Kevin Porter Jr played 29 mins and had 25 pts, 5ast, 4reb. Shot 9-16 from the field and 5-9 from 3pt. Best player on either team in tonight’s game.
So glad the C’s held on to Tacko, Waters, Edwards, And Green instead of giving him a shot. Well played.
This is preseason.
And he was considered a massive head case and problem child before Houston took a shot with him. Being the absolute worst team in the league while trying to lose for a better draft pick will allow you to take shots with possible locker room cancers. Lots of Monday morning QBing with this take.
It was a no risk/high reward scenario. If he acts up, you cut him. He was being immature, which many do when they are 20 years old and a change of scenery was apparently what Porter Jr needed.
True, but it was always going to have to be with a really bad team that didn't care about winning and had playing time to give him. Porter wasn't going to get playing time over Kemba, Smart and Pritchard, so probably would have continued to be an immature brat of a player sulking on the bench because he wasn't playing.
He landed in the best spot he could have...with a team wanting to lose that was willing to give him minutes and control of the ball so he could channel his inner Iverson and chuck like crazy.