'I UNDERSTAND WHY JONTAY PORTER WAS BANNED FOREVER!' - McAfee on INTEGRITY of NBA | Pat McAfee Show

The Pat McAfee crew react to Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter being banned from the NBA due to gambling violations.
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[@targetegrat]

The NBA will make an example of everyone but the referees.

[@capitalgainz9434]

insane Scott Fraser is still employed...

[@Jon1LAW]

Refs are like cops of the NBA, are they really gonna do something to them? I think not...

[@targetegrat]

@@Jon1LAW That explains it. Thats a good comparison. I remember when Jokic and Giannis were getting ejected for petty reasons at the beginning of the season. It was so obvious what the refs were doing.

[@MiguelSosa-oo6ww]

He was an irrelevant bench player so it's easy to make an example out of him.

[@poggamus4330]

I bet the referees are betting too. It's ridiculous.

[@Dawg476]

As a Raptors fan I knew something was sus when he got “injured” in those games when there was no mechanism for an injury.

[@johnnyb1030]

Hes just too small to be protected. This is more rampant from players and officials than any of us could imagine.

[@c3dmf4s]

Yep

[@LEGENDOFSEVENN]

literally, I love how they always pick a scapegoat, its like a cop ticketing somebody for speeding, when 10 other cars drive past going over the speed limit

[@marckusduverger9776]

I really doubt that on the players part, referees idk. Most NBA Players are making far too much money to risk gambling, you think the NBA is gonna protect a player before the league itself?

[@johnnyb1030]

@marckusduverger9776 not that they are gambling but in on some of the fix. There's too much evidence of it. Even throwing games for draft position happens so why couldn't it for money? Also have you heard when college qbs have been approached for millions to throw games. This shits been going on for decades. It's just easier now than ever to accomplish. The integrity of sport is no more.

[@marckusduverger9776]

@johnnyb1030: I can’t really argue against that, mostly because it would come down to intention & how can anyone speak to that. The NBA season is long & teams have been known to tank for better draft picks, which seems to have mostly been fixed by the Play-In. So you’re not wrong that it could happen, I guess I’m just not that cynical but who knows.

[@WhatsGoodLu]

Imagine making it to the NBA where you can be set for life, to get banned for 22k in winnings lmfaooo

[@Lowme1234]

@whatsGoodLu. He gave up everything including his future for 22k? What was he thinking?

[@WhatsGoodLu]

@@Lowme1234 he for sure wasn’t thinking, probably wanted some quick cash and thought he was a small enough player where he wouldn’t get caught or if he did it wouldn’t be a big deal

[@HeartlessWon506]

@@WhatsGoodLuit was way more than $22k. The investigation is ongoing. Turns out it might have been MILLIONS due to him from multiple co conspirators.

[@noahjames1985]

The worst part is that he told "a known gambler" he wasnt going to play a game and the guy bet 80K to win 1.1 million. This was the red flag that did him in. How did they think that no one would notice these insane bets.

[@dre32pitt]

22k was just his portion.. whoever he owed money to got the majority of the winnings, lol.

[@aaronramirez2610]

I still use him on Nba 2 K 2024.And I have him as The 2024 MVP.

[@wildmouse5888]

Gambling has always been a problem, but the rise of legalized sports gambling combined with encrypted communications is going to make it MUCH worse. There is just so much more money involved and it is easier to communicate in secret. I think this will be the death of sports; I just don't know when.

[@leetraviusmckay314]

"give us the guy that was betting on his own team" 😂

[@Tommy0220]

He bet his own team to lose 💀

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

Why would he bet his own team if he knew they would t win?that would defeat the purpose of him gambling

[@aassassin]

Blud got banned for LEGAL GAMBLING. Crazy how hypocritical this action is when several gambling ads are still showed on TV. SMH

[@OvieObaro]

On the bright side now he can gamble as much as he wants

[@gothard5]

This guy’s lifetime ban is well deserved. Pete Rose’s lifetime ban is not. He deserves to be in the National Baseball HOF as a player since all the betting stuff happened after his playing days were pretty much over. He was the manager of the Reds when all that went down. Sorry to get so off topic here.

