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It has not been a superb month to be considered one of Michael Porter Jr.’s brothers, and it’s one way or the other gotten worse courtesy of Jevon Porter, the Loyola Marymount ahead who has been hit with a DWI cost in Missouri.
Denver Nuggets huge man Michael Porter Jr. has largely managed to remain out of bother over the course of his profession, however the identical can’t be mentioned for another members of his household.
Jontay Porter was initially capable of observe in his older brother’s footsteps by making it to the NBA, however his time within the league got here to a fairly stunning finish final month when he was hit with a lifetime ban within the wake of an investigation that decided he’d guess on his personal staff to lose and leaked inside data to bettors who tried to make use of it to their benefit.
The information got here out simply a few days earlier than Coban Porter (who performed basketball on the College of Denver) was sentenced to 6 years in jail for drunkenly inflicting a automotive crash in 2023 that claimed the lifetime of the driving force of the automobile he collided with and severely injured a passenger.
That second incident was the textbook definition of a cautionary story, but it surely doesn’t sound like his youthful brother received the message.
In response to KRCG, Jevon Porter—who performed ahead at Pepperdine final season earlier than transferring to Loyola Marymount final month—was pulled over for rushing in Boone County, Missouri (the place he and the remainder of his household had been raised) round 1:30 A.M. on Saturday earlier than being arrested and hit with a DWI cost.
Michael just lately admitted he’s been making an attempt to “compartmentalize” the problems his members of the family have been coping with because the Nuggets proceed to compete within the playoffs, and it looks as if he’s doing a fairly good job dealing with the scenario when you think about he averaged 22.8 factors throughout the staff’s sequence with the Lakers.
Should you’re curious, there’s a fifth Porter brother (Izaak) who has managed to maintain his nostril clear to date, and right here’s to hoping that continues to be the case.
