Indictments Allege Damon Jones Leaked Injury Info on LeBron James

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00:00the latest part of this story now is that lebron james not involved in this at all

00:06was reportedly the player that damon jones was spreading inside information about this is

00:13according to the athletic give them credit for this inside reporting i'm not sure who did it but

00:17it's the athletic on it that in a february 2023 milwaukee buck la laker game lebron had told some

00:26of the guys i twisted my ankle i'm gonna sit the game out happens right which is why the rosier

00:33thing is the way i explained it well damon jones that was not public information was not only guys

00:39in the locker room knew that lebron was not going to play this one particular game against yannis

00:43and milwaukee so damon jones allegedly then reached out to people in his universe and told them bet on

00:52milwaukee tomorrow night lebron ain't playing that's the type of stuff that this investigation

00:58is now revealing and if you just get one guy and they'll turn a guy and promise him no jail time

01:06did damon jones feed you inside information so that you could go make a wager if one guy's like yes

01:14and here's the wager i made then damon jones is in a lot of trouble yeah and that's what this

01:20investigation is all about trading on inside information that is not yet public right and

01:27that's the tough part about this i think people don't necessarily understand because they're going

01:31well damon jones didn't make the bets just like you said well right he provided the information he's

01:36gonna get a kickback right you know so they're called straw better so in other words i got five

01:41buddies who'll walk in front of a bus for me right you have your best friends they'll take a bullet

01:46for me and if i call those five dudes up and i'm like look i got inside information nobody else got

01:51it lebron's not playing tomorrow night it's not public nobody knows which means you can't bet on

01:56his props because he's not playing but you can bet against the lakers because if you know lebron's

02:01not playing i'm betting on milwaukee right so you tell your five best friends each one of you go put

02:07a thousand bucks put a band on it each one of you right and when you win i'll just take a little

02:12taste that's how this works so the dudes go out there they make innocuous innocent bets according

02:19to the the the casinos no one would think twice about it right right they cash in they each get

02:25their thou i come around and say i'll take 10 right so i pocket 500 bucks i'm making up numbers

02:32and no one's the wiser that's how this works which is why in all the leagues and this is a crazy thing

02:41a lot of people don't know the players are allowed to wager on every other sport but the team

02:49employees are not allowed to wager on any sport let me break that down even more if i'm the assistant

02:57trainer to the new york knicks i'm of course going to have some inside information about the health of

03:04the 12 dudes on the knicks right of course okay so i as the assistant trainer am not allowed to wager

03:11on any sport and it's part of my contract you're the you're jalen brunson you're the star point guard

03:19of the new york knicks you can't bet on the nba of course but you're allowed to wager on anything

03:25else you want as long as it's not on team property right right so you and i both employed by the same

03:31team both work for the same guy i can't wager on anything you can wager on everything other than

03:38the nba it's confusing very good people very so now i'm the assistant trainer well i can't wager on it

03:45but i know jayman brunson's out tomorrow night and nobody else knows right injury reports not out no one

03:51knows now listen it takes a lot not to trade on that information right that ain't easy right knicks are

03:56five point favorites i'm making 65 grand as the assistant trainer i know my best players out

04:02i might call a couple buddies right right and it's before the line moves if the if the knicks are five

04:07point favorites you know as soon as it comes out that line's gonna move exactly you don't want it

04:11now bet the other side brunson's out and boom you change the whole thing here's yeah