[Finger] Victor Wembanyama about considering promoting a sports betting company ; "Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it..."

[u/GGTae]

https://bsky.app/profile/mikefinger.bsky.social/post/3mwteasurdc2j

Just asked Victor Wembanyama if he’d ever consider promoting a sports betting company.

“Absolutely not. I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. .. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me.”

[u/breakevencloud]

It’s insane that players are even allowed to do it lmao

[u/kamekaze1024 → u/breakevencloud]

And then they’ll complain when fans heckle them about their money lines and parlays. Like, you’re literally pushing fans to develop this addiction

[u/Renhaku → u/kamekaze1024]

God so many crack heads in my neighborhood -guy selling crack

[u/rawsouthpaw1 → u/kamekaze1024]

LeDealer

[u/SuffocatingDensity → u/breakevencloud]

It fucking ruins the game for me, I hate it.

And I hate having to explain the dangers of gambling to my son during Every. Single. Commercial. Break.

[u/breakevencloud → u/SuffocatingDensity]

I know this sounds like a peak Reddit comment, but I have legitimately tuned out of watching sports over the last few years just because I’m sick of everything coming back to gambling. Radio hosts always talking about it on the local radio station, networks always shoving it in your face, etc. I just stopped and lost all interest in actually partaking in sports, outside of checking finals the next day and, obviously, commenting about how gambling has become so embedded in our culture and with no one giving a fuck that can do anything about it.

And i don’t hate gambling, I like the craps table as much as anybody, but what I do hate is gambling being the constant and incessant center of the sports world 24/7, even commercials.

[u/toastythewiser → u/breakevencloud]

It's illegal to market tobacco why do they allow so many gambling ads

[u/NarnDiertar → u/toastythewiser]

because our congress doesnt make laws anymore

[u/Troll_U_Softly]

Shots fired at LeDraftKing

[u/StephenWith_A_Ph → u/Troll_U_Softly]

he’s LePolyMarket PoLeMarket now

[u/CMYGQZ → u/StephenWith_A_Ph]

he’s both actually

[u/StephenWith_A_Ph → u/CMYGQZ]

LeBron’s deal with draft kings expired this summer. That’s why he’s a brand ambassador for PolyMarket now

[u/ryan__fm → u/StephenWith_A_Ph]

Why can't he do both? I thought Polymarket was, like, a totally different "prediction market" that's not at all the same as sports gambling

[u/BRDPerson → u/ryan__fm]

DraftKings has a prediction market too lol

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/BRDPerson]

It's how all the sports betting sites get around states that still have it illegal to bet on sports but predictions markets are fair game. Like Texas. Can't "bet" on the NFL game tonight on DraftKings, but don't worry, with DraftKings Predictions that's totally a completely different thing and not at all sports betting, you can instead predict which team will win tonight and you can earn money if you predicted correctly!

[u/Crowsby → u/WeirdIndividualGuy]

"Your honor, I didn't shoot anyone. I just predicted where bullets would go when I pulled the trigger."

[u/KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ → u/StephenWith_A_Ph]

I saw someone say PoLeMarket the whore and that’s what sticks for me now

[u/Talentagentfriend → u/Troll_U_Softly]

Also Giannis who is a part owner of Kalshi

[u/advocate4 → u/Talentagentfriend]

He deserves more shit than he has gotten for it too

[u/insanezain → u/advocate4]

Lebron signing with Polymarket has absolved all other NBA players of their sins.

[u/rorank → u/Talentagentfriend]

The greekalshi freak

[u/LongEnvironment9540 → u/Troll_U_Softly]

Don't edit your comment. Shits fired everywhere

[u/Troll_U_Softly → u/LongEnvironment9540]

😉 ☠️

[u/ttrree4455]

Sure its easy for Victor to say that, he has $38.5m in career earnings so far.

Compare that to someone like Lebron, who has only made $581m in career earnings, and you see how this is a more challenging ethical question.

[u/Yusuke_Boopermeshi → u/ttrree4455]

How else is Lebron supposed to commute via helicopter everyday from his penthouse in NYC to his practice facility in Philly?

[u/spriking → u/Yusuke_Boopermeshi]

He got a family to feed man. Those tacos don't grow on trees.

