HOUSTON — After the Houston Rockets acquired Kevin Porter Jr. in January, change has been a constant theme for the 21-year-old USC prodigy.
Porter went from a reserve player who played an average of 23.2 minutes with the Cleveland Cavaliers, to a full-time starter averaging 32.2 playing time with the Rockets. He went from playing off the ball as a two-guard in Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, to the primary facilitator as the point guard on the wooden floors of the Toyota Center in Houston.
But the most considerable change Porter experienced after joining the Rockets had nothing to do with his play on the basketball court.