Cavaliers likely to negotiate, release Kevin Porter Jr. – The Athletic

CLEVELAND – Cavaliers’ owner Kevin Porter Jr. is due to be changed or released after an explosion on Friday in the Cavs locker room. Athletic learned from several sources with direct knowledge of the events.

20-year-old Porter, who has not played this season due to personal problems, was furious when he entered the locker room and realized that the team gave Prince Touro his old locker, which was acquired in a highly successful negotiation on Wednesday.

Sources said Porter, whose closet was moved to the wall where the younger players reside, started screaming and at one point threw food.

Sources said that general manager Koby Altman entered the locker room and confronted Porter, and the player remained combative with his boss. Cavs spent the weekend trying to trade it.

Coach JB Bickerstaff heard the commotion in his office locker room and came in, shocked and disgusted by what he heard.

Porter was involved in a car accident …

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