Champion Denver Nuggets starting small forward Michael Porter Jr. spoke to the media on Wednesday night after the team’s 104-97 home loss to the very visible Phoenix Suns. Porter scored eight rebounds, two steals, and seven of sixteen field goals, two of seven from beyond the arc, two of two from the charity stripe, totaling eight points in the defeat.
However, it’s possible that assembled reporters were more interested in an off-court matter that doesn’t even directly concern Porter. In other words, according per ESPN News Services, he has finally cleared up the gambling scandal involving his younger brother, two-way Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter. Large sums of money were wagered on the under for the younger Porter in a number of categories during two recent competitions, prompting an investigation into the matter. He’s not at all in
Porter remarked, “I’ve known my brother his entire life. “Jontay is an avid basketball player. I’m sure he wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize his excitement to play basketball since I know what kind of guy he is.”
Porter mentioned that he has overheard players in games he has played confront him face-to-face about his overs and unders.
Yes, particularly in the past several years, you’ve heard fans expressing their needs and desires for the player to score today and not score,” he remarked. “Every night, you let someone down. People may have placed a wager on the under, so you’re disappointing them if you score too high, and you’re disappointed them if you score too low.”
The NBA has partnered with DraftKings and FanDuel as “co-official sports betting partners.” The league’s intimate ties to companies that offer legal sports betting have made it more difficult to distinguish between a once-taboo practice that no professional sports league would approve.
“Well, it’s now a feature of the game. It is, in my opinion, an obviously harmful habit. It’s a risky vice for individuals,” Porter remarked. “As you may know, the source of all evil is the love of money. Therefore, I believe that as gamers, we simply have to accept that it exists. We receive a substantial salary for participating in this game, and I am aware that these supporters also wish to profit financially.”