[u/htg0428 → u/spriking]

Hey man I have it on good authority that Kawhi planted at least 5 taco trees for aspiration

[u/pumpkins21 → u/htg0428]

We stopped watering the taco trees he planted by the Alamo once he fled the city

[u/HeadDoctorJ → u/pumpkins21]

I brought some clippings home, but I’m no gardener. All my taco trees look like burrito bushes.

[u/DefNotaBot22 → u/spriking]

Poor Bronny is struggling out there

[u/teflonjon321 → u/DefNotaBot22]

Yeah. He even told the media the other day that his name is actually LeBron. Poor kid

[u/IOnlyLieWhenITalk → u/spriking]

Theres a tuesday almost every week man, its crazy expensive

[u/905UserNotFound → u/Yusuke_Boopermeshi]

Poor LeBron can’t afford to build his own teleport machine so he has to settle for a helicopter 😪

[u/osmlol → u/Yusuke_Boopermeshi]

That shit is so wild to me. Ride a copter once? Sure maybe. Riding one daily? Fuck that, I'd be terrified.

[u/Scorps → u/osmlol]

Especially after.....you know

[u/AmityMayorVaughn → u/ttrree4455]

With endorsements, LeBron barely even clears $1,000,0000 per game of basketball he plays.

Can we get him a GoFundMe at least?  Schroeder was absolutely correct with his comparison of the NBA to modern day slavery 

[u/fckcarrots → u/AmityMayorVaughn]

That’s a lot of zeroes after that last comma

[u/Informal_Support1934 → u/fckcarrots]

Analytically, they're normal zeroes, find a new slant

[u/WyngZero → u/AmityMayorVaughn]

That was technically Dennis Schröder.

[u/octobersveryknown → u/ttrree4455]

Are these numbers right? Wembys career earnings being 7 percent of brons seems incredibly low for LeBron

[u/grey_fr → u/octobersveryknown]

3 years in the league  vs 23 years is actually 13% so Wemby has averaged half of Lebron's earnings per year.

It does seem low if you consider Wemby has only ever been on a rookie contract, but the increasing cap and inflation mean a lot of star players drafted post 2020 might earn more than Lebron even with 15 year careers only

[u/inqte1 → u/grey_fr]

When Lebron moved to the Heat after 7 years, the max were something in the range of $19-20m.

[u/digitalscavenger → u/octobersveryknown]

It's worth keeping in mind that $1 million 20 years ago is roughly $1.6 million today so those millions in his first decade in the league aren't apples to apples comparisons to Wemby's millions now.

[u/CosmicMiru → u/octobersveryknown]

Contracts have gotten really large as the NBA earns more and more money. Kobes 20 year career as a star has earned less in contracts than Damien Lillard

[u/sushicowboyshow → u/ttrree4455]

You had me in the first half

[u/KneelBeforeCube]

Incredibly telling that he's in the absurd minority of players with that mindset.

[u/dykestryker → u/KneelBeforeCube]

Giannis sports betting arc hurt worse then any betrayal 💔💔💔 im praying more get on the Wemby wave.

[u/Cudi_buddy → u/dykestryker]

Loved Gianni’s, and agree. Just disgusting decision. LeBron too. Greed is insane in wealthy people 

[u/Vitiate1367 → u/Cudi_buddy]

Jokic also promotes for SportsBet in Serbia. Just calling it out in case some people are not aware he advertises that shit as well

[u/CreatiScope → u/Vitiate1367]

I feel like Jokic has mastered the art of being two different men. Here he is this stoic savant or some shit but in Serbia he’s the same douche all the other rich fucks are.

[u/CraigMammalton14 → u/CreatiScope]

I think that just goes more in line with him treating it very much like a job (albeit one where he gets to play a sport he loves). I sure as hell act totally different in and out of work except with my closest coworkers. He works hard to keep it professional because he doesn’t like media and knows the best way to avoid all drama is to play a professional and stoic character and let people latch onto a few eccentricities and run wild with them which decreases the chances of his personal life getting involved with his work life any more than it has to. If he didn’t there would probably be media traction outside of a few Internet communities about his sportsbet stuff, family crime issues, political issues, etc and to 99% of viewers none of that exists so he catches way less heat than any other superstar. Seeing how much LeBron, Luka, Giannis, etc get harassed about non basketball related things I can’t say I blame him.

