NBA investigating Raptors’ Jontay Porter over abnormal prop bets on him

The NBA launched an investigation into Jontay Porter, a Raptors ahead and the brother of Michael Porter Jr., for “multiple instances of betting irregularities” involving prop bets in two video games, in keeping with ESPN.

Porter, who missed Toronto’s final two video games — together with Monday in opposition to the Nets — attributable to private causes, reportedly generated elevated curiosity for his prop bets on Jan. 26 and March 20, and the day after these video games, DraftKings reportedly revealed that one in every of Porter’s prop bets generated probably the most winnings.

The league declined to remark for ESPN’s story, which cited nameless sources, and it’s unclear when the investigation was began or when the NBA was first notified.

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When the Raptors misplaced, 127-107, to the Clippers on Jan. 26, Porter left the sport after logging simply 4 minutes, grabbing three rebounds and allotting one help, which all fell beneath the props that had been roughly round 5.5 factors, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists, in keeping with ESPN.

TSN reported on the time that Porter’s exit in opposition to Los Angeles stemmed from a latest eye damage — the results of him getting poked in opposition to the Grizzlies earlier within the week — that flared up, and Porter was listed as possible on the next day’s damage report earlier than returning to the lineup Jan. 28 in opposition to the Hawks.

He recorded 12 factors, seven rebounds and three assists throughout 19 minutes.

Then, in March, Porter once more exited simply minutes after checking in for the primary time.

He’s not an everyday starter for the Raptors, as a substitute coming off their bench after signing an Exhibit-10 take care of the Pistons, getting waived one month later after which inking a two-way contract with Toronto in December.

Porter, a 24-year-old who went undrafted after a collegiate profession at Missouri, began his skilled profession with the Grizzlies and logged his first NBA minutes in a March 15, 2021 loss.

He appeared in 11 video games that yr, averaging 4.4 factors and three.2 rebounds per recreation, however after that stint, it took Porter till Jan. 3 to seem in one other NBA recreation — with knee accidents upending, and practically derailing, his profession.

But Porter made his return and carved out a small position with the Raptors, and of their March 20 loss to the Kings, he missed the lone shot he tried, grabbed two offensive rebounds and departed after three minutes attributable to what the workforce described as an sickness — once more falling beneath the props that had been roughly set round 7.5 factors and 5.5 rebounds.

That, then, was adopted by the beginning of an investigation lower than every week later.

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