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Fallout From an NBA Betting Scandal + Playoff Preview

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

As the playoffs are about to start, all eyes are on the NBA. Instead of the focus being on the court, the attention is all on former Raptor’s reserve Jontay Porter. Porter was caught manipulating his time and performance on the court that tilted multiple prop bets in a specific direction and, shockingly, resulted in one bettor taking home a $1 million payday. It was later found that Porter had also placed bets himself, breaking the leagues sports betting bylaws. So today, Brian Windhorst joins the show to break down the dangers of Jontay Porter’s story, where this saga heads next, and gives a NBA Playoff preview along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Brian is this jante Porter nba situation started developing what was your reaction to it all

0:06.5

I couldn't believe two things one how brazen it appeared that jay had been and the second thing was that you could even bet

0:17.2

John Tay Porter props

0:22.1

Now to a developing story in the end.

0:24.4

Raptors Ford, Jante Porter is under investigation by the League following multiple instances

0:29.2

of betting irregularities.

0:31.0

The NBA is looking into some prop bets involving Porter from games on January 26th and March 20th.

0:37.0

These are prop bets on a role player who doesn't play significant minutes on his statistics.

0:43.5

It's a little bit of a different thing.

0:46.4

I had no idea that you could bet on players like that.

0:50.3

And also a subtext to that was really the nature of the way the sports books were operating,

0:56.0

which was that they would be willing to take these types of wagers that could potentially be manipulated so easily.

1:04.7

The NBA has leveled a lifetime ban on the Toronto Raptors,

1:09.6

Jante Porter, for his involvement in gambling. The League's investigation found everything

1:15.9

from limiting his own participation in games sharing confidential

1:21.1

information with known better.

1:23.3

When it comes down to Jante being a band for life,

1:27.8

0.0% surprise.

1:29.6

I guess my only reaction is that it happened faster than I thought it would because investigations

1:34.9

by nature seem to take triply long as you think they should.

1:40.0

Jante violated at least three absolute red line no-no-no's.

1:45.0

He specifically altered his performance in an apparent attempt to help win bets. He shared inside information about his availability

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