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Celtics' Jaylen Brown Addresses Growing Gambling Scandal Surrounding NBA
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> "We don’t benefit from any of the profits or anything like that, but we’ve got to deal with a lot of the extra negativity and scrutiny behind all the gambling stuff. And then on top of that, it creates more integrity issues, etc. So I’m not sure what the answer is going forward, but definitely something that people have got to spend more time having conversations about.” I can't believe this guy is considered to be intelligent. 1. The guy with one of the largest contracts in league history($285m/5yrs) and Player's Union VP says they don't benefit from all the extra revenue they get from the 50/50 split. The latest CBA even allows them to own less than 1% of sports betting company. 2. Even if they got more money that doesn't make any of this gambling stuff okay.
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> "We don’t benefit from any of the profits or anything like that, but we’ve got to deal with a lot of the extra negativity and scrutiny behind all the gambling stuff. And then on top of that, it creates more integrity issues, etc. So I’m not sure what the answer is going forward, but definitely something that people have got to spend more time having conversations about.” I can't believe this guy is considered to be intelligent. 1. The guy with one of the largest contracts in league history($285m/5yrs) and Player's Union VP says they don't benefit from all the extra revenue they get from the 50/50 split. The latest CBA even allows them to own less than 1% of sports betting company. 2. Even if they got more money that doesn't make any of this gambling stuff okay.Maybe it's not that he isn't intelligent, but that you didn't understand what he was saying… He was asked a question about what he thinks of the scandal and gambling in relation to the NBA, and he's telling you how it affected him. Him pointing out that other people benefitted once again in the back of their work while the players took all of the detriment, does not imply he thinks it would've been fine otherwise; in fact he acknowledges the integrity issues. Maybe his point is that the situation gives incentive to people like Billups and Rozier because the league wants to have it both ways while they make their money off gambling.
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Maybe it's not that he isn't intelligent, but that you didn't understand what he was saying… He was asked a question about what he thinks of the scandal and gambling in relation to the NBA, and he's telling you how it affected him. Him pointing out that other people benefitted once again in the back of their work while the players took all of the detriment, does not imply he thinks it would've been fine otherwise; in fact he acknowledges the integrity issues. Maybe his point is that the situation gives incentive to people like Billups and Rozier because the league wants to have it both ways while they make their money off gambling.I actually heard a podcast that argued that legal gambling helped to catch these guys. The gambling entities and league are partners, and the gambling companies report suspicious activity to the league. That was part of the evidence against Rozier, that there were a ton of prop bets on him for unders, and that was immediately flagged as suspicious and reported.
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Maybe it's not that he isn't intelligent, but that you didn't understand what he was saying… He was asked a question about what he thinks of the scandal and gambling in relation to the NBA, and he's telling you how it affected him. Him pointing out that other people benefitted once again in the back of their work while the players took all of the detriment, does not imply he thinks it would've been fine otherwise; in fact he acknowledges the integrity issues. Maybe his point is that the situation gives incentive to people like Billups and Rozier because the league wants to have it both ways while they make their money off gambling.1. The players is part of the league and I don't see how fighting for rights to have ownerships in these companies or be sponsored by them isn't clear sign of them being complicit in the situation. Only 46% said the players polled said it was bad and 34% of them said it was good. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6298159/2025/04/22/nba-player-poll-gambling-partnerships/ 2. The world exist beyond the ownership and players. Both of those parties has gained billions collectively while this stuff is constantly thrown in the face of people and youth gambling is substantially rising. [Young people inundated with sports betting ads that doctors warn can be harmful](https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/youth-sports-betting-advertisements-enticing-doctors-1.7627752)
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> "We don’t benefit from any of the profits or anything like that, but we’ve got to deal with a lot of the extra negativity and scrutiny behind all the gambling stuff. And then on top of that, it creates more integrity issues, etc. So I’m not sure what the answer is going forward, but definitely something that people have got to spend more time having conversations about.” I can't believe this guy is considered to be intelligent. 1. The guy with one of the largest contracts in league history($285m/5yrs) and Player's Union VP says they don't benefit from all the extra revenue they get from the 50/50 split. The latest CBA even allows them to own less than 1% of sports betting company. 2. Even if they got more money that doesn't make any of this gambling stuff okay.There was an article on ESPN and they said he was basically blaming the league for not preparing the players for the risks that comes with gambling. But then another article quoted a coach who said the league holds these briefings with players where they tell them you are liable if you fix games or pass any information about the team or players to a friend or family and they pass that info to others who use it for gambling. Brown thinks the league hasn't done enough. Brown is an officer of the player's association, so I assume he used that podium to address that issue, and that sounds like NBAPA and the league have a disagreement to address.
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1. The players is part of the league and I don't see how fighting for rights to have ownerships in these companies or be sponsored by them isn't clear sign of them being complicit in the situation. Only 46% said the players polled said it was bad and 34% of them said it was good. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6298159/2025/04/22/nba-player-poll-gambling-partnerships/ 2. The world exist beyond the ownership and players. Both of those parties has gained billions collectively while this stuff is constantly thrown in the face of people and youth gambling is substantially rising. [Young people inundated with sports betting ads that doctors warn can be harmful](https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/youth-sports-betting-advertisements-enticing-doctors-1.7627752)> Only 46% said the players polled said it was bad and 34% of them said it was good. Which is in line with how Jaylen responded; seems like most players lean against it. How does the amount of money he makes change the fact the league is hypocritically leveraging players for their own gain? It's not an implied indicator of the players' collective opinion. You know that pointing out slavery is exploitative doesn't mean you want to engage in it, right?
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> Only 46% said the players polled said it was bad and 34% of them said it was good. Which is in line with how Jaylen responded; seems like most players lean against it. How does the amount of money he makes change the fact the league is hypocritically leveraging players for their own gain? It's not an implied indicator of the players' collective opinion. You know that pointing out slavery is exploitative doesn't mean you want to engage in it, right?> Which is in line with how Jaylen responded; seems like most players lean against it. Are you struggling with English or basic math.  > We don’t benefit from any of the profits or anything like that The gambling revenue has absolutely increased league revenues aside from players like Lebron outright being sponsored by Draftkings. League revenue determines the salary cap, the guy making Supermax/35% of the cap said that. I really don't get this logic of the guy being some clueless victim at the same time a fountain wisdom comes from aside from Trump level idolization.
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> Which is in line with how Jaylen responded; seems like most players lean against it. Are you struggling with English or basic math.  > We don’t benefit from any of the profits or anything like that The gambling revenue has absolutely increased league revenues aside from players like Lebron outright being sponsored by Draftkings. League revenue determines the salary cap, the guy making Supermax/35% of the cap said that. I really don't get this logic of the guy being some clueless victim at the same time a fountain wisdom comes from aside from Trump level idolization.. First of all, are you just having a bad week or something? You're really overdoing this _"everyone whose opinion I don't like is stսpіd"_ bit. Seems like you're clinging to that one line about them not benefiting and ignoring the context of everything else he said, so you can make the league's case that players should just take the money and shut up about all the other stuff that comes with the gambling deals (like being harassed about parlays), and that if he has any other concerns about it, he must be a іdіоt.