{"id":513632,"date":"2026-03-02T09:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513632\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:55:15","slug":"jontay-porter-returns-to-basketball-after-lifetime-nba-ban-over-betting-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513632\/","title":{"rendered":"Jontay Porter returns to basketball after lifetime NBA ban over betting scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Forward Jontay Porter, who was permanently banned by the NBA due to a betting scandal, has signed a contract with the Seattle SuperHawks club of the revived semi-professional USBL league. This marks his first game appearance since his ban in 2024. His debut is scheduled for March 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite Porter\u2019s return to competition, his criminal case remains unresolved. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud, which theoretically carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. According to ESPN, though, the likely sentence is expected to be between 3 and 4 years, sparking debates about fairness and integrity in sports competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Porter\u2019s comeback has already raised ethical questions within the sports community and may influence future policies concerning players who break the rules across various leagues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-us-text\">Read us on <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/uanewsstream\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/me.sendsmessenger.co\/ua_news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sends<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                                                                                            <a class=\"display-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/ua.news\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#8ceef5ccf9eda2e2e9fbff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>                                        <\/a><br \/>\n                                                                                                                                                <a class=\"display-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/ua.news\/ua\/money\/dopomozhy-proyektu-ua-news-kryptodonatom\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"&#010;                                    max-width: 90%; margin:0 auto;&#010;                                \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/usdt-uanews.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forward Jontay Porter, who was permanently banned by the NBA due to a betting scandal, has signed a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-513632","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\/513632","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=513632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}