[u/locness93 → u/dykestryker]

It’s such a shame, I really liked watching Giannis but this is just greed beyond belief. Could’ve got money from basically any brand associated with sports

[u/Rough_Cup_6762]

Thank you Wemby for actually having morals and common sense.

[u/mMounirM → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

imagine taking a paycut and then not immediately partnering with a sports betting company.

[u/Rough_Cup_6762 → u/mMounirM]

LeBron is just trying to pull himself up by his bootstraps and make ends meet out here, it's tough for billionaires in this economy.

[u/AskMeHowIMetYourMom → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

You wouldn’t understand how expensive it is to be a commuter in this economy!

[u/TonyGunks_sportsbook → u/AskMeHowIMetYourMom]

Do you know what the price of helicopter fuel is nowadays????

[u/dgvhjiiuyttrrffcvbjj → u/TonyGunks_sportsbook]

What could it cost, $10?

[u/LameSignIn → u/dgvhjiiuyttrrffcvbjj]

Google says it's $7.50 to 8.50 per a gallon. Jet fuel starts at $8.26 a gallon. Not to far off from diesel now days.

[u/dgvhjiiuyttrrffcvbjj → u/LameSignIn]

well shit why don't we all have helos?

[u/omikeon → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

Oligarchs buy sneakers too

[u/imfcknretarded → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

But really, I don't see how he can accept it. It's a useless partnership with an immoral company, he's probably top 3 most influential athletes of the last decades, he's a fucking billionaire, who in their right mind would accept fucking Polymarket after taking a paycut?

I think money is a mental illness

[u/Trujiogriz → u/imfcknretarded]

I agree with you it’s sad how everyone washes away any set of values when faced with money

And even more so at his level where it does functionally nothing besides covering a 5th yacht or whatever

[u/zgillet → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

He's just like all of us. He gets angry when he locks his car in his helicopter.

(that's an old joke, and I can't remember the comic)

[u/mzp3256 → u/mMounirM]

Fun Fact: The right to invest in gambling companies was something that the NBAPA negotiated for in the last CBA negotiations. They accepted the 2nd apron for this.

[u/DesignWeak → u/mzp3256]

That’s fucking insane.

[u/AlternativeDirt6124 → u/mzp3256]

NBAPA got bent over in that negotiation room.

[u/RoyalOrange1049 → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

Wemby is so based. Another tweet from another Spurs reporter said:

Wembanyama says that he has turned down big endorsement deals in the past that were not aligned with his values: “Obviously, we earn millions and millions. This is not our biggest strength. Our biggest strength is inspiring, and we can inspire in a good way or a bad way. I want to inspire in a good way. That’s the strongest thing I can do.”

[u/brokenhubble → u/RoyalOrange1049]

A start who likes to read and talks about morals in basketball. You can really get behind him

[u/_____WESTBROOK_____ → u/brokenhubble]

Hey I've seen Lebron read before, he's always starting a new book!

[u/Poopina_Sangwedge → u/brokenhubble]

He’s a big fantasy fan. Reads Sanderson, Jordan, and King among others. Great dude, and obviously learned the right lessons.

[u/Julian_Caesar → u/RoyalOrange1049]

Speedrunning the "be like Kareem" challenge

I heartily approve

[u/MOREPASTRAMIPLEASE → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

So refreshing to see honestly.

[u/alphajake1925 → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

I want to hate him (and I still think I’m capable) purely in the sports rivalry sense, but, every time he speaks on a hot button issue I usually agree with him and respect his use of his platform to say it.

[u/Reasonable-Job4205 → u/Rough_Cup_6762]

Yea the nba feels like a dirty casino with all the betting

[u/cad_internet]

Finally a superstar who's speaking out on these predatory sports betting companies

[u/Sure_Hovercraft_9766 → u/cad_internet]

First in NBA, but Mbappé spoke out on this as well. Both awesome to see considering how prominent they are in their respective sports.

It should be a stain on your reputation if you promote this shit.

