Jontay Porter, issued a lifetime ban by the NBA for gambling, makes pro basketball comeback in USBL

Jontay Porter, who was banned for beingness by the NBA for gambling successful 2024, is making his instrumentality to the court.

Porter, 26, is going to the Seattle SuperHawks, a subordinate of the rebooted United States Basketball League. 

The SuperHawks announced Porter’s signing Wednesday, and the squad begins its play March 7.

Porter is awaiting sentencing aft helium pleaded blameworthy to a related national charge. In July 2024, helium pleaded blameworthy successful a national tribunal successful Brooklyn to 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate fraud, a condemnation that carries up to 20 years successful prison.

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Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors warms up earlier a crippled against the Portland Trail Blazers astatine the Moda Center successful Portland, Ore., March 9, 2024. (Alika Jenner/Getty Images)

However, Porter is expected to beryllium issued a sentences of betwixt 3 and 4 years. The erstwhile Toronto Raptors subordinate was accused of manipulating his show successful coordination with gamblers to triumph prop bets during 2 games successful the 2023-24 season.

Porter besides won $22,000 by gambling connected 13 NBA games that helium didn’t play in, which is simply a usurpation of league rules, according to an NBA investigation.

Jontay Porter (34) of the Toronto Raptors handles the shot during a crippled against the Detroit Pistons astatine Little Caesars Arena successful Detroit March 13, 2024. (Brian Sevald/NBAE via Getty Images)

Federal prosecutors successful the Eastern District of New York indicted dozens of others based connected the probe that began with Porter. Miami Heat defender Terry Rozier, erstwhile Portland Trail Blazers caput manager Chauncey Billups and erstwhile NBA subordinate and adjunct manager Damon Jones were each indicted arsenic portion of the expanded probe into Porter.

Porter spent 2 seasons successful the NBA. He signed with the Memphis Grizzlies arsenic an undrafted escaped cause retired of Missouri and played 11 games with them successful the 2020-21 season. After spending 2 years retired of the NBA, helium played 26 games with the Raptors successful the 2023-24 season.

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Jontay Porter of the Toronto Raptors fights for a rebound with Lindy Waters III of the Oklahoma City Thunder during a crippled March 22, 2024. (Zou Zheng/Xinhua via Getty Images)

In 37 vocation NBA games, Porter averaged 3.7 points per game.

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