Should The Jazz Target Kevin Porter Jr?

[Rubashov]

I have no sympathy for the guy, his NBA career is over, his career as a professional sportsman might be over. (He might get a contract somewhere in Europe.)

But!!!!

Other parties bear some responsibility for what is about to happen to this young man, this is a 23 year old that is about to have his life pulled apart in the press without any support. The NBA, the rockets and the sports media will treat him as a pariah, these are the very people that have profited from him and exploited his basketball talent. The culture of winning at all cost in elite programs needs to put its hand up and cop some of this too. People would have known about his character faults long before he reached the spotlight of the NBA, probably before college and probably even before he reached high school but I bet nobody in any of the elite programs he was in held him accountable for his behaviours because he helped them win.

Its not just the NBA it happens across a whole bunch of sports, football (soccer), NFL, Australian football, terrible behaviours, abuses of women and so on covered up to keep the wins coming in. Win at all costs. Well Kevin Porter Jr. and likely his family, his ex-girlfriend are all about to have very, very public private lives and I'm pretty sure none of them will feel like winners at the end of it.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I have no sympathy for the guy, his NBA career is over, his career as a professional sportsman might be over. (He might get a contract somewhere in Europe.)

But!!!!

Other parties bear some responsibility for what is about to happen to this young man, this is a 23 year old that is about to have his life pulled apart in the press without any support. The NBA, the rockets and the sports media will treat him as a pariah, these are the very people that have profited from him and exploited his basketball talent. The culture of winning at all cost in elite programs needs to put its hand up and cop some of this too. People would have known about his character faults long before he reached the spotlight of the NBA, probably before college and probably even before he reached high school but I bet nobody in any of the elite programs he was in held him accountable for his behaviours because he helped them win.

Its not just the NBA it happens across a whole bunch of sports, football (soccer), NFL, Australian football, terrible behaviours, abuses of women and so on covered up to keep the wins coming in. Win at all costs. Well Kevin Porter Jr. and likely his family, his ex-girlfriend are all about to have very, very public private lives and I'm pretty sure none of them will feel like winners at the end of it.

The initial reporting is very bad... broken bones and neck abrasions. Obviously its already bad but just ugly and disgusting. Sadly if KP was as talented as Bridges in Charlotte he would still be given an opportunity in a year or so. He will be discarded by the Rockets and NBA and likely made a bigger example.

This stuff literally makes me sick to my stomach. Hopefully his GF gets the help and support she needs.

 

[Rubashov]

The initial reporting is very bad... broken bones and neck abrasions. Obviously its already bad but just ugly and disgusting. Sadly if KP was as talented as Bridges in Charlotte he would still be given an opportunity in a year or so. He will be discarded by the Rockets and NBA and likely made a bigger example.

This stuff literally makes me sick to my stomach. Hopefully his GF gets the help and support she needs.

Dude its totally ****ed and if its that bad he should ****ing do time, I think at the moment 2 Australian women are killed a week by their partner, DV is the leading cause of hospitalisation for women under 40. He's a ****. My point is everyone knew this a long time ago and I bet a whole heap of it was covered up because others could profit from it. Those people need to own their part in this too, not ****ing one of them will.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

The initial reporting is very bad... broken bones and neck abrasions. Obviously its already bad but just ugly and disgusting. Sadly if KP was as talented as Bridges in Charlotte he would still be given an opportunity in a year or so. He will be discarded by the Rockets and NBA and likely made a bigger example.

This stuff literally makes me sick to my stomach. Hopefully his GF gets the help and support she needs.

I doubt he is completely discarded. He will be back in the NBA at some point most likely unless he takes this and really spirals down.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Dude its totally ****ed and if its that bad he should ****ing do time, I think at the moment 2 Australian women are killed a week by their partner, DV is the leading cause of hospitalisation for women under 40. He's a ****. My point is everyone knew this a long time ago and I bet a whole heap of it was covered up because others could profit from it. Those people need to own their part in this too, not ****ing one of them will.