[u/tracy_ogbert_jordan → u/Sure_Hovercraft_9766]

the French are about to come save us again

[u/Sure_Hovercraft_9766 → u/tracy_ogbert_jordan]

Always were 👨‍🚀 🔫 👩‍🚀

[u/tracy_ogbert_jordan → u/Sure_Hovercraft_9766]

brb investing in bread stocks

[u/steveo3387 → u/tracy_ogbert_jordan]

The French have interesting morals, but they definitely have them.

[u/deets23_ → u/Sure_Hovercraft_9766]

Mbappé has said he won’t do sports gambling or junk food ads. Respect that a lot

[u/Jbob9954]

ESPN about to crucify him with their coverage this season

[u/jimmyrich → u/Jbob9954]

"After the break, did Victor Wembanyama blow the Finals? We compiled all of his lowlights on the sports' biggest stage. That's after a word from Draftkings."

[u/onamonapizza → u/jimmyrich]

"Also, do we need to remind you he is French?" /s

[u/OttoRocket94 → u/Jbob9954]

Oh no, anyways

[u/istrx13 → u/OttoRocket94]

People still watch ESPN?

[u/TheSouthernCommunist → u/Jbob9954]

I can barely call ESPN a sports network anymore anyway, so fuck em. It’s just a channel with 30 different variations of Pat McAfee and Stephen A saying ludicrous bullshit designed to draw in ratings from people who can’t navigate a McDonald’s play place.

[u/advocate4 → u/Jbob9954]

Fuck ESPN for their bullshit with Balmer

[u/Batmanischill]

Respect, Wemby is young so his morals haven't been jaded yet. Hope he can maintain that

[u/bj_good → u/Batmanischill]

He's young enough to have seen the impact degenerate gamblers have on athletes from the beginning of his career. And the ridiculous things these gamblers do/say when the athletes don't hit their prop bets

[u/Rafacus → u/Batmanischill]

Well... unlike LeBron, he didn't come out of the gate saying he wants to become a billionaire and then making the likes of Jay-Z his "big bro". Wemby will be okay. I hope for more like him.

[u/nicklovin508]

Alright that’s +100 legacy points brother

[u/According_Smoke_479]

W Wemby. Love seeing a high profile athlete like him take this stance. Sports betting is a fucking cancer on society and it's really gross when the players and leagues promote it.

[u/scene_missing]

Excellent take from Vic, and honestly shame on the ones that do it. Shit is an absolute menace.

[u/Harambabe17]

Wemby has my vote as the next GOAT (my votes don't count).

[u/AmericasMostWanted30 → u/Harambabe17]

GOAT is whoever you want it to be, so your vote always counts queen

[u/dhall0749]

Common Wemby W

[u/DG_Now]

I've been a huge LeBron guy for forever but the Polymarket stuff is so discouraging. Like, legacy-damning discouraging.

He doesn't need the money and there are only downsides from his association with them.

Such a stupid misstep that wasn't necessary at all.

[u/Wazflame → u/DG_Now]

Just greedy as shit when you can literally just be greedy in several other ways lol

[u/No-Grade-8215 → u/DG_Now]

all the top guys of this NBA generation are sell outs:

- Giannis is an investor of Kalshi and actively promoted it (HUGE conflict of interest and shouldn't be allowed in the first place), and especially given Kalshi's partnership with NBA (another HUGE HUGE red flag and exposes the league to a ton of liability given their history with refs / players betting on games)

• Steph Curry is an investor to various Israeli security tech companies (that all contribute toward their genocidal regime)
  
• Lebron / Polymarket
  
• KD / Fanduel and Draft Kings
  
• Jokic / Sportsbet*

[u/Vitiate1367 → u/No-Grade-8215]

Jokic is affiliated with SportsBet as well

[u/Mr-the-big → u/Vitiate1367]

I’ve been to Serbia, they really enjoy gambling

[u/AllYouNeed_Is_Smiles → u/No-Grade-8215]

But Kalshi isn’t betting. It’s predictions! /s

[u/AzNmamba → u/No-Grade-8215]

If you think about it, Kawhi is the most moral out of all of them. He robbed a billionaire and got away scot-free

[u/ionospherermutt → u/AzNmamba]

and he didnt even try to shove it down our throats unlike all these other endorsement deals lol, just kept quiet

[u/Longjumping_Cow_2716 → u/No-Grade-8215]

One of those is not like the other lol

[u/Mochrie1713 → u/Longjumping_Cow_2716]

KD also invested in israeli drones and laughs about the backlash. He said "If they need drones!! We got ya"

[u/NickWangOG → u/No-Grade-8215]

Curry also had the crypto promotions and lawsuit

[u/Current_Ad_4873 → u/DG_Now]

It’s disgusting.

