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• Nuggets Notes: Jokic, Westbrook, Cancar, Murray
After a pair of dismal performances in New Orleans and Memphis during the first two games of a Nikola Jokic-less road trip, the Nuggets bounced back on Tuesday, securing a 12-point victory in a rematch with the Grizzlies. It was a group effort, writes Bennett Durando of The Denver Post, with Jamal Murray, Michael Porter […]...2024
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• 8 NBA teams that need to make a trade (and 1 move they could make)

Photo by Tyler Kaufman/Getty Images We ranked eight NBA teams that need to make a move, and took our best shot at coming up with one trade each of them could pull off. It’s fake trade season in the NBA. It’s not actual trade season for a while. Teams don’t buy or sell when they either theoretically liked their roster going into the season or hated it but need teams to get more desperate b...2024
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• Mark Bartelstein: I Hate NBA's New CBA

Prominent agent Mark Bartelstein was asked to assess how he views the NBA's new collective bargaining agreement that has become more restrictive for teams to sign and acquire players if they are above the first or second apron. "My initial take from where I sit is I hate it," said Bartelstein on the Hoop Collective Podcast. "Because it's restrictive and takes away... In the world I live in, I want...2024
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• Nuggets Asked About Paul George Last Offseason

The Denver Nuggets inquired about potentially acquiring Paul George last offseason, sources told Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. Talks never escalated with the Nuggets not willing to discuss Christian Braun, Peyton Watson, or Julian Strawther in a deal. The Clippers were also uninterested in only taking back Michael Porter Jr. and Zeke Nnaji's salary. Since their title-winning season in 2023, the Nugget...2024
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• Nikola Jokic: I'm Just Trying To Play Basketball, And I'm Happy If We Have A Chance Every Year

The Denver Nuggets have reportedly had tension between the coaching staff and front office, but Nikola Jokic has declined to offer an opinion on the situation. "That's not my job," Jokic said. "I'm just trying to play basketball, and I'm happy if we have a chance every year." Since winning the championship in 2023, the Nuggets have lost Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Bruce Brown, Jeff Green and Reggie ...2024
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• Michael Porter Jr. has concerning take on the Nuggets' future

The Denver Nuggets are off to an underwhelming start to the 2024-25 season, and questions are already being raised about the future of their current core....2024
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• Every NBA team ranked by its 2025 championship chances to start season

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their 2025 championship chances to start the season. The start of a new NBA season is the ultimate time for optimism. Every team is undefeated, and each organization’s season-long goals are still within reach. The NBA is fully entrenched in its parity era. The league has had a different champion each of the last six ...2024
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• 2024 NBA Mock Draft: SB Nation writers project the first round

Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust The 2024 NBA Draft is widely viewed as one of the weaker classes ever, but that doesn’t mean that some teams won’t find real contributors in the first round. Our network of draft experts tried to project who they’d be. The 2024 NBA Draft isn’t seen as the strongest class in the league’s history, but between Alex Sarr, Zacchari...2024
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• Michael Porter Jr.'s Injury Comeback Can Revolutionize The NBA

• Special to RealGM by Dr. David Schechter & Alec Kassin Michael Porter Jr. played some of the best basketball of his life this season. Helping to lead the Denver Nuggets to the Western Conference Semifinals by eliminating LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in five games, Porter averaged 22.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game, and shot 49.8% from 3-point range. LeBron summed...2024
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• Reload or Rebuild: What’s next for Nuggets, Thunder, Cavs and Knicks after losing in the NBA playoffs?

Graphic by Anton Tabuena, original photo via Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images Trade rumors are expected to grow louder after the Nuggets, Cavaliers, Thunder and Knicks were all eliminated in the second round of the NBA Playoffs. The 2024 NBA Playoffs has already been very eventful to say the least. Several superstar-heavy teams were sent packing way earlier than they hoped, and now t...2024
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• How the Timberwolves’ defense is devouring the Nuggets in 2024 NBA Playoffs

Photo by Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images The Timberwolves have ground Denver’s previously unstoppable offense to a standstill in the NBA playoffs with a few key strategies. Put yourself in the shoes of a 6’4 ball handler who can ignite like a flame and burn nearly any defensive coverage at will. What would be your worst nightmare — the absolute worst-case scenario you could face? The idea...2024
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• MPJ: Team 'had my back' after brother's sentencing

