If you were out on bail awaiting a potential jail sentence, what would you do? In disgraced ex-Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter’s case, apparently, that’s continuing to play basketball.

It’s been over a year since the former Toronto Raptors centre pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and despite a looming sentence, Porter is back on the courts while he awaits his legal fate.

Porter agreed to pull himself from NBA games earlier while still with the Raptors in 2024 amid investigations into an unusually large number of bets placed against him on Raptors games on Jan. 26, 2024, and March 20, 2024.

During the first of these games, Porter allegedly texted a co-conspirator saying, “hit unders for the big numbers. I’m going to play first 2-3 minute stint off the bench then when I get subbed out tell them my eye killing me again.”

Porter scratched his eye four days earlier, and sure enough, he pulled himself from the contest against the Los Angeles Clippers after 4:24 of playing time.

The now 26-year-old also faked an illness on March 20 against the Sacramento Kings, leaving the game after 2:32 of time on the court.

Porter was banned from the NBA for life and has been awaiting an assumed prison sentence, which legal experts have predicted may be in the three-to-four year range.

That hasn’t stopped some organizations from bringing him on board.

Yesterday, the Seattle Super Hawks of the United States Basketball League (USBL) posted that they had added Porter to their roster.

“As a former NBA professional, Jontay brings significant talent to the team,” the Super Hawks wrote in the post. 

“A 6’10” Power Forward, Jontay is marking a new chapter in his professional basketball journey!”

The Super Hawks wisely disabled comments on the post.

Porter has remained free after his $250,000 bail was posted previously. He was originally scheduled to be sentenced in December 2024, then again in May 2025, and once again in December 2025. 

There was speculation that Porter’s sentencing had been further delayed due to the fact that he may be cooperating with investigators in higher-profile cases. 

Regardless, Porter’s first professional basketball league game is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 7, almost two years after he faked being sick to pull himself out of an NBA contest.

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