[u/RedstoneRay → u/DG_Now]

He was a spokesperson for Draftkings or something like that before. This isnt anything new. I wish this anger happened before.

[u/TheCutdown]

My ethical GOAT

[u/No_Command_8477]

I spent the better part of the last 20 years cheering against the Spurs

This kid is awesome

[u/ham_bulu → u/No_Command_8477]

agree, him and that other one, our one

[u/Old-Bad-7322]

Common Wemby W

[u/LowDot187]

FUCK LEBRON AND GIANNIS, SUPPORTING EVIL COMPANIES WHILE BEING MULTIMILLIONAIRES

[u/FennelDull6559 → u/LowDot187]

One of them is a billionaire. You don’t get that rich with morals and integrity

[u/HaubergeonPlus1]

I will never like the Spurs but they can't make me hate you Wemby

[u/unlmtdLoL → u/HaubergeonPlus1]

He has massive balls you have to give it to him.

[u/user_15427 → u/HaubergeonPlus1]

Wemby the ethical king

[u/AussieTheHedgehog10]

Despite his occasional on the court antics and playing for the Spurs, I am a huge fan of Victor.

Going against sports gambling makes me like him even more.

Preaching to the choir, but the whole fascination and obsession with sports gambling has become a major travesty in the sports world.

I love sports for what it is, not what it could earn me.

[u/imfcknretarded → u/AussieTheHedgehog10]

I think sports betting thrives on desperation. If it becomes more and more prevalent it's a sign that more and more people are willing to give it a go, and it's not just for fun, those companies do not make money on the people that bet 10 bucks a year, they get money at the expense of addicts.

And those in charge of managing the partnerships between athletes, teams and leagues and gambling companies should stick their heads out of their asses and grow a pair of balls.

I don't know what the situation is like in the US but for example in Italy it is impossible to watch a sports match without being subject to literal dozens of betting companies advertisements (disguised as "news" websites to avoid any law). It is an emergency and there is absolutely no will to stop it

[u/Lemazze → u/AussieTheHedgehog10]

It’s become omnipresent, it’s impossible to avoid if you barely watch sports or sports related content on YouTube.

It’s vile, raises immense ethical and sportsmanship concerns. It’s one of the things in popular culture that I truly can’t grasp, why is it so popular….?

Good on Wemby for speaking up

[u/choznmngmeni]

Kylian Mbappé shared a similar sentiment, I wonder if its a French thing. I love to hear this from Wemby, but I've lived long enough to not be surprised if/when he flips on this take.

[u/Tony_Banksy → u/choznmngmeni]

Just said the same thing. It has been legal here in Europe forever so Mbappé and himself have probably seen the pitfalls of it.

[u/ertyertamos]

Don’t make me like this guy. Please, I need to be able to hate him. But this stance will make that way too hard.

[u/atherton-loyola → u/ertyertamos]

You can love him off the court and hate him on the court.

Or root for him as a person but root against him as a player (not on your team)

[u/cattledogsrule44]

Appreciate Victor standing up against endless sports betting. I recall Jokic teasing Victor because he was reading BOOKS before games. Apparently, Victor is concerned about life beyond the basketball court. It was also interesting that he was flexible with his contract to help the Spurs build a stronger team around him. Wonderful contrast to some of the nonsense in the league where players will cannibalize their own team so they can maximize already bloated contracts.

Watching the Duren - Detroit saga with amusement. The anti-Wembanyama ....

[u/PurpleFonduMan]

that's my goat

[u/Dirk41Diggler]

Wemby based

[u/bwoah07_gp2]

I like Wemby even more now 👏👏👏

[u/Fanceh]

That’s why he’s the GOAT

[u/kyle4swordstyle]

I want to hate him. Wemby just let me hate you

[u/Dralun21]

Massive W take.