Michael Porter Jr. said his teammates have had his back in recent days following the sentencing of his younger brother Coban Porter to six years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a woman in Colorado last year....2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Let’s rank the 16 teams in the 2024 NBA Playoffs by their championship chances. The 2024 NBA Playoffs don’t exactly feel wide open. There’s a superpower hanging over both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference as the playoffs begin, but at this point NBA fans should know anything can happen in the postseason. Last year saw a wild run of upsets with the ...2024
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• Coban Porter, brother of Nuggets star, sentenced

Coban Porter, the younger brother of Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., has been sentenced to six years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a woman in Colorado last year....2024
• Jontay Porter gets NBA lifetime ban for betting on games involving his own team

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Jontay Porter gets NBA lifetime ban for betting on himself, and taking the under Jontay Porter received a lifetime ban from the NBA after a widespread gambling scandal that included betting on NBA games involving his own team. Porter is the younger brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr. He caught on with the Toronto Raptors this year after an...2024
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"The league is looking into prop bets featuring Porter, the younger brother of Michael Porter Jr."

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"He talked about the development of some of Denver’s key role-players, like Michael Porter Jr."

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"Nuggets' Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr. unlikely to return for NBA playoffs, per report"

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"Michael Porter Jr., Nuggets agree to five-year designated max extension worth up to $207 million, per report"

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"Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr."

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"Porter is the younger brother of 2018 lottery pick Michael Porter Jr."

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"Missouri freshman Michael Porter Jr. cleared for all basketball activities"

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"The post Michael Porter Jr drops 36 Points & 15 Rebounds in State Quarterfinals appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"The post Five-Star SF Michael Porter Jr Trains with Stephen Curry (VIDEO) appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"is hooping with the Washington Wizards, his younger cousin, Michael Porter Jr."

• 8 NBA teams that need to make a trade (and 1 move they could make)
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• Nuggets Asked About Paul George Last Offseason
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• Nikola Jokic: I'm Just Trying To Play Basketball, And I'm Happy If We Have A Chance Every Year
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• The Denver Nuggets might be cooked

Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images Starting the season 0-2 doesn’t mean things are hopeless for the Nuggets, but it does confirm some discouraging signs about their viability as an NBA championship contender. Are the Denver Nuggets bad? No, but that’s not going to cut it. The Western Conference is stacked to the nines with not-bad teams. The Spurs and the Trail Blazers are the on...2024
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• Nuggets, Aaron Gordon Agree to Four-Year, $133 Million Extension
The Denver Nuggets have officially locked up a key part of their core four (Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr., and Aaron Gordon) for the foreseeable future. The team has reportedly agreed to a four-year contract extension with the high-flying Aaron Gordon. The deal is for $133 million. He will opt into $23 million […] The post Nuggets, Aaron Gordon Agree to Four-Year, $133 Milli...2024
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• Aaron Gordon, Nuggets Agree To Four-Year, $133M Extension

Aaron Gordon and the Denver Nuggets have agreed to a four-year, $133 million contract extension. Gordon will opt into his $23 million salary for 25-26 plus three additional years at his maximum salary plus bonuses. The Nuggets and Gordon had until the end of Monday to agree to an extension. Gordon will have a player option for 28-29 and a trade kicker. The Nuggets now have Gordon, Nikola Jokic, M...2024
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• Nuggets Had Interest In Paul George, Talks With Clippers Ended Over Draft Picks

The Denver Nuggets were interested in acquiring Paul George from the Los Angeles Clippers via an opt-in-and-trade transaction. The Nuggets would have had to give up Michael Porter Jr., Zeke Nnaji and significant draft capital in a deal. Talks ended over the draft picks as Denver wasn't willing to move significant draft picks in the deal. The Nuggets likely would have incurred tax apron issues for ...2024
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• Nuggets Had Interest In Paul George But Ended Talks Over Draft Picks

The Denver Nuggets were interested in LA Clippers wing Paul George via an extend-and-trade transaction. The Nuggets would have had to give up Michael Porter Jr., Zeke Nnaji and significant draft capital in a deal. Talks ended over the draft picks. Denver wasn't willing to move significant draft picks in the deal. The Nuggets likely would have incurred tax apron issues for years to come by acquirin...2024
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• Nuggets GM says ‘we’ll be ok if KCP doesn’t return’ in free agency

