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- The Toronto Raptors' Jontay Porter received a lifetime ban from the NBA over a betting scandal.
- If you think that's a crisis for the NBA, think again: The NBA is happy to make an example of Porter.
- The NBA — and lots of other institutions — really wants sports betting to thrive. This move is supposed to give bettors confidence to keep betting.
How dumb do you have to be to throw away an NBA career in a betting scandal?