their voice more than JB Bickerstaff, coach of the Cavaliers: “People who are dedicated to gambling get my phone and send me messages saying they know where I live or about my children. It is a very dangerous game. We have crossed a line. “It has happened to me many times that I am in the middle of a game, that we are up 11, for example, and that there are people who shout at me to leave the starters so that we can maintain that advantage because it is the bet they have made.”
People who are dedicated to gambling get my phone and send me messages saying they know where I live or about my children. It is a very dangerous game. We have crossed a line
JB Bickerstaff, coach of the Cavaliers
In a meeting they manage hundreds of data on which you can bet and there are numerous variables, it is not just about guessing who is going to win. Additionally, as Bickerstaff says, “betting adds a lot of pressure and is a distraction for players, referees or anyone at the games.” All of them can be protagonists of a speculation: the player who misses a simple shot to win at the last second, the referee who makes or does not make a signal in a key play… If we think badly, almost everything can be under suspicion if it is related to betting.
2024-04-11 12:15:36
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