[@gothard5]

I guess it’s not off topic since Pat actually mention Pete Rose

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

I don't watch baseball I don't know him

[@mohamedsaid9416]

Lifetime ban is too harsh

[@ellemarr7234]

A few top ⚽️ players in Italy and England got popped recently for gambling, some had 200+ violations, 3 were critical for their teams … but none of them bet on their *own* games nevermind *against* themselves. All had to serve less than 1 year bans and some had legitimate addiction problems. If Porter was addicted, that doesn’t absolve him at all. There are other sports.

[@gryphon2001]

As a raptors fan. Yes!!!

[@mikeyjames]

Jontay’s inferno.

[@JustinChristopher-ov7gw]

Ok that's really good tbh. Needs more likes.

[@bhupinder28]

The integrity of all sports is going down the drain as sports betting becomes more and more advertised... especially by the leagues themselves.

[@mrbear716]

The league shot itself in their own foot😂😂😂😂

[@johnlinks]

sports gambling has ruined sports. you see it every day, the sway of the game. refs bought out

[@Seriously5505]

But Pat why is this so bad? These sport books ruin thousands of lives all the time. A Sportsbook can have insider information.. see the public on one side and clean house when Lebron or Giannis is mysteriously ruled out. We see if happen all the time. No analyst calls out the nba or sports book for roster manipulation. It’s only when they get screwed then it’s a big issue

[@thesportsguy126]

Its more than that. He literally chose his team to lose, and bet the under on himself. Watch the game he wasnt trying for rebounds. Hes a horrible teammate. Get rid of him.

[@Seriously5505]

@@thesportsguy126 yes it’s bad. But why don’t they address roster manipulation? There’s players literally listed as day to day every game throughout the season. And sometimes a player won’t even be on the injury list and still ruled out. Vegas will always have this information before the public which is unfair

[@tainanking]

I’ve lost just as much as Jontay has won. So I hope for him this was worth it because for me it sure wasn’t. I’ve been up as much as he was at one point and I lost it all and then some so I see it both sides here. Nothing good comes from sports books but it’s not gonna go away

[@jasonklimes2231]

@@tainanking So you want him to get off cause you're a shitty gambler?

[@mattsolan2710]

If only hit could hit and pitch then he'd be fine.

[@matthoffman6962]

Let’s be realistic here. Most if not all players are betting or have bet. What separates this is him betting on his own team. To lose.

[@ritchlongmire9071]

Problem with the boxer betting on themselves to win is that they can offer their opponent a share of the winnings to lose. It is less direct than betting on yourself to lose, but there is still an incentive to fix the outcome. Best to fight for the prize.

[@c3dmf4s]

It's all over the nba... he is the scapegoat

[@andrewa9700]

Honestly needs to be criminal charges for him and everyone involved. An example has to be set of what happens to athletes and bettors involved in fixing bets/matches.

[@hipking23]

I heard somewhere on the sports talk shows that the NBA passed on his information to the FBI

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

Its not criminally chargeable it's legal gambling,he just tried to use loop holes to make more money

[@user-rq9ig9bt2t]

Isn’t it just more so violating company policy I don’t think it’s illegal idk tho just asking

[@paralleluniverse99]

@@Ayo_Bruh22 It's fraud, genius.

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

@@paralleluniverse99 fraud is when you try and falsify documents,u can't sue done for using a private account for gambling goofy

[@leetraviusmckay314]

"no one's ever heard of this guy" 😂

[@rashadalton2324]

Well said Pat!

[@gbone1812]

This won’t stop the league from enable gambling. I will not join that road. It is tempting btw

[@moereese5254]

They should investigate the refs.

[@dre32pitt]

This is SOP for any big industry.. you make an example of a nobody as to not ruffle any feathers while still appearing to be on the up n up.. but IYKYK.. Look at the 08 market crash.. one dude got arrested at Credit Suisse.. one guy, lol.. and he was a nobody.

[@RyTrapp0]

Yea, Pete Rose is a great example of this😂

[@dre32pitt]

@@RyTrapp0 Always an exception to the rule.. should be old enough to know this, lol

[@RyTrapp0]

@@dre32pitt Except there aren't any other examples but Pete Rose though, so I don't know what the foundation for this is in the sports world. There has yet to be a single player that significantly impacts the league if they go away; not Mahomes, not Bron, not Ohtani, all of those fans are still going to keep watching those sports.

