25 of the Funniest Burns from the Week of April 15, 2024
The NBA felt a little more like a Coen Brothers movie this week thanks to Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter being slapped with a lifetime ban after he was caught adjusting his performance for gambling purposes and even betting on games himself. Porter, who has only been in the league since 2019, had a number of charges brought against him, including disclosing information about his health status to a bettor for a parlay that would yield a million-dollar payout.
While the timeline is naturally making Porter the butt of the joke, he’s not bearing all of the blame, as a Twitter user aptly pointed out the rich irony of Shams Charania, an NBA insider with an online gambling sponsorship, being the guy who first reported the news.
But Porter, Charania and the muddy waters of sports betting in the NBA weren’t the only ones falling victim to hilarious digs on the timeline this week. Other burn victims included any American Vice President, ferret owners everywhere and drunk criers.
