At Monday’s media day to kick off 2023-24 Houston Rockets training camp, general manager Rafael Stone and head coach Ime Udoka took questions on Kevin Porter Jr’s recent arrest for the first time.
Though he remains under contract for at least this season, Porter did not report with the team to camp, and his future with the organization and the broader NBA is very much in question. A league investigation is ongoing, as are the related criminal proceedings in New York, where Porter is due back in a Manhattan court on Oct. 16.
“The allegations against him are deeply troubling,” Stone said. “Going back a few weeks, as soon as I heard the allegations, I informed his representatives that he could not be part of the Houston Rockets. He has not been with the team or around the team since that time.”
Here’s a roundup of what we learned from Monday’s media day at Toyota Center. With Porter absent, training camp will begin Tuesday at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana.