2024/2025 NBA Season October 22nd Opening Tip off! Pg 112

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  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,868
    ZoSoTim said:
    Jontay Porter banned for life for gambling on games. Idiot. 
    Wonder how much he made from the gambling.
    Was it worth giving up whatever his future NBA earnings would have been?
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,278
    Less than $80K he made, I think. Nowhere close to enough to risk his career. 
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,868
    ZoSoTim said:
    Less than $80K he made, I think. Nowhere close to enough to risk his career. 
    Certainly not.
    As a journeyman 12th-15th guy on a roster he could have made several million dollars over the next few years.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,227
    ZoSoTim said:
    Jontay Porter banned for life for gambling on games. Idiot. 
    Yup(IDIOT)

    I wonder if other Leagues around the World would Ban him too?
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Poncier said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    Less than $80K he made, I think. Nowhere close to enough to risk his career. 
    Certainly not.
    As a journeyman 12th-15th guy on a roster he could have made several million dollars over the next few years.
    He was most likely making more gambling.  He was signing 2 day contracts.  He was never staying long term in the NBA.

    I did not know that Michael Porter Jr was his brother.  He is next to be investigated.  Not that he did anything wrong though.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,868
    Poncier said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    Less than $80K he made, I think. Nowhere close to enough to risk his career. 
    Certainly not.
    As a journeyman 12th-15th guy on a roster he could have made several million dollars over the next few years.
    He was most likely making more gambling.  He was signing 2 day contracts.  He was never staying long term in the NBA.

    I did not know that Michael Porter Jr was his brother.  He is next to be investigated.  Not that he did anything wrong though.
    He already made more than 2 Mil in the NBA.
    Just make a roster and you make 7 figures.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,237
    Poncier said:
    Death, taxes, poncier old guy jokes and a Zion Williamson injury.
    fixed.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Poncier said:
    Poncier said:
    ZoSoTim said:
    Less than $80K he made, I think. Nowhere close to enough to risk his career. 
    Certainly not.
    As a journeyman 12th-15th guy on a roster he could have made several million dollars over the next few years.
    He was most likely making more gambling.  He was signing 2 day contracts.  He was never staying long term in the NBA.

    I did not know that Michael Porter Jr was his brother.  He is next to be investigated.  Not that he did anything wrong though.
    He already made more than 2 Mil in the NBA.
    Just make a roster and you make 7 figures.
    So Jontay Porter made 1.9 mil for 20-21 season.  That was now over 3 years ago.  He made 300k in 21-22 which was 2 years ago. Since then he has signed 10 and 2 day deals besides playing in the G league.  I'm pretty sure since he hasn't made a roster that was money he wasn't going to make but hey, that's just my way of thinking since he wasn't making any squad.

    He made a team once in 6 years.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Watching the sixers/MIA game and Embiid looked like poop.  Is he fatigued?  Is he done or was it just a bad day?  He did the right thing by praising the Frenchmen for carrying them in the end.

    I think in the first time in a long time the Knicks have a good reason to celebrate their team.  They should make it past the first round.
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,802
    NBA set itself up....Wait til a superstar gets caught Gambling ......Have to give them the death penalty like they did with this scrub

    And you know guys are doing it


  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    CROJAM95 said:
    NBA set itself up....Wait til a superstar gets caught Gambling ......Have to give them the death penalty like they did with this scrub

    And you know guys are doing it


    Rumor was Jordan did it...

    I don't get why you'd do that if u are making millions?  U want a high, go bet on the ponies.
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,802
    Lot of them do, I doubt Michael bet against his team

    also with the landscape now, the league cant look like they have conflicts with all the betting deals they made

    I dont watch ESPN too much, but even having ESPN BETS looks shady to me....no  boundaries anymore
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    edited April 2024
    Watching the sixers/MIA game and Embiid looked like poop.  Is he fatigued?  Is he done or was it just a bad day?  He did the right thing by praising the Frenchmen for carrying them in the end.

    I think in the first time in a long time the Knicks have a good reason to celebrate their team.  They should make it past the first round.
    He had surgery to repair a tear in his meniscus and missed two months. Came back a couple weeks ago and looked great but tweaked it again last week. 

    Came through when they needed him down the stretch last night though. 
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,352
    It was a super frustrating game with Embiid and Maxey really struggling but they were really gutsy pulling it out. Miami is brutal to play in the playoffs. Or "playoffs" if you will.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    It was a super frustrating game with Embiid and Maxey really struggling but they were really gutsy pulling it out. Miami is brutal to play in the playoffs. Or "playoffs" if you will.
    They're a much deeper team than before. I don't think previous year's teams would have won that game. 
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,352
    It was a super frustrating game with Embiid and Maxey really struggling but they were really gutsy pulling it out. Miami is brutal to play in the playoffs. Or "playoffs" if you will.
    They're a much deeper team than before. I don't think previous year's teams would have won that game. 
    Right. They can finally sit Terrible Tobias for the last minute and pull the game out with other players. Previous years that wasn't an option.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,590
    It was a super frustrating game with Embiid and Maxey really struggling but they were really gutsy pulling it out. Miami is brutal to play in the playoffs. Or "playoffs" if you will.
    They're a much deeper team than before. I don't think previous year's teams would have won that game. 
    Right. They can finally sit Terrible Tobias for the last minute and pull the game out with other players. Previous years that wasn't an option.
    Yep. They have a coach with the balls to do it too. Big difference. Hope Jo looks better on Saturday with a couple more days of rest. 
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    I'm taking Knicks over Sixers.

  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,278
    CROJAM95 said:
    NBA set itself up....Wait til a superstar gets caught Gambling ......Have to give them the death penalty like they did with this scrub

    And you know guys are doing it


    Rumor was Jordan did it...

    I don't get why you'd do that if u are making millions?  U want a high, go bet on the ponies.
    Jordan is a well known gambler but not a sports bettor. That’s the huge distinction here. Porter bet against his own team and removed himself from games to ensure prop bets on him won. If Jokic or Giannis did the same they’d also be banned for life without hesitation. 
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    ZoSoTim said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    NBA set itself up....Wait til a superstar gets caught Gambling ......Have to give them the death penalty like they did with this scrub

    And you know guys are doing it


    Rumor was Jordan did it...

    I don't get why you'd do that if u are making millions?  U want a high, go bet on the ponies.
    Jordan is a well known gambler but not a sports bettor. That’s the huge distinction here. Porter bet against his own team and removed himself from games to ensure prop bets on him won. If Jokic or Giannis did the same they’d also be banned for life without hesitation. 
    U never heard the rumblings that Jordan bet on b-ball?

    He is currently NOT allowed to bet on NASCAR because of his ownership.