Officially signed! Back in the NBA! The league's No. 1 cancer joins the Clippers

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2024-07-01 10:47Creators in the field of sports

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01 Free agent Kevin Porter Jr. joins the Clippers on a two-year contract with a player option for the second year, a fully guaranteed base salary contract.

02 Porter was arrested by the police for assaulting his girlfriend, and later reached a plea agreement in court to avoid jail time.

03 Due to behavioral problems in his NBA career, Porter was abandoned by several teams and eventually joined the Greek league PAOK club.

04 However, in the Greek league, Porter averaged 22 points, 9.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.8 steals per game, attracting the interest of several NBA teams.

05 In the end, Porter chose to join the Clippers, causing netizens to question his decision to join.

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On July 1, Beijing time, according to a report by Shams, free agent Kevin Porter Jr. joined the Clippers on a two-year contract! The second year is a player option. According to sources, this is a fully guaranteed base salary contract. Congratulations to Porter Jr. for his successful return to the NBA, but everyone is not optimistic about this signing, you must know that Porter Jr. has the title of "the league's first cancer", and netizens have said that the Clippers are going to be unlucky.

Back on September 12, 2023, Porter Jr. was arrested by the police for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend at the hotel! It was also a turning point in his career. Eventually, Porter reached a plea agreement in court, which included third-degree reckless assault and second-degree harassment. Not being imprisoned is already a blessing in misfortune.

On October 18 of the same year, the Rockets and Thunder made a deal! The Rockets sent Kevin Porter Jr. and two second-round picks in 2027 and 2028 to the Thunder in a 3-for-2 trade for Oladipo and Robinson Earle. In this deal, the Thunder only wanted 2 second-round picks, so they cut Porter Jr. as soon as possible.

After being cut by the Thunder, Porter Jr. was completely abandoned by the league, and he had no choice but to join the overseas league and leave Greece to join the PAOK club. At the club, Porter Jr.'s salary is $10,000 a month! From 82.5 million in 4 years to 10,000 a month, it's really embarrassing.

On October 17, 2022, the Rockets renewed Porter's contract one season ahead of schedule, with a four-year contract of 82.5 million, and the guaranteed amount for the 2023-24 season is $15.86 million, the guaranteed amount for the 2024-25 season is $1 million, and the next two years are not guaranteed. Although cut by the Thunder, he can still get $16.86 million.

In May this year, Porter Jr. played his last game for the Greek First Division team PAOK, contributing a triple-double of 23 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists! Porter Jr. cried directly after the game, perhaps remembering what happened along the way, and some fans speculated that Porter Jr. was remorseful for his actions, and he could have been successful on the NBA stage.

Shams added that Porter Jr. attracted interest from several NBA teams after playing well at Greek clubs in April and May, and eventually chose to join the Clippers. Porter averaged 22 points, 9.8 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.8 steals per game in the Greek league.

Porter was drafted by the Cavaliers with the 30th pick in 2019 and has played for the Cavaliers and Rockets in his career. In his NBA career, he played in a total of 196 games, including 146 starts, and played an average of 30.2 minutes per game, contributing 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.1 steals! He shot 43.1 percent from the field, 35.7 percent from three-point range and 72.5 percent from the free throw line.

In fact, the "black material" about Porter Jr. is not just about beating his girlfriend! Porter Jr. on and off the field can be said to be a prickly existence. Porter was still with the Cavaliers at the time, and he was fighting with his teammates and general manager in the locker room, and the Cavaliers demanded that he pack up and leave the team immediately. In the end, the Cavaliers traded Porter to the Rockets, only for one second-rounder.

It's not over yet, on January 2, 2022, the Rockets vs Nuggets, Porter had a heated argument with Rockets assistant coach Lucas at halftime. Porter drove away from the arena in a fit of rage, stopped playing in the second half, and ended up with a one-game ban on him by the Rockets. Changing teams and being traded can't change Porter Jr.'s temper, which is why many brothers think that the Clippers signed Porter was the wrong decision!

It is worth mentioning that the target of Porter Jr.'s assault was WNBA star Kysre Gondrezick, who recently appeared on the float of Brown's championship parade, which also made everyone suspect that Brown and Porter Jr.'s ex-girlfriend are dating! If you don't understand, just ask, is there really no other woman in the NBA?

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