In the early morning of April 18, Beijing time, the coach was about to sleep, but a bombshell news came: the NBA officially announced that Raptors player Joan Te Porter was banned for life by the league for leaking confidential information to sports bettors. Jonte Potter isn't a big name, but he's the first player to be banned for life for something like this!
Jonte Porter was born on November 15, 1999, is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 107 kilograms, and he is the younger brother of Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. NBA officials began investigating Joonte Porter's illegal betting in late March, and finally announced the punishment results after more than 20 days. This is probably the worst fine in the history of the NBA.
The NBA clearly stipulates that all players, coaches and staff in the league are not allowed to participate in NBA-related betting and betting, and violators will be fined, suspended, and even terminated from contract!
Talking about the NBA's heavy penalty of Porter, NBA commissioner Xiao Hua responded: "Maintaining the fairness of NBA games is the most important thing, which is why the league heavily fined Porter. Legal sports betting is absolutely transparent, and abnormal operations will be detected. We will continue to work closely with our stakeholders to protect our alliances and competitions. ”
What did Joan Tee Porter do? The league investigation found that on March 21 this year, the Raptors lost to the Kings 89-123 at home, and Porter played 3 minutes and retired directly with an injury. Graham Potter revealed his fitness to a bettor before the game. In that game, Jonte Porter only scored 0 points and 2 rebounds on 0 shots, and his handicap was 7.5 points and 5.5 rebounds.
On January 27, the Raptors lost 107-127 at home to the Clippers, and Porter also played only 4 minutes before retiring with an injury, with 0 three-point shots, only 0 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and his three-point shot was also the most "winning" market of the day.
The companies that work with the NBA are not stupid: the $80,000 bet on March 21 was judged to be abnormal, and not only did it not pay $1.1 million, but even $80,000 was frozen. From January to March of this year, Joan Te Porter used a friend's account to bet on 13 NBA games. The total bet amount is $54,094, and the net profit is $21,965.
Is it worth it to ruin his NBA career for more than $20,000? Jonte Porter has a two-way contract with the Raptors with an annual salary of $415,000, and he openly complains that the player's salary is too low. According to NBA reporter Chase Howell, from 2021 to 2023, Porter bet thousands of times, amounting to one million dollars.
Jonte Porter's basketball talent is not bad and would have had a chance to be an NBA lottery pick. As a result, in the 2018 college game, Porter suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and a torn medial collateral ligament. In the 2019 NBA Draft, Porter was not selected. In the 2021-22 season, he played 11 games for the Grizzlies, averaging just 2 points and 1.3 rebounds per game.
Porter played in 26 games for the Raptors this season, including five starts, and he averaged 4.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 0.8 steals and 0.8 blocks in 13.8 minutes per game, shooting 38.5%, 33.3% and 83.3% from three. Potter has played most of his time in the Development League, and after this incident, he will also be without a ball!
According to salary expert Bobby Marks, Porter's total career salary is $2.8 million. After careful calculation, he may have used more than $1 million to bet! What do you think about the NBA league's heavy penalty for Porter?