Dame to Giannis after his three-point contest win: “Did you place something on Kalshi?”
No one is safe from Dame today lol.
Shooters shoot
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^ Bot comment
I don’t understand what the point of these bots are. Who the fuck wants karma that badly?
It’s training AI
^ you understand it
Literally forming sentences for clout
The ultimate poser
It’s not really to train AI tho. AI is trained by taking in information, not spitting it out. Bots on reddit are used for other purposes, astroturfing, advertising, that kind of thing. Generic comments or posts are made to build karma to get around filters.
If it were AI the comment would be much more relevant to the thread and probably mostly indistinguishable from a human.
Bad actors and scammers and astroturfers like to buy established Reddit accounts with a lot of karma. It makes the account look legitimate when they start pulling their shit.
What a G! And you said it perfect too, my doo. My man woke up and was like “what up, violence!?”WHEN HE GETS HOT ITS OVER FOR EVERYONE
Nobody has been safe from Dame ever since. Always keeping it real.
This dude blasted Jrue Holiday for having wifi problems at his house lmao
Isiah Thomas ain’t got nothing on Dame for I.T. game
How do you dig someone for not having good wifi?
These people are multi millionaires that’s kinda crazy he might be onto something
I think Dame lived in Jrue’s house when he went to Milwaukee so he had to deal with the bad WiFi haha
He’s been saving up this energy for a year lmao.
GET EM ALL DAME
He’s praying on everyone’s downfall!
LMAOOOO
“which one of you a holes bet on one of these a holes to come in second”
Dude probably won just so he could drop this bomb
This is two buddies and former teammates joking around.
Bron has been sponsored by draftkings for a couple years now and he doesn’t get nearly the flack that Giannis got for it. KD with Fanduel too.
I think Kalshi is a whole different level of messed up for various reasons, and at the same time a lot of people are performative in how upset they are about it
Giannis also isn’t sponsored by Kalshi, he’s an investor. He’s directly invested in the success of the platform unlike LeBron who is just shooting ads and getting paid for it.
Giannis also isn’t sponsored by Kalshi, he’s an investor.
That’s like, way, way worse.
I didn’t mean to imply otherwise.
Its okay, reading comprehension is a lost art these days. You were clearly implying that its worse lol
That’s their point
Giannis knows people will give him a pass anyhow. He puts the ball in the hoop good which we know protects you from scrutiny.
Only reason we care about him in the first place.
Blame Silver. The CBA says it’s legal for players to invest and be up to a 1% owner of companies like this
Yeah, which does make me uncomfortable because I think an unregulated version of this is dangerous because of insider knowledge and the ethical questionability of it all, which Giannis should get questions about.
But all the betting jokes are low-hanging fruit because he’s going to make so much more money off the system than he ever could manipulating betting (especially since there’s no house money in that system).
One of the best relief pitchers in the MLB is currently facing federal charges for throwing his pitches to manipulate prop bets. This was a guy looking at a $100m contact, threw it away for a fraction of that.
Kevin Durant is also an investor in Kalshi through his investment firm 35V
There are two different complaints people are conflating
Gambling is bad and players shouldnt promote it -> Applies to lebron, kd, giannis, and more
Being a stakeholder in an unregulated betting market is a serious integrity concern > Applies to giannis
It is completely coherent to say “idrc if players wanna take sponsorships for sportsbooks. but Giannis being a stakeholder in Kalshi is sorta nuts!”
Bron isn’t a stakeholder. People treat it different because it is. Bron gets a check to show up in adds. Giannis has money directly in the company and depends on it doing well
In front of everyone and on camera. Dame is a menace for that lol. Giannis instantly looking around makes it even funnier.
Probably bet on someone mentioning Kalshi to him.
I just won $10000 betting that someone would bet on someone mentioning kalshi to Giannis
I just won $100000 betting that some one would bet on someone betting on someone mentioning kalshi to Giannis
We all on Kalshi now
It’s just Kalshi, all the way down
Ha, I knew it, and bet on it!
“predicted”
Cause it is very suspicious.
Giannis posted on Instagram that he’s a sponsor, and tries to shut down another player asking him if he uses it. So he obviously knows is sketchy at best but still endorsed it.
Dame easily won all-star weekend
Dame has an undefeated record with the fans fr fr
Zero haters
Besides OKC fans
That’s a bad shot
No OT tonight. Ball game.
I stand that it was a bad shot. That said, Playoff P saying that immediately post game is a really bad look
Nah, that shot kick-started the rebuild that got them a championship. The PG-SGA trade happened that offseason
Whenever it comes up most of them seem begrudgingly grateful because it kickstarted their rebuild and so in a roundabout way led to their championship.
