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[J_Posse]

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Funniest part of this is

“It’s not that we had crazy spending habits”

Immediately after

“I bought a Ferrari and a Lamborghini in the same week”

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And dude not knowing they have dues. Of course they do that's why they are part of a union. [emoji2365][emoji1]

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[ojandpizza]

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And dude not knowing they have dues. Of course they do that's why they are part of a union. [emoji2365][emoji1]

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I get it though. No shot I could have hit the league at 19 and had a clue how any of that worked either.

[The 24th Letter]

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Video has me rolling this morning

The little girl genuinely confused at Tacko is amazing

https://youtu.be/MEQCDqTtIVg?si=t7Xg9ap-DmhHh9bl

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[jeebs9]

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Knicks fans after that Earthquake. Julius Randle News caused it [emoji23]

[Majingir]

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Vince Carter going into the HOF and Raptors released this logo to Honor him.



They're doing a full rebrand next year too for their 30th. Not that I think the rebrand will just be an old logo and that's it, but would be cool for sure having a throwback alternate.

[illwill10]

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https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39915638/alex-rodriguez-marc-lore-planned-timberwolves-roster-payroll-cuts-concerning-glen-taylor

[Majingir]

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Utah Jazz owner has a deal in place to buy the Arizona Coyotes and move them to SLC. Would be playing out of the Delta Center starting in October.

The NHL already made up their schedule for the 24/25 with the new team in mind, which they'd had to have worked out arena dates with the Jazz/NBA already too.

I imagine this also means the NBA schedule has been created already?

[simbayless]

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That's a damn shame the west is super loaded
West play-In is only two games behind the
East 2nd seed record

Adam silver definitely needs to revisit the 1-16 seed playoff format frfr

[J_Posse]

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That's a damn shame the west is super loaded

West play-In is only two games behind the

East 2nd seed record



Adam silver definitely needs to revisit the 1-16 seed playoff format frfr

Adam Silver has already done too many things to appease people's need for 'change,' so I hope this is something he never, ever does.

No other North American league alters their playoff formatting - making the idea of 'conferences' meaningless - just because one conference/'league' is better record wise.

Plus, it would be a logistical nightmare that would extend the playoffs even further due to travel.

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[ProfessaPackMan]

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Team USA Roster for the Paris Olympics are set:

https://x.com/usabasketball/status/1780576958415257627?s=46&t=bmmyw4g-qEId3d4KHhv-qw

Should be another gold medal for us as usual.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Jontay Porter receives lifetime ban from the NBA for violating the league’s gambling/gaming policy per Shams.

[Majingir]

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Jontay Porter receives lifetime ban from the NBA for violating the league’s gambling/gaming policy per Shams.

As he should.

Sad part, after all that, he only gained 22k in winnings. And he even bet on Raptors to lose. Original reports just said he took the under on himself in some stat categories, but also betting on your team to lose...

Threw away multi million dollar NBA career for what's basically pocket change for someone making that much money. Even G League salary would've been better than that.

[J_Posse]

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As he should.

Sad part, after all that, he only gained 22k in winnings. And he even bet on Raptors to lose. Original reports just said he took the under on himself in some stat categories, but also betting on your team to lose...

Threw away multi million dollar NBA career for what's basically pocket change for someone making that much money. Even G League salary would've been better than that.

Thinking of short-term gains and not the possible repercussions, plus who knows who was in his ear saying this was a 'good idea.'

Hopefully he can still go to Europe or Asia and carve out a career.

He is a good cautionary tale, but I think this is only the beginning of this type of incidents.

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[Majingir]

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Thinking of short-term gains and not the possible repercussions, plus who knows who was in his ear saying this was a 'good idea.'

Hopefully he can still go to Europe or Asia and carve out a career.

He is a good cautionary tale, but I think this is only the beginning of this type of incidents.

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And also, he's a nobody. What if this was Tatum, Giannis, LeBron, Zion?

Easy to investigate (and initially raise red flags) on a guy nobody knows or cares about.

Nobody's batting an eye at some 10k bet on a notable guy dropping 20 in a game. If anything that's part of what got Porter caught. Who in their right mind is betting money, more specifically 4 or 5 figures on a guy who most betting services probably don't even have as an option (you'd have to request it from the service to add a guy, which Porter might have even done too which would've been even stupider).

And even more flags get raised when you hit crazy bets like that. I know people who bet big on underdog and crazy odd stuff and hit on those multiple times and have gotten banned. They're just regular people and even that raised flags to these services.

I definitely believe players do bet. Once it's not under their name, how can they get caught? If John Smith is the player and his friend Jack Johnson is the one betting (on John's behalf, or John just uses his account), you can't stop or be able to notice that can you?

[dubcity]

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And also, he's a nobody. What if this was Tatum, Giannis, LeBron, Zion?

We would never hear about it. It would be handled discreetly in-house. It's for sure happening. The media and these leagues don't want to rock the boat when they're getting paid so much in sponsorship deals, and often times their actual content is driven by sports betting. We already hear these conversations on TV about "well, it only matters if they bet against their own team. Otherwise this is a non story." That's where the goalposts have moved to lol.

One of the things I hear is that guys are less likely to gamble in the modern era because they make so much more money compared to the 1980s-1990s and earlier, so therefore the reward isn't as great for them. Which is a total joke, and shows some serious (and often times willful) ignorance.