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2019 Draft, Pick #30 - Kevin Porter Jr., USC
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It's still early, but besides Latrell Sprewell-type of beginnings, another guy that comes to mind is one of our fan favorites: J.R. Smith. J.R. had quite a few controversies before finally getting his career back on track. Hopefully doesn't take Porter that long to figure it out...
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Can anyone update me on what is 100% known about KPJ? Or is it all 100% speculation,
I know he had a gun incident from a car accident. I know the charges were dropped. I also know no drugs or alcohol was involved. Also it seems he allegedly hit a girl 6 months ago which has a strong chance of being true but I don't believe he was charged? Also the Cavs are keeping him out for personal reasons, which could be a non basketball injury I believe or mental, or something else?
Is this what we know? Am I missing something? Because there are some crazy takes I am reading based on very little known at this point.
I know he had a gun incident from a car accident. I know the charges were dropped. I also know no drugs or alcohol was involved. Also it seems he allegedly hit a girl 6 months ago which has a strong chance of being true but I don't believe he was charged? Also the Cavs are keeping him out for personal reasons, which could be a non basketball injury I believe or mental, or something else?
Is this what we know? Am I missing something? Because there are some crazy takes I am reading based on very little known at this point.
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Information is low, and I'm fine with it being where it is. The Cavs definitely seem to have him in their plans as he was shown on the "injury list" on tonight's broadcast.
For what it's worth, there's been no reports of him being a problem in the locker room or with coaches, even during the Belein debacle.
For what it's worth, there's been no reports of him being a problem in the locker room or with coaches, even during the Belein debacle.
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19 year old kid raised in the streets with no guidance. Doesnt mean he wont get it together, he yelled at some security guards in front of cops...is that the video?
I am not saying its good, but that is partly a product of maturity and lack of role models. We will see if he matures, but we dont know what the personal issues are and i hate all the blind speculation.
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The longer this goes on, the harder to assimilate KPJ with what the Cavs are doing.
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Kevin Porter Jr. Is Caught Between a Rough Past and the NBA’s Future
The USC freshman overcame his father’s death and the streets of Seattle just to make it to the precipice of the NBA. But will he become the next James Harden or an uneasy fit for pro systems? Is he one of the best talents of his class or a late first-rounder? Meet the biggest enigma of the 2019...
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Interesting ringer article on KPJr’s past and the path he took to get to the NBA. It’s a tough situation because it’s pretty evident he survived his time in Seattle after his father was killed due to strong mentors and father figures who honestly did a better job than his own father might have. A trend that also evident is that time away from basketball and from his team does not do well for his psyche. At USC, he had a thigh contusion that led to him missing 7 games, then something went wrong which then effectively ended his season with a conduct detrimental to the team tag placed on him.
His situation at USC clearly led to a projected top 10 prospect being drafted 30th and who knows how much further he would’ve gone if the Cavs didn’t trade 4 2nd round picks for him.
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Kevin Porter Jr. Is Caught Between a Rough Past and the NBA’s Future
The USC freshman overcame his father’s death and the streets of Seattle just to make it to the precipice of the NBA. But will he become the next James Harden or an uneasy fit for pro systems? Is he one of the best talents of his class or a late first-rounder? Meet the biggest enigma of the 2019...
Interesting ringer article on KPJr’s past and the path he took to get to the NBA. It’s a tough situation because it’s pretty evident he survived his time in Seattle after his father was killed due to strong mentors and father figures who honestly did a better job than his own father might have. A trend that also evident is that time away from basketball and from his team does not do well for his psyche. At USC, he had a thigh contusion that led to him missing 7 games, then something went wrong which then effectively ended his season with a conduct detrimental to the team tag placed on him.
His situation at USC clearly led to a projected top 10 prospect being drafted 30th and who knows how much further he would’ve gone if the Cavs didn’t trade 4 2nd round picks for him.
Such a fine line between success and failure. Jason Kidd beat up his wife but had a HOF career, guys like Artest and Rodman clearly had something just not quite right upstairs.
Hope KPJ can figure it out. He's only 20 years old and the neuro-science on impulse/emotional control is pretty clear that his brain is still developing in this area so there is a chance he can put his demons behind him. Amazing guys like Lebron can come from the same shitty childhood environments and not get caught up in this stuff.
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Your point? I work with drug addicts who abuse woman children all kinds of horrible disgusting behavior, most of them don’t change it’s an unfortunate fact of life. Many people are able to recover and reintegrate into society, but the ones who show sign of mental illness mixed with drug use even pot very rarely are able to reintegrate and normally end up in prison or back in the clinic. You don’t want somebody like that on a professional basketball team. The guy punched a woman in the face for crying out loud. Seems to be suffering from delusions, displaying violent behavior and like a previous poster stated illnesses like schizophrenia normally come into affect around this age (20-25)
I’m not saying KPJ is schizo or a drug addict there isn’t much evidence which points to either of those conclusions, but his recent behavior pattern is very alarming.
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