The prodigal son turned around and was not exchanged for gold! He ruined himself 2 years ago, and now he averaged 10+3+3 per game to hit a big contract!

"To be honest, if you only talk about talent and ability, I think he can enter the lottery, or even the top three, but there is no way, his emotional management is too poor!" At the 2019 draft, when Kevin Porter Jr. was selected in the 30th pick in the first round, a senior scout sighed sincerely. After entering the NBA, Porter Jr. performed well. After transferring to the Rockets in the 20-21 season, he was able to contribute 16.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists in the second grade, and soon became one of the team's futures. However, just when he was at the peak of his life, he ruined his future with his own hands, and now he has turned around and saved himself once again. Let’s take a look at how Porter spent these two years of wandering wandering!

1. I like to offer a contract of 80 million, but I was beaten by myself.

Time returns to the 22-23 season. Although the Rockets are still in the reconstruction period this year, they have begun to see a bright future. As a key part of the reconstruction, Porter Jr. has achieved his best performance in his career this season, and can contribute 19.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game. The data is very comprehensive, and the overall efficiency is not low. Therefore, the Rockets also hope to make Porter Jr. one of the core in the future, and while continuing to train, they hope that he can help the team get out of the predicament. So, before the 22-23 season started, they gave a four-year, $82.5 million contract renewal. Although the overall amount was not too high, it was definitely a lot of income for Porter Jr., who played at the end of the first round. Therefore, he did not hesitate at all and happily accepted the Rockets' offer. However, just as Porter Jr. was extremely excited, Porter Jr.'s "devil" side began to show, and he became more and more uneasy off the court. In addition, no one could restrain him, which eventually led to a disaster.

On September 12, 2023, New York City police received a call for help. The woman called the police said that she was suffering from domestic violence and was in a very critical stage. In the end, the police also came to the hotel involved. Surprisingly, the woman who called the police was former WNBA player Case Gundrechk, and the person involved was Rockets defender Porter Jr. This incident caused a stir at that time. After all, since the era of David Stern, the NBA has paid great attention to the private behavior management of players. Such illegal and criminal matters are zero tolerance. Therefore, after communication between the NBA officials and the Rockets, in order to punish Porter Jr., the Rockets directly announced the invalidation of the contract extension, after all, he was immediately sent to the Thunder. The Thunder team also has no interest in him. After all, a domestic violence person is completely a person who is called to beat him, so after the Thunder got him, he directly laid off his employees. In this way, the big contract he had originally won was gone, and the opportunity to play in the NBA was gone. Porter Jr. ruined his future with his own hands.

2. Go to Europe for a livelihood and return to the NBA again in less than a year.

After being given up by the Rockets and the Thunder one after another, Porter felt that his life was dim, but what was more helpless was that it was completely brewed by himself, and no one was wondering. In order to stay in the NBA, Porter Jr. and his agent team are constantly communicating and coordinating with various teams, and are even willing to sign a basic salary contract just to get the opportunity to play. But after he had completely ruined his reputation, no team was willing to take over his hot potato. As a result, Porter Jr. could only go to Europe to find opportunities, and the Greek League Thessaloniki became his destination. What you have to sigh is that once you get on the field, Porter Jr. is like a different person, doing very well in shooting, attacking and organizing. In the short stay in the Greek league, he was able to contribute 22 points, 9.3 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 2.8 steals and 1.3 blocks at the beginning. In the playoffs, he was able to output 20+10+10 levels of data steadily, so there was no big surprise. After leaving the United States for less than a year, he was called again.

Due to the loss of Russell Westbrook, Paul George and others, the Clippers made some reinforcements in the summer of 2024, and Porter Jr. became one of their goals. Although there was a problem with his personality, everyone could see his abilities at that time, so the Clippers also took risks, hoping that he could turn his back on the right and put his mind on basketball. So they handed the down-and-out genius a contract of $4.78 million for two years. After returning to the NBA, Porter Jr. really cherishes this hard-won opportunity. Even if there is no good opportunity in the Clippers, as long as he plays, he will do his best on both offense and defense. So, people saw a Porter Jr. who had never seen before. He averaged 9.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game in the Clippers' 45 games, and his overall contribution was quite good. But unfortunately, Tyron Lu was not interested in him, and the result was that he was sent to the Bucks before the transaction deadline.

3. The prodigal son turned back and did not exchange money, and he once again made a fortune.

This time joining the Bucks is a turning point for Porter Jr. Because the Bucks themselves lack sufficient staff, Porter Jr. gets more opportunities here. This time Porter Jr. grasped it, especially before the end of the season, he played 20+ in four consecutive games, and steadily outputted 11.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 30 games, with shooting and three-point shooting percentages reaching 49.4% and 40.8% respectively. Porter Jr. finally scored his net worth again.. During the playoffs, although the team was eliminated and his personal performance was slightly inferior to the regular season, he also contributed 23 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in a single game. In addition, he averaged 11.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game in the entire series, plus a 46.7% three-point shooting percentage, which is enough to ensure that Porter Jr., who holds the player option this summer, gets a contract that satisfies him. This time, Porter Jr. did not waste any chance and finally staged a story about a prodigal son turning back and not changing his gold.