The Brooklyn Nets have gotten off to a horrible start to the 2025-26 NBA season, currently sitting at 2-11 ahead of Tuesday night’s game at home against the Boston Celtics.
The 2025 NBA basketball season started with a massive betting scandal that almost completely overshadowed everything that happened on the court. The FBI uncovered an enormous betting scandal that involved rigged games for prop bets and also rigged poker games, all of which were run by and orchestrated by the mob.
The NBA world has been turned upside down for the past few days. If the Kawhi Leonard issue wasn’t enough to bring bad light to the NBA, the latest FBI arrests have made a huge dent in the league’s reputation.
A far-reaching federal investigation has resulted in stunning charges against more than thirty individuals, including current and former NBA players and coaches, in a massive illegal gambling and fraud scheme.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. has been on a media run since being traded by the Denver Nuggets, clips surfacing about his controversial views on myriad matters.
When the Denver Nuggets traded Michael Porter Jr. to the Brooklyn Nets earlier this offseason, it ended a six-year partnership between Porter and Nikola Jokic that produced one of the league’s most lethal offensive duos.
Michael Porter Jr. went viral on the internet after he claimed that the potential for rigging and gambling in the NBA is immense. The Nets' forward believes that even rich athletes can cave into helping his/her friends earn a massive payday.
Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. is warning fellow NBA players about the dangers of manipulating stats to help friends win sports bets. Speaking on the “One Night with Steiny” podcast, Porter addressed the growing controversy over prop bet manipulation in the NBA and other pro sports.
As sports gambling has continued to become a prominent aspect of various leagues, whether through sponsorship or legalization in many states, it has also become somewhat of an issue, particularly in the NBA.
Sports gambling has been a hot topic throughout the NBA amid several scandals over the last few years. Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. recently opened up on the temptation players face amid a high-profile scandal involving his brother, Jontay.
Former Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter was banned from the NBA following a gambling scandal. He was banned on April 17 following an investigation into prop-betting irregularities.
A New York man was arrested on suspicion of placing bets on Jontay Porter in games that the Toronto Raptors forward was attempting to lose as part of a sports betting scheme, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
The Jontay Porter betting scandal may lead to some pretty significant sports betting changes in the not-too-distant future. The NBA and its betting partners
In the heat of the Denver Nuggets and Michael Porter Jr. trying to defend their title, the Nuggets’ sharpshooter has had to deal with a lot of family drama.
The past few weeks haven’t been good to Jontay Porter after he was caught disclosing information to sports bettors and betting on actual games. As a result, the NBA dropped the hammer on the Toronto Raptors forward and banned him for life.
The NBA has made its statement clear about players betting on themselves. This also applies to insider trading to benefit them or anyone associated with them.
Jontay Porter’s gambling case has finally reached a decision. He will no longer come back to the NBA or the Masai Ujiri-led Toronto Raptors after getting a lifetime ban due to his actions.
Jontay Porter’s gambling situation does not look good. Porter allegedly owned and operated a FanDuel VIP account that wagered millions of dollars in total between 2021 and 2023, according to a report from the Action Network.
It was reported on March 25 that the NBA had opened an investigation into "multiple instances of betting irregularities" involving the Raptors forward.