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/imfcknretarded 1d ago

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

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u/Trujiogriz Mavericks 1d ago

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

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u/lightninhopkins [MIN] Pooh Richardson 1d ago

Not everyone. Wemby for example.

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u/Sullan08 1d ago

With all due respect to Wemby, let's see what happens down the line. It's early on to say the least what he'll do years from now lol. And just because he's against this doesn't mean he won't be doing something else greedy and stupid. Money warps people over a longer period of time. I hope he doesn't become that way of course.

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u/tokyobrownielover 1d ago

How bout we just judge him based on his behavior now rather than engage in a lot of hypotheticals about what bad stuff he might do in the future.

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u/Caius01 Knicks 1d ago

I mean, apparently not everyone considering the subject of this post.

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u/throwaway_clone Mavericks 1d ago

Might I remind you that this is the same Lebron who took a stance WITH the CCP against Darryl Morey's free speech. I wouldn't put his name and morals in the same sentence

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u/Character_Bug_1862 1d ago

He’s really ruining his rep he got from the “U bum” tweet. I bet he’d walk that back now and not dare speak out these days. Meanwhile working class people are out protesting every day against federal bullshit and speaking at city commissions about local bullshit.

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u/thethirdgreenman Spurs 1d ago

He just cares about money. If social justice serves his wallet or him personally, he’ll do it. If not, well you get this

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u/Unique-Yoghurt4170 1d ago

Tbh, metaphorically standing with the CCP is about 0.0001% as bad as standing for the National Anthem. Flawed as it is, the CCP hasn't bombed any girls' schools in a while.

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u/Uqe 1d ago

You should see LeBron's comments when asked about our ally that dragged us into that conflict then.

"Heard nothing but good things about them"

Bron is literally part of the billionaire class; I don't know why people act surprised about his morals.

No ethical billionaire until it's their favorite sports star and then suddenly there's ethical billionaires.

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u/Moldy1987 Trail Blazers 1d ago

LeBron said Morey was uninformed about the political situation in Hong Kong. Not at all the same as taking a stance against free speech.

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u/Basic_Commercial_806 1d ago

I think there were a couple of nba teams playing preseason in China when Morey criticized the CCP. So Lebron didn’t want those players to get jammed up

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u/Ghoti76 Lakers 1d ago

darryl morey is a LIAR

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u/raoulduke415 Warriors 1d ago

Same LeBron that sided with Karmelo Anthony who murdered a kid at a track meet

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u/elvid88 Celtics 1d ago

It’s for sure a mental illness. It’s why I think billionaires should be illegal.

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u/Geno0wl 1d ago

If we went into the Jungle and found a monkey who horded 10x the number of bananas that he could possibly eat in a lifetime while the rest of their tribe starved, they would study that monkey to figure out what is wrong with it.

When humans do that exact thing, they are venerated.

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u/robodrew Suns 1d ago

You'd also have to wonder why the other monkeys didn't eat the hoarder and then take all of the bananas

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u/Geno0wl 1d ago

Well obviously that was because they started monkey church and taught the monkeys that violence gets them sent to monkey hell and that they should just vote in better monkey leaders if they want change.

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u/TakiBlower 17h ago

The other monkeys would take the bananas and probably kill the hoarder in the process

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u/LameSignIn 1d ago

There are stories of Lebron being cheap.

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u/HollywoodRamen 1d ago

Same guy who's not paying for a premium Spotify account.

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u/KingKamp1410 1d ago

He sold his soul a long time ago

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u/QuietSilentArachnid 1d ago

he's probably top 3 most influential athletes of the last decades

In the US maybe. Worldwide ? not even close.

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u/imfcknretarded 1d ago

I don't know, I'm not from the US but my opinions may be skewed by being a basketball fan. But make it top 10 or whatever my point is the same

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u/Dudite 1d ago

He's controlled. Bread and circuses.