[Jalen Brunson] on whether he prefers blackjack, poker, or roulette: “I don’t gamble. It’s probably a good thing I don’t gamble right? Probably shouldn’t say anything about gambling.”
Chauncey Billups is shaking
my man let the chips fall where they may smh my head
Right where the magnets told them to.
LCF chips fall WTM they may
big brain in that big head
Jalen “Vegapunk” Brunson
I love that this is a comment 😆
who are Jalen’s satellites
There’s definitely room for it
Mr. Big Cranium
Check out the big brain on Brunson
The metric system
Someone gets it
Say that five times fast
Big Brain Brunson Brings Betting Back to Being Blacklisted
Fanduel is going to be upset about that one.
They’d be delighted. Gambling industry wants everybody to gamble except the athletes.
they don’t give a fuck if athletes gamble they want positive press all the time
Not true, gambling companies benefit way more if everyone believes that they’re gambling on a completely honest competition.
A player gambling hurts that image and therefore less people gamble. Larger customer base and consequently more money
So gambling companies would rather a popular athlete respond “I don’t gamble” to this question than “blackjack”?
Alright man
Yes? Why would fanduel care about blackjack? There’s no upside to a player promoting it and only potential downsides
you know they run an online casino right
They’re working on a sponsorship deal with him as we speak.
Maybe they should have placed a prop bet on whether or not he’d say what he said.
100% it’d be so funny if he said “I usually just hang out at the sports books and bet on games.”
Just to see how they’d react.
they’d start an investigation ngl just to cover themselves
Yeah nah I wouldn’t be too thrilled about that one
Probably similar to ticking the “I am a terrorist” box at the airport: sounds funny and is very tempting, but most likely a bad idea
“Every game I bet on myself!”
That makes me wonder, what would the consequences of that even be? Betting on yourself to do well isn’t exactly rigging a game or guaranteed, what’s stopping players from doing this? (Other than the financial downsides)
You are still influencing the game. Say you’ve got 29 points and bet on yourself to score 30 or more, wouldn’t you be more likely to take a bad shot, rather than passing it up to the open man?
That’s fair
15 seconds left in a blowout. LaMelo misses the last shot. Still doesn’t want the game to end. Fouls someone. Freethrows. LaMelo gets to score one more bucket.
Not accusing him of anything. Could easily be explained by LaMelo being LaMelo.
I think betting on your team to win should be allowed though. Surely that can’t go wrong
Reminds me of what Larry Nance Jr said during an interview when he was playing for the Pelicans:
“I’m betting on the Pels.” (Brief moment of realization) “I’m not betting. No Jontay Porter.”
something ironic about a gambling scandal happening in the nba and at the same time while the investigation is ongoing the nba are also promoting a competition in which players get the opportunity to go to vegas
I mean MJ was a notorious gambling addict lol players have been doing that stuff for decades
players been doin that shit for millenia homie
Shoutout the gamblers of the fighting pits
Shoutout Ashy Larry
My man lost it all 😔
Gladiators putting money on themselves for their fight in the coliseum knowing they can only win.
Most gladiator fights weren’t to the death though, you run out of gladiators pretty quickly if they are
Pretty smart cause if you lose, they cant collect the bill anyways.
They say ya boy Moses had a mean left hand. Could split the paint at like no one has ever seen. At Rockets games, they say he was unstoppable.
They absolutely have been. But there’s undeniably a huge difference between the two contexts. We see dozens of gambling ads in each game. Announcers take sponsored breaks to highlight betting opportunities in between free throws.
People will always gamble and I’m sure plenty are able to do it without it ruining their lives. But being able to legally place a bet from your phone is worlds different MJ’s era. I’d honestly be hard pressed to think of something that has changed the culture of/around basketball more than gambling. Maybe televised games or the three-point line?
Was? Think he is still playing high roller tables
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I’ve always been more of a Mohegan Sun guy
Ah, yes. Mohegan Sun used to get the fights. I guess Foxwoods used to get them too.
