October 3rd 2023.
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. is currently unable to participate in any team activities after being arrested on September 11th on charges of allegedly attacking his former girlfriend, Kysre Gondrezick. According to reports, Gondrezick sustained a fractured neck vertebra and a deep cut above her right eye in the incident.
At the Rockets' media day on October 2nd, General Manager Rafael Stone addressed the allegations against Porter, stating, "The allegations against him are deeply troubling. As soon as I heard the allegations, I informed his representatives that he could not be part of the Houston Rockets. They understood, and he has not been with the team or around the team or had any interaction with the team since then and will not be at media day today or in training camp."
Porter has pleaded not guilty to felony assault and strangulation, and is due to appear in court in Manhattan on October 16th. The outcome of the case will determine Porter's future with the Rockets, who had previously signed him to a four-year, $82.5 million deal in 2020. Stone stated, "What's left for the team to do is to evaluate the best steps for our organization that remain in compliance with the [league's] domestic violence policy."
This isn't the first time Porter has found himself in hot water. In November 2020, he was arrested in connection with a car crash in which a loaded handgun and marijuana were found in his car. Though the charges were eventually dismissed, he was fined $50,000 by the NBA in April 2021 for violating the league's COVID-19 health and safety protocols when he visited a Miami strip club. Moreover, last January he was suspended by the Rockets for a game following a heated halftime debate with then-head coach Stephen Silas.
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