Amin Hassan
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But the big thing here is these are all kind of, they're almost curated in terms of what exactly is all happening.
And at the end of the day, what that means from the perspective of match fixing.
That's the big sports story here, right?
Where match is being fixed.
To my mind, there's a difference between Jonte Porter saying, okay, I'm going to fake an injury in the first quarter and now I'll hit all my unders by doing that.
Versus...
The head coach of an NBA team saying, we're tanking, so yeah, I'm not playing any of my guys.
That's a conversation.
That second one is a conversation I imagine has happened a lot over decades in the NBA, particularly when coaches know, hey, you guys are losing.
This ain't on me.
I can't say this in a press conference.
I can't say this out loud.
But with people that I would imagine to be friends or friendly with, I can say, yeah, man, of course they're tanking.
I'm not tanking.
But to my mind, there is a material difference between that and, okay, here's what's going to happen.
Second quarter, I'm going to take a dive, and I'm going to ride around.
That's someone who is actively participating in match fixing versus the revelation of information that I don't think was โ
based on gambling.
It was based on the team strategy.