The NBA world was rocked this week by allegations of Raptors participant Jontay Porter betting on himself throughout NBA video games.
The youthful Porter is underneath investigation by the NBA after a number of situations of betting irregularities over the previous couple of months, ESPN revealed earlier this week.
There are two video games the league is particularly trying into from January 26 and March 20 of this season.
Jontay is the brother of Nuggets ahead Michael Porter Jr., who on Wednesday after the Nuggets’ 104-97 loss to the Suns at dwelling, got here out and defended his youthful brother.
“I’ve recognized my brother my entire life,” MPJ stated. “I do know what sort of dude he’s and I do know he’s excited to play basketball, and I extremely doubt he would do something to place that in jeopardy.”
After the allegations have been made public, Jontay’s previous was additionally uncovered, which features a lengthy historical past of exploring artistic methods to earn money.
Jontay’s brother went on to clarify how sports activities betting has considerably taken over the sport of basketball and he’s unsure find out how to really feel about it.
“Yeah, particularly the previous couple of years you hear individuals within the crowd saying what they want you to attain tonight or what they don’t need you to attain,” he stated. “Each evening you’re disappointing somebody. You’re disappointing individuals when you rating an excessive amount of as a result of they might have guess on the underneath, and also you’re disappointing individuals when you didn’t rating sufficient.
“So, it’s part of the sport now. I feel that it’s clearly a harmful behavior. It’s a harmful vice for individuals. You recognize, the love of cash is the foundation of all evil. So, I feel that although it’s a factor, we as gamers simply have to just accept that. We receives a commission some huge cash to play this recreation, and I do know these individuals, these followers, they need to make some cash, as nicely.
“It’s undoubtedly one thing that has sort of taken over the sporting world – I don’t know if it’s factor or a nasty factor.”
