The Houston Rockets are acquiring Cleveland Cavaliers winger Kevin Porter Jr. for a future protected second-round pick, a source told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Cleveland was looking to change Porter after an incident last week that involved screams with team officials, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Porter has not played for Cleveland this season and has largely been off the team for what has been called personal reasons. He was working his way back and attended his first game Friday night when the Cavs beat the New York Knicks.
Tonight, however, he had a screaming fight with team officials after his locker room was moved to an auxiliary area to accommodate his new teammate Taurean Prince, who arrived from the Brooklyn Nets with Jarrett. Allen in an exchange last week. After the episode, Porter was told to clean up his locker and other members of the list were informed that he would no longer be on the team, sources said.
The Athletic first reported the incident to Porter.
The team chose an option in Porter’s contract last month; he has one year left with $ 1.7 million in his contract.
Porter, 20, had a promising rookie season for the Cavs in 2019-20, averaging 10.0 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 50 games.
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst contributed to this report.