I love the game thread before the series even started, when the Blazers sat EVERY starter to try to lose to Sacramento, get a lower seed and get a different team in the first round (I forget who, Utah? Denver?), and the OKC fans were not amused. Then Anfernee Simons went off for 30 points and almost won the game by himself, locking Portland into a first round matchup with OKC, and their fans were euphoric, at least for a few days.
Naw he’s cool lol
My thoughts exactly
He def has haters. I’ve seen that beard: grown before vs after too many times for him to not
He really never misses
He ran the whole weekend not even close
lowkey carried the entire thing on his back
Shooters gonna shoot. Ja could never.
So Giannis doesn’t like his association w Kalshi either, he just likes the money cuz he doesn’t have enough of it.
Clearly all he cares about is getting his bag. It’s the league that’s in a really bad spot looks wise for letting this happen
Which is a worse look for the league- giannis investing in kalshi or kawhi getting under the table no show payments
For the sake of the league, Kawhi. For the fans perspective, Giannis. I think the average fan cares more about gambling than contract loopholes and such.
However, inside the league, the Kawhi thing will be hugely damaging if it goes unpunished. Which thankfully it looks like it won’t
For me they are both symptoms of the leagues ineffectiveness, one is about the league’s inability to enforce the rules it already has, the other its inability to proactively come up with rules preventing awkward scenarios like the Giannis one.
Jawhi jeonard
Fixed the typo, thanks
But that ruins my comment :(
Exactly. He always has been.
Get your bag while not caring about misusing your influence over the youth. That is the culture.
It’s a massive red flag and a conflict of interest that one of the faces of the NBA is partnered with a “prediction” company that’s essentially a gambling forum, and had $23 million of real money moved on the platform to predict where Giannis was going to be traded.
Not as weird when you consider how plastered gambling, and crypto scams are in the NBA. Maybe we need more players getting these oddly suspicious gambling contracts, and maybe it’ll finally get people to notice how lame this shit is.
I mean it’s still extremely weird. Maybe it’s more accepted for some reason, but it’s still fucking weird and predatory.
Please. The league is official partners with a bunch of gambling companies. It’s 10% of their annual revenue. Giannis is just getting his bag.
An individual and a company are two very different things.
Well said
Reminds me of when CJ said his facial hair looked like Jamal’s pubes on the official NBA account.
“taco meat”
Lmao that’s a top ten off the court memory for me.
Like KDs head
Giannis instantly uncomfortable lol
“Stop stop” nervously looks around
“Instantly uncomfortable” while he’s showing all 32 teeth and saying stop in the most sarcastic way ever? Lmfao
Those were some pretty sincere stops
Which is a shame because I had 60¢ a share on insincere stops
That’s how most people react in public situations when they don’t want to make a scene and feel embarrassment/stress
Isn’t it more of playing around the fact he’d get Rozier’d if he was betting, so he won’t even joke about it publicly
Lets be real here, the NBA would cover it up if Giannis got caught
Probably even less about the NBA, given regulations I doubt an investor could place bets on their own platform. Doubt he wants to fuck up his bag in that regard.
You must not get out much.
Bro
lmfaooooooo
I LOVE YOU FOR THIS DAME
I don’t understand why Dame was such a bitch when KLove trolled Rozier and Billups after they got caught
Bro showed that ‘got caught’ energy lol
“bro, chill wit all dat”
If I were Giannis, “I invested in you Dame” would have been the pretty good response I came up 15 seconds later
id say workshop it for a little longer
Giannis’ mom calls
“GIANNIS PASS THE WEED”
“Stop stop, stop iiit, hey stop”
Giannis is a troll himself so this is definitely deserved
Fuck sports gambling so so much
Kalshi is way beyond sports gambling. You can bet on the weather and what trump will say next lol
Polymarket and shit are going to accelerate society’s death spiral
just another wealth extraction tool from the elite. A death spiral of society implies some sort of quick ending but a slow stagnation while we rot from the inside is more apt
It’s even worse than this because of all the insider trading with no consequences.
No way
Giannis looked around like “Shhhh not so loud!”
Dame goated for this
TALK YO SHIT DAME
why is he so embarrassed about the mention of it like he didn’t choose to partner with Klashi/make a huge show of it the day after the trade deadline ????
It’s wild. I can only think that he’s in a bubble and didn’t realize how many fans are really sick of constant gambling promotion.
must deserved troll from Dame to Giannis
Giannis, um, perhaps you should drop your partnership with Kalshi?
You wanna bet that he won’t??? I’ll give you good odds
Lmaooo rage baiting 🤣🤣🤣
Giannis is never beating the gambling allegations. Lol
Allegations and charges are different though. Guessing he only cares about one of those.
Greed Freak knows it’s morally wrong. But who cares? We celebrate greed, gambling, and “get that bag culture” regardless of morals. This country is sick.
I mean, he doesnt have to take part and be the face of some degenerate, dystopian gambling site. Lmao
I think it says just as much about him as it does this country.
Well he hasnt been sued yet, unlike lovable Steph Curry who was sued for endorsing the totally above board FTX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_GfQuFDr9E
Haha its funny because gambling has corrupted another part of our lives. Too funny
Get fucking absolutely deep fried. Kalshi is such a degenerate platform if you can even call it that. Leading the AI Slop ads charge. Shameful
As if we don’t already know. Good for Dame
Betting on the 3 pt contest would be true degenerate behavior
you haven’t seen anything yet if you think that’s degenerate behaviour. Theres levels of degeneracy you can’t even conceive
I’m praying my action hits on whether or not “Baconator” is mentioned in Wendy’s upcoming earnings call 🙏
Not much of a gambler but I did put some money on Dame because I’ve been watching interviews with him and he was so ready for any competition. Thirsty to get back shooting. And he’s my boy!! Go Dame!
This thread is wild, he’s so obviously joking with him. Redditors never beating the socially inept accusations
Love how insider trading is now a joke between nba players. This country is broken
FUCK you Greedy Giannis
Joking not joking! /s also not /s
Love having Dame back. He’s for real funny
Bro about to speed run getting investigated by the FBI
Im a moron for not betting on Dame I knew he’d win soon as saw him in it
I knew I fucked with Portland, good shit Dame
Dame sweeping the intangibles MVP
Man is out for the season and still dominating. EZ 12th man of the year
Giannis started looking around like Kash was about to pounce on him from the shadows
Out of pocket. I love it 😂
Dame a legend for that LOL
Lost all respect for Giannis “I don’t care about the money” Antetokounmpo.
Imagine what he said to Billups after the allegations.
Hahahahaa Dame will always be awesome
He had that locked and loaded.
Lmaoooo
Dame bet him saying this to Giannis
This is another cleverly disguised promo for [gambling company]. Do the mods allow this?
Giannis gambling on games
Giannis deserves this kind of hazing over the Kalshi endorsement
Oh r/nba will love this and Dame now is the new #1 over Luka, Joker and Flagg.
Giannis gonna catch a RICO. He’s been acting like an informant would about this betting shit he’s involved in.
get his ass
Aaaaaand saved
GOT EM
wtf I’m so confused I thought he was out for this season lol
I get the confusion, but it’s not like an actual game where he’s cutting and taking hits. He’s just moving between ball racks and shooting, which shouldn’t affect his ACL rehab like a full contact game would.
Hmm. Giannis wanted Dame to not bring Kalshi up. I wonder why?
I kind of hate the NBA now.
I missed the contest and for a second I thought Giannis won bc of the wording and I was VERY confused
I know everyone is suckling at the toxic teat of gambling money but these partnerships with Athletes are especially disgusting.
lmfao
Will Giannis go to jail for that alleged insider gambling or is it all good?
Shit this was a Kalshi ad and then to actually see one in the comments……
This is a stunt
Come back to the league already dame dammit
this is hilarious 😂😂😂
Bro is on one. Hahaha
need dame and cj to be the portland game announcers after they retire. need their unhinged, honest opinions lol.
lmao this thread is hilarious.
The Giannis Hate Gooners are gonna go wild tonight. And it’s a weekend so their parents will let them stay up ‘til 10!
Bang! Right between the eye!
NGL As someone who like Giannis the last few weeks made me lose a fuckton of respect for him (I don’t think the AI Ads were HIS decision but not a good look)
can’t wait to see dame back playing.
He had to wipe his cold sweat there
this is what true friends do , bust ur balls about rigged gambling in front of the press LMAO
Giannis lookin back to make sure Adam silver wasn’t nearby 😂
Players should keep clowning on Giannis
so glad GSW didn’t end up with this dude, Giannis is poisonous now with the Kalshi affiliation..
Yes, let’s let the NBA know it okay for athletes to bet on themselves.
Nasty work lmao
LMAO
Get his ass
Damn, Dame savage
Ya, he put it all on Bobby Portis
Dame is back??
Going for the jugular lmao
STAHP STAHP
Deserved
Just out there praying for his downfall 🤣🤣
USA now one of the most corrupt countries in the world lol
Giannis won the three point contest?
Fuck giannis he knows it’s wrong from this and plays it off with humor