I’m more of a Capri Sun guy
bobby’s burger place there is quite good
Perfect
Way to duck the feds, captain
Nice try feds!
Chauncey bet the over on Jalen Brunson saying he gambles in the post game interview on 12/09/25 ☹️
saying that at jontay porter’s former arena btw
Bet the over on dirty plays my Orlando Magic will commit in the semifinal
At least you’re honest
Dream matchup for the East side of the bracket, peak shithousery.
Probably for the best don’t need another Billups
Way to set him up lol damn man
I know it’s tied to gambling but in fairness you can enjoy these games without gambling actual money.
I’ve played all 3 and have never actually gambled real money.
If you’ve never gambled real money, you’ve never really played a gambling game. That would be like saying “I played russian roulette, but there were no bullets in the gun”.
I mean they are still games with mechanics that you can enjoy. And Brunson was asked which one he likes out of the 3. If it were me, I would’ve just answered which one is the most fun to play.
no it’s not, it’s actually other way around, bullets in the gun make the game not fun but stressful more than anything
You can get a feel for roulette and blackjack with fake chips but not poker it doesn’t work people just all in
Charlotte trading Rozier to the Heat knowing he had a gambling problem was fire.
adam silver has turned this league into such a fucking circus that these are the questions players are getting in post game interviews. What a fucking joke.
gambling is fcking stupid good man
As it should be. Wild the leagues are pushing gambling this hard, makes everything feel that much less organic
Smart
NBA is really pushing gambling now
I don’t gamble. But if I did, it would be with FanDuel’s latest multi options!
“Probably shouldn’t say anything about gambling”
Wouldn’t want to upset your sportsbetting shilling overlords
Lol this is hilarious
Brunson is always smooth with the press. He’s clearly had serious media training.
Went to the Jeter school of how to handle NY media
We just need one all star level player to say straight into the camera: “Gambling’s for suckas”
And I’d bet they’d gladly do it since they get death threats, even for having good games
Like this?
Then he bites his towel. He knows he’s lying.
My boy said he’s PR trained
Are there any current athletes from any of the major four sports leagues who are openly degenerate gamblers? Apparently for NBA players as long as they don’t bet on basketball, they’re pretty much in the clear.
He gamble for sure
And yet we’re bombarded by gambling ads and media people talking about their picks or whatever the f the terms is.
Some dystopian shit
Meanwhile Bam just admitted the other day it’s hard to play games when he has parlays
they really are so shameless to ask that question
I like the media but these are dumb questions to ask nba players . You are just trying to set them up to get a quick hit . Pathetic
Saying he doesn’t gamble when he gambled on getting insane paycuts from the Knicks TWICE is baller stuff tbh
It’s not so much a gamble. His dad having an assistant coach job is the New York version of planting trees.
I believe him but it’s funny for him to say this when his & Josh hart’s podcast have had a sports betting website sponsorship.
“i dont gamble” means he gives $ to his uncle, who then places the bests for him…
What a lame question to ask
The context is going to Vegas but even then…yeah I agree
What even was this corny ass question
Shoulda said Poker because it’s a game of skill
lmao nice dodge
In a world where gambling is about to swallow the NBA, it takes real courage to say that.
If an NBA player talks about gambling they are in trouble no matter what. If they say something positive, they could be lumped in with the gambling scandals, and if they say something negative, they could offend the corporate gambling sponsors lmao
Think I’m gambling? You must be insane
might be one of the stupidest questions ever asked
What kind of question is that to ask a pro basketball player?.. This league is turning into a gambling den man, disgusting.
King 😭❤️ he so tough
My opinion of Brunson just went up tbh lol.
This is a psyop all these dudes are actors and in on it
Jalen Brunson didn’t know. 🤣🤣
League officials wants a word with him.
Land of the free, 1st amendment, etc pp
Smart, they over penalize people for the last 20-30 years for gambling now that it’s legalized they actually are locking people up. America is cra!