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth may have just inadvertently revealed that Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is probably leaving when NBA free agency opens up on Sunday. In his limited time as the lead decision-maker for the Denver Nuggets, general manager Calvin Booth has displayed a knack for two things: Winning, and being far more candid than your ave...2024
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• Northwest Notes: Porter Jr., Nuggets’ Depth, McDaniels, Reid, Ownership Dispute
Michael Porter Jr. pins the blame on himself for the Nuggets’ second-round series loss to the Timberwolves, according to Bennett Durando of the Denver Post. Porter struggled to make offensive contributions, averaging 10.7 points on 37.1% shooting from the field. He scored just 25 points in the last four games. “This was a terrible series,” Porter […]...2024
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• Reload or Rebuild: What’s next for Nuggets, Thunder, Cavs and Knicks after losing in the NBA playoffs?
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• How the Timberwolves shut down the Nuggets in Game 6

Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post On the Timberwolves, who took a step back to blaze their way toward a Game 7 showdown with the Nuggets. A common adage when it comes to seven-game playoff series is that there comes a point where adjustments cease to matter; where execution, talent and will take over. To a certain extent, that rings true for most high-level contests between two elit...2024
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• Nikola Jokic solved Wolves’ defense by targeting Rudy Gobert in NBA Playoffs

Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports The Nuggets found the ultimate counter to the Timberwolves’ suffocating defense in the NBA Playoffs No sequence can be more backbreaking than a series of events where a team not only was forced into making a mistake by their opponents — they started forcing themselves into boneheaded decisions that all but crippled their chances of winning the game. That’s ...2024
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• Jamal Murray hit coolest shot of NBA Playoffs and got face-to-face with Kevin Harlan to celebrate

This was amazing. Rumors of the Nuggets demise were greatly exaggerated, and on Sunday night Denver went off to even their series against the Timberwolves and turn it into a best-of-three. The best moment from the Nuggets’ 115-to-107 win wasn’t Nikola Jokic’s MVP-worthy game, or Aaron Gordon ascending to another plane where he couldn’t miss a shot — but a sequence at the close of the first half f...2024
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• Jamal Murray hit coolest shot of NBA Playoffs and got face-to-face with Kevin Harlan to celebrate
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• How the Timberwolves’ defense is devouring the Nuggets in 2024 NBA Playoffs
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• Lakers blame refs for blowing 20-point lead to Nuggets, and even their fans won’t buy it

Photo by Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images Sorry Lakers, but the refs weren’t the reason you blew a 20-point lead to the Nuggets. The Los Angeles Lakers finally had a win over the Denver Nuggets in their grasp. Down 1-0 in their first round series in the 2024 NBA Playoffs, the Lakers walloped Denver in the first half, opening up a 20-point lead early in the third quarter. Game over, right?...2024
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• Michael Porter Jr. appreciates Denver’s support during hard time due to family issues
Michael Porter Jr. is trying his best to keep his mind on the Western Conference’s first-round playoff series against the Lakers, but he can’t help but think about his brothers’ situations. Not only was Toronto’s Jontay banned for life from the NBA due to betting scandals, but now his younger sibling Coban has been sentenced […] The post Michael Porter Jr. appreciates...2024
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• How Michael Porter Jr. helped Nuggets defeat Lakers while dealing with ‘bad’ family drama

Porter Jr. scored 19 points versus the Lakers on Saturday night in Game 1....2024
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• Thursday Rockpile: The Letter and the Banner, Again

Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, October 26th, 2023 We once again find ourselves a few blocks away from Coors Field. Instead of being at 20th and Blake we are at Speer and Chopper. Ball Arena, home of the Denver Nuggets, sits silent just two days after the NBA season tipped off within its walls. We’ve been here before. Almost exactly one year ago the Colorado Avalanche raised their 20...2023
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• Every NBA team, ranked by their championship chances in 2023-2024 season

