Kevin Porter is an American former professional basketball player. He played ten seasons in the National Basketball Association and led the league in assists in four of those seasons.
Kevin Porter Sr: Gun| Shooting| Son| Murder| What happened to
Gun:
When the Rockets’ Kevin Porter Jr., hit a game-winning 3-pointer as the clock ticked down to beat the Wizards on Wednesday night, a Wizards broadcaster made a horrific mistake.
“You’ve got to give credit. Kevin Porter Jr., like his dad, pulled that trigger right at the right time,” Glenn Consor said on the Wizards broadcast.
Shooting:
Before the Rockets guard was born, his father was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a 14-year-old girl.
Porter Sr., claimed the gun accidentally discharged, a witness backed up his statement and he ended up pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter and serving more than four years in prison. In 2004, when Porter Jr., was four years old, his father was shot and killed in a Seattle bar.
Son:
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Year
|
Team
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GP
|
Min
|
Pts
|
FG%
|
Reb
|
Ast
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1979
|
70
|
21.3
|
7.3
|
45.9
|
1.2
|
6.5
|
|
|
1972
|
71
|
17.1
|
6.6
|
45.5
|
1.0
|
3.3
|
|
|
1977
|
8
|
15.9
|
4.6
|
45.2
|
1.9
|
4.5
|
Several people, including the Los Angeles Lakers’ LeBron James, criticized Consor on social media because Porter’s father, Bryan Kevin Porter Sr., pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in 1993, USA Today reported. He was sentenced to 4½ years in prison.
Murder:
“You’ve got to give credit. Kevin Porter Jr., like his dad, pulled that trigger right at the right time,” Wizards broadcaster Glenn Consor said on-air after Porter’s shot gave Washington a 114-111 win.
In social media posts, Consor apologized, saying he mistook Porter Jr. for the son of former NBA player Kevin Porter, who played for the Washington franchise in the 1970s and 1980s.
What happened to:
Porter Jr.’s father, Bryan Kevin pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in a shooting death of a 14-year-old girl in 1993.
He was sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison. Porter Sr. died in 2004 after being shot in a South Seattle bar. The Rockets star was 4 years old when his father was killed.