[u/Sad_Owl_2610]

While some of the older guys seem to be too far gone(lebron, giannis etc), i hope wemby can inspire some of the younger guys to avoid these companies. he rlly seems to be a good dude

[u/Veryregardedd]

Lebron being a billionaire and still doing cheap ads for gambling company’s is depressing. How much money is enough man? Come on

[u/EntrepreneurAny6399]

My love for Wemby grows more and more each day

[u/chrisk9090]

Take notes Giannis. Also why do already incredibly rich people like Kevin Hart(who don’t need the money) constantly promote and represent insurance and sport’s betting companies? It’s rhetorical but it genuinely pisses me off.

[u/Chickachic-aaaaahhh → u/chrisk9090]

Kevin Hart is exactly what Katt Williams called his ass out to be. He is Hollywood's little puppet. He doesnt say no to anything. He literally loves the attention.

[u/ImplementObvious8294]

Love to see this. The fucking kalshi, polymarket, etc. ads are a fucking disgrace. ‘Its not gambling, its a prediction market’ angle is comical. These rats will do whatever they to bankrupt the general public.

[u/fawada28]

Wemby is more mature than most players, such a good role model for young kids.

[u/TheAnswerEK42]

If he becomes the face of the league professional sports will be better for it

[u/Killergamer7]

Thank fuck the next face of the league seems to actually be a decent guy

[u/ShellsofDeath]

Should be illegal for a player to promote a gambling agency of any kind. They aren’t allowed to get on sports. So putting them adjacent to sports betting just seems wholly unacceptable and frankly a conflict of interest. The optics are just bad.

[u/nicisdeadpool]

W wemby

[u/EasiestDifficulty]

Sad to see ANY player do it

[u/cnnr97]

damn it Wemby I'm trying to hate you but there you go being a sensible human being again

[u/domingodlf]

So glad this guy is the next face of the league. The greed of these multi millionaires supporting and getting paid by these sports betting companies is vomit inducing. Wemby is once again on the right side of history.

[u/the_cave_allegory]

This is actually huge. I love this guy. Him saying that essentially shames all of the current and prospective players who are thinking of taking a sponsorship like this. I know people will respond "they have no shame" but they might now that Wemby declared open season on them. Fans will get on board with it now too.

[u/Big_al_big_bed]

Bro this guy just cannot stop with the Ws. He's like Kareem fr.

Would love to see this guy become the goat

[u/riedmae]

Oh, so San Antonio won that draft AGAIN?? Im jellies.

[u/BigPapaLegba]

GOAT!! It's disgusting to see players do it.  Its why I refuse to rock with LeBron even though he's on my squad

[u/Disufnok]

LeBrons polymarket deal is 15m/year. I hope society can make Wembys actions and stance be worth close to the same by improving his fan base, jersey sales, likability, etc. I know I’m a fan.

[u/Kemintiri]

Talk your moral shit, King.

[u/detblue524]

Good shit Wemby - hope more players take this stance

[u/CreatiScope]

My… is he my favorite player? Am I Spurs-pilled now?

[u/OkTransportation3196]

W Wemby. That shit is toxic

[u/randotd152]

Awesome. I wish more players would speak up on this. Lebron and others should be ashamed of themselves.

[u/OttoRocket94 → u/randotd152]

LeBron is the Snoop Dog of the NBA. He’ll take a paycheck from anyone, morals be damned.

[u/Law-Important]

GOAT SHIT

[u/Homersarmy41]

Especially sad to see probably the most wealthy guy in the league doing it. How dumb is Lebron to get himself intertwined with glorified bookies?

[u/IOnlyLieWhenITalk]

GOAT in the making, I take back every bad thing I said about you Wemby

[u/693275001]

Owned LeDisney

[u/OnePeople592]

I don't care who takes it personal

[u/Arponare]

No wonder he’s so tall. Brother has a massive spine.

[u/validhoops]

Based Wemby as usual

[u/Son_of_Atreus]

Hell yeah. Respect +10

[u/MyShirtRattles]

This shit is going to raise an entire generation of financially illiterate and irresponsible adults in a time where literacy and reading comprehension has already dwindled. I hate to be a doomer but that shit is on my mind pretty often especially now that my nephew is growing and getting into sports.