Let’s rank every team in the NBA by their championship chances for the 2023-2024 season. The NBA always feels like it’s at its best when there’s an elite tier of contenders. After two blockbuster trades to close the summer, it finally feels like that’s the case as the league enters the 2023-2024 season. The Bucks have added Damian Lillard to fix a struggling halfcourt offense in the playoffs. The ...2023
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• Jamal Murray doesn’t play basketball, he perfects it
Photo by Jamie Schwaberow/NBAE via Getty Images How Jamal Murray meditated, celebrated and visualized his way to the top of the NBA. There are some things you grow into, others out of, and rare things that never leave you. When Jamal Murray first shot an arrow it was at his Kentucky Wildcat teammate, E. J. Floreal, watching from the bench. Murray had fired off a corner 3-pointer, springing...2023
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• Nuggets first championship elicits memories of Broncos Super Bowl XXXII win
Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images The comparisons between the two long-time franchises in Denver winning their first championships are vast. Disbelief. Euphoria. Dreamlike. All of the emotions fans of the Denver Nuggets are feeling right now and have the last two days is what Denver Broncos fans experienced on Jan. 25, 1998. And still are. The long...2023
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• The Nuggets are changing what an NBA championship contender is supposed to look like
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images The NBA superteams all went bust. The steady Nuggets keep on rolling. Hours before the Eastern Conference’s Game 7, as the Denver Nuggets were finally going to learn if they would be facing Boston or Miami in the NBA Finals, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone sat down for a sanguine pre-Finals presser. He talked about how Denver had occupied themselv...2023
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• Porter puts onus on Clips' doctor for fall in draft
Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. blamed the prognosis of the Clippers' team doctor for his being passed up by L.A. twice in the 2018 draft....2020
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• Michael Porter Jr., Nuggets agree to five-year designated max extension worth up to $207 million, per report
Denver selected Porter with the 14th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft...2021
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• Nuggets' Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr. unlikely to return for NBA playoffs, per report
Murray and Porter have combined to play in nine games this season...2022
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• Michael Porter Jr drops 36 Points & 15 Rebounds in State Quarterfinals
Nathan Hale, coach by Brandon Roy, stays undefeated at 27-0. The post Michael Porter Jr drops 36 Points & 15 Rebounds in State Quarterfinals appeared first on SLAMonline....2017
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• Nuggets president says Jamal Murray, Michael Porter Jr. could return this season: 'It's up to them'
Denver has fared well without two of their key players so far this season...2022
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• Michael Porter Jr & Brandon Roy Named Naismith National HS Player of the Year & Coach of the Year
After leading Nathan Hale HS to a perfect 29-0 season, the duo sweep Naismith national awards. The post Michael Porter Jr & Brandon Roy Named Naismith National HS Player of the Year & Coach of the Year appeared first on SLAMonline....2017
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• Missouri's Porter Jr. (back) likely out for season
Missouri freshman forward Michael Porter Jr. will have back surgery and he is likely out for the remainder of the season, the school announced on Tuesday....2017
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• Clearly, Nuggets Must Address Staggering Lack Of Depth

Nikola Jokic. Jamal Murray. Michael Porter Jr. Aaron Gordon. The rising Christian Braun. The Nuggets undoubtedly have one of the best starting fives in the NBA. Especially Jokic. But they can’t carry on this way. The bench is among the worst. And in the Western Conference, you can’t expect to contend when that’s the case. […] The post Clearly, Nuggets Must Address Staggerin...2024
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• The Denver Nuggets might be cooked
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• Nuggets GM says ‘we’ll be ok if KCP doesn’t return’ in free agency
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• Jamal Murray hit coolest shot of NBA Playoffs and got face-to-face with Kevin Harlan to celebrate
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• Nuggets GM says ‘we’ll be ok if KCP doesn’t return’ in free agency
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• Michael Porter Jr.'s Injury Comeback Can Revolutionize The NBA
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• Lakers blame refs for blowing 20-point lead to Nuggets, and even their fans won’t buy it
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• LeBron James rips officiating, replay center after overturned call in Lakers’ loss to Nuggets
LeBron James ripped the officiating Monday following the Los Angeles Lakers’ 101-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series, specifically calling out a third-quarter shooting foul the NBA’s replay center overturned. “I don’t understand what’s going on in the replay center, to be honest,” James said. The play in question came in the fin...2024
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• Michael Porter Jr. appreciates Denver’s support during hard time due to family issues
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• Michael Porter Jr. Opens Up on Week From Hell For Porter Family
It has been an awful week for Michael Porter Jr. after one of his brothers was jailed for six years and another brother was banned from the NBA for a betting scandal. Porter Jr. is trying to focus on winning a championship with the Nuggets. But the day before the opening game of Denver’s first […] The post Michael Porter Jr. Opens Up on Week From Hell For Porter Family appeared first o...2024
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• Michael Porter Jr. Addresses Week From Hell For Porter Family
It has been an awful week for Michael Porter Jr. after one of his brothers was jailed for six years and another brother was banned from the NBA for a betting scandal. Porter Junior is trying to focus on winning a championship with the Nuggets. But the day before the opening game of Denver’s first […] The post Michael Porter Jr. Addresses Week From Hell For Porter Family appeared first ...2024
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• Jontay Porter gets NBA lifetime ban for betting on games involving his own team
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