The sometimes stormy relationships within a locker room was one of the topics covered by Bobby Portis, during his appearance on the JJ Redick podcast. While the latter spoke of sometimes tough training with Hedo Turkoglu, when they played in Orlando, the former Bulls player returned to his fight with Nikola Mirotic.
It is recalled that the current Bucks player had broken the jaw of his teammate at the Bulls, just before the start of the 2017-2018 season. Hospitalized, the native of Montenegro had missed several weeks of competition and had ended up claiming and obtaining his transfer to the Pelicans, a few months later.
This fight at the time, an isolated scene? Not really… ” It was not our first time. Everyone did that at the Bulls. It was the culture. Everyone was fighting! “Laughs Portis today, before stopping on the scuffle in question:” It was the kind of situation where we pulled the plug on the ground. I scored, he scored, I scored, he scored. He was like ‘me, me, me’. I didn’t like it and he rushed at me, pushed me and so on. »
That’s how Portis was suspended for the first eight games of that season. The Bulls’ locker room, despite the “culture” in question, then suffered the effects of this fight. And the Chicago franchise had a nightmarish start to the year in terms of results: 3 wins for 20 losses.
A life lesson
Like Nikola Mirotic, Bobby Portis ended up being transferred a year later to Washington. ” It was a lesson in my life, which allowed me to improve as a person and as a player. When I came back from my suspension, I really had to show people what I was worth and that I could play. It was an indirect blessing (but) at the time it tarnished my name, my reputation and my image. »
After the Wizards and then the Knicks, his path to redemption led him above all to the Bucks, with whom he actively participated in the quest for the title in 2021 and established himself as one of the most successful “role players”. reliable in the league. To the point of making people forget this episode with Mirotic.
” I’m forever grateful to Milwaukee, for being able to come here, clean up my name and image, and show people that I’m more than what the media has made me out to be. “Thanks the teammates of Giannis Antetokounmpo.
| Bobby Portis | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2015-16 | CHI | 62 | 18 | 42.7 | 30.8 | 72.7 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 7.0 |
| 2016-17 | CHI | 64 | 16 | 48.8 | 33.3 | 66.1 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 6.8 |
| 2017-18 | CHI | 73 | 23 | 47.1 | 35.9 | 76.9 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 13.2 |
| 2018-19 * | All Teams | 50 | 26 | 44.4 | 39.3 | 79.4 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 8.1 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.2 |
| 2018-19 * | WAS | 28 | 27 | 44.0 | 40.3 | 80.9 | 2.3 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14.3 |
| 2018-19 * | CHI | 22 | 24 | 45.0 | 37.5 | 78.0 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 14.1 |
| 2019-20 | NYK | 66 | 21 | 45.0 | 35.8 | 76.3 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.1 |
| 2020-21 | MIL | 66 | 21 | 52.3 | 47.1 | 74.0 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 11.4 |
| 2021-22 | MIL | 72 | 28 | 47.9 | 39.3 | 75.2 | 2.5 | 6.6 | 9.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 14.6 |
| 2022-23 | MIL | 55 | 26 | 50.2 | 34.2 | 82.1 | 2.4 | 7.4 | 9.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 14.0 |
| Total | 508 | 22 | 47.4 | 37.8 | 76.0 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 11.4 | |