I'm with you... KP Jr. has so many issues so it was always a buyer beware type deal. Not sure if they knew about this stuff or if this was the first time... its completely fair to be skeptical of any of the organizations though. The NBA as a whole obviously doesn't want to shine a light on this stuff so they have their part in sweeping it under the rug.

As a father of 3 daughters - they should make a law that if you do this and the woman's parents have a week or two to hunt you down and whatever they do has no legal penalty. There was a dad I know that told me he seriously weighed the consequences of taking care of an idiot before deciding it would not be worth it... when he told me about the situation I thought to myself... ya know... he's not wrong or crazy. I hope I never have to consider it.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I doubt he is completely discarded. He will be back in the NBA at some point most likely unless he takes this and really spirals down.

He's played his last NBA minute. He was red flagged coming into the league and then had issues early. Got his **** together long enough to get a deal... if he does come back it will be after multiple years of good behavior and major growth to his game overseas. If pics or video gets out he's done.

 

[Rubashov]

I'm with you... KP Jr. has so many issues so it was always a buyer beware type deal. Not sure if they knew about this stuff or if this was the first time... its completely fair to be skeptical of any of the organizations though. The NBA as a whole obviously doesn't want to shine a light on this stuff so they have their part in sweeping it under the rug.

As a father of 3 daughters - they should make a law that if you do this and the woman's parents have a week or two to hunt you down and whatever they do has no legal penalty. There was a dad I know that told me he seriously weighed the consequences of taking care of an idiot before deciding it would not be worth it... when he told me about the situation I thought to myself... ya know... he's not wrong or crazy. I hope I never have to consider it.

You just need a big backyard and you know never sell the house....

They've made some changes to the law here to protect women, the Police can charge without a complaint, they just need a reasonable suspicion or independent evidence (CCTV footage, complaint from neighbours ect.) A cousin of mine killed herself after getting out of a horribly abusive relationship, she was 21, so many women i know have been abused by their partners. It has to stop.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

You just need a big backyard and you know never sell the house....

The guy I know that contemplated it went and met with a dude that is absolutely the dude that can make stuff like that happen if he wanted... he's a standup guy but just had high level positions with entities that you know he just knows ****... he told him to sit and talk with him for a while and if he hasn't calmed down that he'd go with and make sure they got the job done... it was tongue in cheek... I think.

They've made some changes to the law here to protect women, the Police can charge without a complaint, they just need a reasonable suspicion or independent evidence (CCTV footage, complaint from neighbours ect.) A cousin of mine killed herself after getting out of a horribly abusive relationship, she was 21, so many women i know have been abused by their partners. It has to stop.

That's horrible.

 

[HermanG]

He's played his last NBA minute. He was red flagged coming into the league and then had issues early. Got his **** together long enough to get a deal... if he does come back it will be after multiple years of good behavior and major growth to his game overseas. If pics or video gets out he's done.

Positive thing is only first year of his deal was guaranteed. This bout to cost him a pretty penny.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Positive thing is only first year of his deal was guaranteed. This bout to cost him a pretty penny.

Not sure how suspensions work and if the Rockets still have to dump the money into the NBA fund but my guess is he gets suspended this year without pay... so Rockets won't cut him immediately but yeah he getting waived as soon as its financially prudent.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

He will get more shots. There arent many players who have had their careers completely ended by a DV arrest/charge.

Darren Collison/Mikal Bridges/Matt Barnes/Jason Kidd/Ron Artest among others. He just averaged 19-6-5.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

He will get more shots. There arent many players who have had their careers completely ended by a DV arrest/charge.

Darren Collison/Mikal Bridges/Matt Barnes/Jason Kidd/Ron Artest among others. He just averaged 19-6-5.

Miles Bridges not Mikal... but most of those guys were in a different era or more talented. I don't remember the Barnes one tbh...

I think the mix of issues, plus these charges, plus he has never played on a good team... so he may just be a looter in a riot. I think it will be a few years and I doubt he can hold it together that long.

We will see if TMZ gets hold of video or pics and that's when it becomes more real for some. I doubt teams will think the talent is worth the headaches and the massive PR hit.