[@dre32pitt]

@@RyTrapp0 Affect the entire sport, no.. affect the wallet of owner of said player, yes.. and the owners run the leagues..

[@Jon1LAW]

This is worst than Dahntay getting fines on a small contrat😂

[@danielthompson3928]

It turns out that graping someone is perfectly okay though. I mean look at Josh Giddey. Ja Morant waves around a gun on social media and commits zero crimes and gets banned for a 3rd of the season but grape is fine.

[@alexshirley6096]

I live in Vegas this dude is lucky he’s not buried in the desert or at the bottom of a lake casinos don’t mess around with that stuff

[@yeeglizock8223]

You watch to many movie

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

Mafia don't run casinos anymore,that was fixed along time ago.

[@johnappleseed203]

Cant wait for a big player to get busted and the league will make excuses

[@user-cf7ny4kg6r]

Adam Silver said," “There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition..." yet the NBA continually encourages betting on specific players and games. In a desperate move for more revenue the league also set up a trash tournament allowing teams as bad as 30 games below .500 a second chance to get into the playoffs.

[@user-pe7ts8hg2y]

This was inevitable when sports leagues got in bed with gambling. We don’t know what we don’t know

[@jacksonhill5613]

This segment about the sanctity of sport brought to you by draft kings.

[@djagile]

"F**K JOHNTAY" - Every Raptors FAN everywhere. This guy can go kick rocks BAREFOOT!!!!

[@ghsense2626]

It was harsh, if he was a somebody like his brother, it would have been a 40 game ban.

[@jacobartis9853]

Very unlikely, if someone puts the integrity of the sport at risk they will most certainly levy the highest punishment. The double standard argument doesnt apply in this circumstance

[@marckusduverger9776]

Not true, if the NBA Players Association isn’t even trying to protect Jontay Porter you see how bad it is.

[@nicoyourcousin]

he’s michael porter jr’s brother lol

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

His michael.porter knew about this I'm sure he's lucky his brother didn't throw him under the bus

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

Well of course it's favoritism,jontay is a nobody in the league,if this was LeBron we probably wouldn't even here about it

[@Dom2.0]

Tell the NBA to investigate these Refs! They never will because they tell them who they want to win, guarantee it lol

[@williamriley5118]

He could play basketball in China. Lots of questions sports outcomes including their marathons.

[@learningvideosbynikhil8308]

This gives me Hansie cronje vibes 😔, except hansie knew he made a mistake…I’m yet to see what jontay porter is going to say…

[@ros73dros]

--- deserves lifetime ban. Betted on his own team to lose. While he was on the team. About his own availability

[@juicedwilson5563]

what about josh kiddey

[@jasonklimes2231]

Investigation cleared him

[@alexshirley6096]

Funny name though

[@juicedwilson5563]

@@jasonklimes2231 that’s how i know you guys aren’t smart it didn’t clear him off messing with an underaged girl, the family didn’t cooperate and there was no case to build on most likely because of under the table money

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

​@@jasonklimes2231he got slap on the wrist is what happened

[@jrodzilla24]

Ohtani

[@user-oc5qq3xq5y]

Homie fumbled the bag…clown…

[@xerospades]

Y'all can ban him but not Draymond and the horrible refs lol.

[@mikerthinks]

Too bad he doesn't have a translator.

[@Countryboy25]

He just messed up his whole basketball 🏀 career 😭

[@mattgriggs2651]

Because he never played and wasn’t that good. If he was a starter he would not be banned for life. Am I wrong?

[@TyBrezzy11]

acting is if he the only way is crazy

[@Mixer2904]

Poor MPJ his brothers are a mess one gets banned from nba other one is on a murder trial

[@carladavis1473]

What??? Mpj isn't the brightest bulb in the pack either, though.

[@aprice666]

What would have happened had it been Lebron that did this? Banning a nobody, I didn't even know about Jontay Porter till this.

[@Ayo_Bruh22]

Favoritism of course if LeBron did this nobody would here anything about this

[@okey7118]

LeBrons interrupter would be found guilty 😂

[@leonconnelly5303]

Why would he do this lol

[@TanakaSigauke]

Forever is insanity

[@brooklynman14]

NBA is a laughing stock now I just watch during the playoffs really that’s about it.

[@brucelau2023]

The NBA will make an example of everyone but the referees.