Jontay Porter finds new team amid league gambling ban

Former Memphis Grizzlies and Toronto Raptors star Jontay Porter is trying to get back into the professional basketball after being banned for life by the NBA in 2024. Charged with “revealing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting one’s own participation in one or more games for the purpose of betting, and betting on NBA games,” Porter last played in the NBA G League for the Raptors 905.

Jontay Porter has signed with the Seattle Superhawks of the United States Basketball League and will play for them next month.

He was banned for life by the NBA for gambling in 2024, where he pleaded guilty to a related federal charge. He is currently awaiting sentencing. pic.tvitter.com/sAfNKUrKstd

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) February 26, 2026

Now, however, Porter is signing with the Seattle Super Hawks of the recently re-established United States Basketball League despite currently awaiting sentencing, according to the post on X from ClutchPoints. The 26-year-old, who was previously denied a request by a federal judge to play professionally in Greece, is scheduled to make his debut in the season opener on March 7 against the Lilac City Legends at Seattle Pacific University.

The revived USBL, an eight-team West Coast league that pays homage to the original 1984-2008 circuit that launched the careers of players like Muggsy Bogues, appears to be the new landing spot for Porter. Back in April 2024, the league handed him a permanent ban after investigations revealed a shocking compromise of the integrity of the game.

While playing on a two-way contract with the Toronto Raptors, Porter intentionally limited his playing time in two separate contests to manipulate the outcomes of illegal bets. Court documents further allege that he texted accomplices mid-game to coordinate the scheme and personally placed illegal bets on 13 NBA games, netting $22,000.

Before his ban, Porter, younger brother of Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr.he logged just 37 NBA appearances between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Raptors, posting modest career averages of 3.7 points and 2.6 rebounds per game. In July 2024, Porter pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

While the charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, he is more likely to receive a sentence of three to four years.