Maverick Carter, representative of LeBron James as well as a partner and close friend of the Los Angeles Lakers star since they were young, acknowledged that he placed bets on NBA games through an illegal bookmaker, The Washington newspaper reported this Thursday. Post. LeBron's manager acknowledged these facts during a 2021 federal investigation into illegal bookmaker Wayne Nix.
Carter admitted that he placed about twenty bets on football and basketball games over the course of a year for amounts between $5,000 and $10,000. The agent said he doesn't remember betting on any Lakers games.
The NBA prohibits betting by players and team and league executives, while the Players Union extends that prohibition to agents. Neither organization has rules in this regard about managers.
After their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder this Thursday (133-110 loss to the Lakers), LeBron assured that he did not know until now that Carter had collaborated with the authorities in that investigation. "Maverick makes his own decisions and at the end of the day gambling is legal. I mean, you can go on your phone right now and do whatever you want. And he has no affiliation with the NBA or the NFL, so he can do whatever he wants." , he said in statements to the media.
