Talk of Randle for Most Improved Player.
Seems almost to slight his achievements.
Breen has mentioned that a bunch on broadcasts, and I've seen Julius for MIP mentioned elsewhere as well.
Kevin Porter the 4th youngest to score 50 or more.
HOU got him for a Top 55 protected future 2nd, meaning for nothing.
Kevin Porter Jr. is thriving in Houston. With season averages of 15.2 points, 6.2 assists, and 3.8 rebounds per game on 41.1% shooting
He's had off-court incidents and might be another JR Rider, but I watched the 3Q and he was just killing it. One play he's closely guarded in the corner and just rises up and nails a 3 from a behind-the-backboard angle. Another he dribbles past 2 defenders just past midcourt and continues past another two near the rim for an And1 lay-in. Quite the rampage.
NBA Trivia:
Who are the 3 youngest players to score 50?
Kevin might have had some issues which never saw the light of day, and there was a run in with the police, which resulted in a weapons charge, which was dropped, then apparently, when the Cavs aquired Jarret Allen and Taurean Prince in the Harden deal, Porter showed up in the locker room and discovered that HIS LOCKER had been given to Prince, and he'd been shifted to a croner where the scrubs had lockers, and he had a meltdown, including food throwing, which did not abate when GM Koby Altman entered the locker room.
Cavs most DEF
gave him away for NOTHING, while the continue to pay Kevin Love 30 million a year.
Not a good look.
Thinking back to when the Warriors dumped Sprewell, they still got back John Staks, Chris Mills and Terry Cummings [just recalling how much I loved the play of tribal elders Cummings and Buck Williams as we made our playoff run in 97-98 and iced Miami before Indiana put us to sleep].