{"id":504257,"date":"2026-02-26T01:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504257\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T01:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T01:23:08","slug":"jontay-porter-banned-from-nba-signs-with-usbls-superhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/504257\/","title":{"rendered":"Jontay Porter, banned from NBA, signs with USBL’s SuperHawks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brian WindhorstFeb 26, 2026, 12:09 PM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>ESPN.com NBA writer since 2010
\nCovered Cleveland Cavs for seven years
\nAuthor of two books<\/p>\n

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

Jontay Porter<\/a>, banned for life<\/a> by the NBA for gambling in 2024 and currently awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to a related federal charge, is planning to play for an upstart pro basketball league.<\/p>\n

The Seattle SuperHawks, a member of the newly re-created United States Basketball League, announced Porter’s signing Wednesday. The team is scheduled to begin its season on March 7.<\/p>\n

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Porter pleaded guilty in July 2024 in federal court in Brooklyn to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, a felony that carries up to 20 years in prison, though Porter is expected to get between 3-4 years when he is sentenced. He was accused of manipulating his performance and working with gamblers to win prop bets in two games with the Toronto Raptors<\/a> in the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n

An NBA investigation also found Porter personally bet on 13 NBA games in 2024 that he didn’t play in, a violation of league rules, and won $22,000.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York have expanded the investigation that started with Porter and went on to indict dozens of others in gambling-related cases including Miami Heat<\/a> guard Terry Rozier<\/a> and Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> coach Chauncey Billups.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Porter petitioned a federal judge to be allowed to play for a team in Greece<\/a>, but the request was denied.<\/p>\n

Porter played in 37 games over two NBA seasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian WindhorstFeb 26, 2026, 12:09 PM CloseESPN.com NBA writer since 2010 Covered Cleveland Cavs for seven years Author…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-504257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}