Young Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. took time out of his busy offseason to play in The Crawsover Pro-Am, run by former NBA standout Jamal Crawford. Saturday’s games also featured several other current players, including Dejounte Murray and Lonnie Walker of the San Antonio Spurs and Jordan Poole of the Golden State Warriors.
Crawford’s pro-am takes place in Seattle, which happens to be Porter Jr.’s hometown. Undoubtedly, that provided extra incentive for the 21-year-old rising star to participate alongside some of his peers.
A 6-foot-4 guard and formerly a first-round pick from the 2019 draft, Porter Jr. averaged 16.6 points and 6.3 assists in 32.1 minutes per game in 2020-21, which was his second NBA season and first with the Rockets. He’s considered to be a key part of Houston’s young core to build around in coming years, per general manager Rafael Stone.
See below for a compilation of videos and social media updates from Porter’s impressive appearance on Saturday afternoon. He finished with 32 points, 14 rebounds, and 7 assists for the game.
The people CANT wait to see you put on a show!! 🍿‼️ https://t.co/7XWwDswMFJ
— 🏁 Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) July 23, 2021
Seattle Made, We here, tomorrow pull up to @thecrawsover @JCrossover goin be a show 🍿 24th https://t.co/6eCRzySoe3
— Scoot (@Kevinporterjr) July 23, 2021
Kevin Porter Jr. finished with 32 pts, 14 Rebs, 7 assists pic.twitter.com/Hz40KkdHOn
— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) July 25, 2021
KPJ had several of these full-court passes with his OFF-HAND during the game. Seems he was emphasizing facilitation. (from @AuthorCGWhite IG live, noti from @DonKnock) #Rockets pic.twitter.com/L2kWORP5fb
— u/ST012Mi (@St012Mi) July 25, 2021
Kevin Porter Jr vs Dejounte Murray is the matchup I NEEDED rn 💰 @Kevinporterjr @DejounteMurray @thecrawsover pic.twitter.com/amK6d4gHxb
— Overtime (@overtime) July 25, 2021
KPJ ends the half with a strong finish! 👀 (c/o @AuthorCGWhite and noti from @DonKnock) #Rockets pic.twitter.com/MdtouySavN
— u/ST012Mi (@St012Mi) July 25, 2021
