CLEVELAND – Cavaliers guard Kevin Porter Jr. is expected to be replaced or released following an outburst in the Cavs locker room on Friday, The Athletic learned from several sources with direct knowledge of the events.
The 20-year-old Porter, who has not played this season due to personal problems, was annoyed when he entered the locker room and realized that the team gave his old locker room to Prince Taurean, which was purchased on Wednesday. in a successful transaction.
Sources said that Porter, whose closet was moved to the wall where the younger players live, at the end of the bench, 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 a fighter with his boss. The Cavs spent the weekend trying to change it.
Coach JB Bickerstaff heard the commotion in the locker room of his office and entered, shocked and disgusted by what he heard.
Porter was involved in a single car accident …