Experts weigh in on Raptor Jontay Porter's lifetime NBA ban for sports betting
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Betting On Yourself: Toronto Raptors Jontay Porter Slapped With Lifetime Ban For Violating NBA’s Gaming Rules
Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty / Jontay Porter Jontay Porter f ed around and found out. The now-former two-way player for the Toronto Raptors gambled his money and his NBA career away. NBA.com dropped the news yesterday that Jontay Porter, brother of Denver Nuggets superstar Michael Porter Jr., has been slapped with a lifetime ban for violating the league’s gaming rules. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver came down with the hammer on Porter after the league wrapped its investigation and...
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Charles Barkley wishes NBA didn't ban Jontay Porter for life
The NBA’s decision to ban Jontay Porter for life seemed like an obvious one, but Charles Barkley wishes the scandal was handled differently. Wednesday afternoon, the NBA issued Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter a lifetime ban after the league investigated gambling allegations that included disclosing confidential information to bettors and wagering against his own team.
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Coban Porter sentenced in fatal DUI crash days after brother's lifetime NBA ban for gambling
Coban Porter, the younger brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter and Jontay Porter, who was recently banned from the NBA, was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for killing a 42-year-old woman in a drunken driving crash last year. Porter was a sophomore playing basketball for the University of Denver at the time of his arrest. He was involved in a crash Jan. 22 just before 2 a.m., and an arrest affidavit said he was driving around 50 mph when he ran a red light at South University...