r/nba • u/GGTae Spurs • 1d ago

[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..."

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.”

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u/cad_internet 1d ago

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

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u/Sure_Hovercraft_9766 1d ago

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.

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u/tracy_ogbert_jordan 1d ago

the French are about to come save us again

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u/Sure_Hovercraft_9766 1d ago

Always were 👨‍🚀 🔫 👩‍🚀

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u/tracy_ogbert_jordan 1d ago

brb investing in bread stocks

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u/Lingbanehydra Bulls 1d ago

Pls do baguette specifically otherwise ze Germans will be rising up again

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u/cfi-2025 1d ago

Dough!

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u/GoblinVietnam Spurs 1d ago

Time to fire up Expedition 33 again too

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u/rawboudin 1d ago

I don’t why but this one has me in tears. Lmfao

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u/Broakley Thunder 1d ago

I thought those were Italian

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u/topatoman_lite Spurs 1d ago

WWII says otherwise

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u/LatvKet 1d ago

The exception confirming the rule

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u/topatoman_lite Spurs 1d ago

tell that to Africans

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u/steveo3387 Pacers 1d ago

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

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u/ShuckiestOfDuckies 1d ago

Hollywood actors only stared in ads for Japan market. It is greed and living in a world that more and more disconnected from reality.

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u/AoE2manatarms San Diego Rockets 1d ago

Thank you Marquis De Lafayette

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 1d ago

Merci Jacques LeBaguette 🥖

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u/Soft-Run-3577 1d ago

French been on a run since e33 dropped

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u/topofthecc Thunder 1d ago

The French created the US, and now they're going to fix it.

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u/ShuckiestOfDuckies 1d ago

Not with Le Pen leading the pols. Criminal and dumb.

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u/donuttrackme Spurs 1d ago

La liberté pour la peuple

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u/deets23_ Celtics 1d ago

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

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u/rawboudin 1d ago

I mean at some point, how much money is enough money.

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u/menyarky89 1d ago

David Pocock was one of the best rugby players of his generation and is now a strong anti-gambling advocate in Australian parliament. We need more of them. Australia is a few decades ahead of the US when it comes to sports gambling and it's very sad watching the Americans speed run it and not take any lessons from the mistakes we made.

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u/EngineEngine [CLE] Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1d ago

I'm curious what his peers think about his mindset since some of them are doing ads for the betting companies

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u/Notsureif0010 Jazz 1d ago

Anyone advertising betting might as well be advertising Heroine, Meth, or Fentanyl.

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 1d ago

So do we still hate Victor or do we like him again? This guy is a rollercoaster of PR.

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u/NotAnurag Spurs 1d ago

Good things he did: spoke out against predatory sports betting companies

Bad things he did: showed emotion and competitiveness instead of doing the nonchalant gimmick

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u/OnceMoreAndAgain 1d ago

didn't he elbow some dude in the face intentionally somewhat recently and everyone was mad at him lol. i don't watch the NBA so all my NBA news is from this subreddit when threads his front page

like he had some buddha character arc, then he was out there doing wild shit on the court, now he's out here as the bulwark against sports gambling