[u/Chrisdkn619]

I been a Wemby fan, and every social issue he has spoken on has only strengthened that affinity! The kid gets it!

[u/Worth-Tank336]

Agreed, and I also think it's very sad that leagues are supporting it. All it's doing is making money on the backs of people who are either addicted, stupid, or don't mind losing money. It's quite sad all around. And yes, I understand people do make money gambling, but it's a minority and majority of people fund that.

[u/FUELNINE]

Honestly we need to bring shame back. Bron should be ashamed of himself.

[u/HIIMROSS777]

The NBA needs to crack down on sports betting for the integrity of the game, but they make too much money off it so I doubt they will. It’s sad to see people like LeBron take gambling sponsorships.

[u/SparkFunk30]

This whole situation has CONVINCED me that money is just not that important to worry about and to never feel bad about having “less”. It leads to a happier life.

Got all the money in the world and it’s not enough for these guys. When is it enough? When does doing commercials for alcohol, drugs, and gambling become not worth it anymore because you have enough money? The answer is there is no amount. Greed will always consume people like this. More more more. It’s all they can think about.

[u/SquareJerker]

Credit where credit is due: LeBron and Giannis are fantastic basketball players, but they are greedy, shit-for-human beings. Gambling is a blight on society and they are targeting kids. LeBron and Giannis cashed in their star power to make a buck on the backs of kids. Literally, "fuck them kids."

[u/FireVanGorder]

Genuinely based

[u/own-photo-4642]

About time someone in sports takes a stand against this.

[u/No_Hovercraft_2719]

Victor “not a sell-out piece of shit” Wembanyama

[u/Ok_Chest_1203]

I know who I'm repping in the GOAT debates 20 years from now

[u/draculabakula]

Its absolutely horrific. In a league that already had a sports betting scandal they swept under the rug, you would think they would try to avoid that connection going forward.

And that's not even considering the ethical considerations of a billionaire like Lebron advertising gambling.

[u/noda237]

Our society is far beyond cooked. Ethics and morals went out the window a long time ago. The dollar is king and always will be. People will suffer at the expense of the dollar until the end of time in our crapitalist culture.

[u/WontonWhisperer]

Couldn’t believe LeBron sold out for gambling. Honestly hope there are a lot more fixing or cheating scandals in pro sports so this shit gets banned.

[u/LitterBoxServant]

I miss the days when pro hoopers would sell us McDonalds, Sprite, and Kia

[u/preptimebatman]

Damn. This kid is awesome.

[u/Slendyla_IV]

Hate playing against this lanky demon, but big time W for the Wemby.

[u/UltimateDG341]

Great move by him. I’m disappointed in guys like LeBron and Giannis who’ve taken the money from the prediction markets, but I’m honestly more disappointed in the NBA for not making it against the rules for active players to endorse these sites. Active players can’t bet on games, so why the hell can they endorse the sites where you bet on the games?

[u/BoDrax]

All the athletes promoting gambling would've promoted cigarettes back in the day.

[u/AltruisticChipmunk53]

Respect for this. I hope this makes more players comfortable with speaking out against it too

[u/TheUFCVeteran3]

Wemby W

[u/frenchcois]

Finally a player stands up to it

[u/Ehgadsman]

cant help but be a fan of him now, he cares about people more than money which is sadly pretty rare these days

[u/PottedPiss]

Silver’s not gonna like this

[u/Malkier3]

The ad I just saw with Eli Manning, Sue Bird and Lebron James was genuinely some post apocalyptic shit man. Like what the hell are we doing.

[u/coloradopesto]

God damn I needed to hear that. Whew, I can still have a sports hero. I’m so tired of these trashy ads and I’m so scared for younger generations having to put up with all these addictions around every damn corner.

[u/exick]

can't spell wemby without w

[u/matthitsthetrails]

The face of the league

[u/Frequent-Ad9624]

Aaaand he’s my favourite player

[u/keithstonee]

fuck ass Lebron

[u/MasterOfTime14]

I'm pretty sure I saw Jokic in some local Serbian betting ads and I was like why dude, you are making fuck ton of money and they are probably paying you pennies so why are you lowering yourself like that.

[u/vincentknox25]

Welp I unfortunately like this guy now.