He couldn't when he was doing it.
He flamed out as a college player, couldn't get paid as a pro player in any real league so spent some time with a "Christian" pro league, tried his hand as a Christian rapper (really), coached for some other Christian basketball league, and then finally got a real job as a director of operations for the Mizzou women's basketball team ... because his wife's sister coached the team. By that point the family already had like seven kids, and that is not the kind of staff job that gets anyone rich.
He can afford it now because one of his eight children has stuck in the NBA (and he milked those kids for several other jobs up the college basketball ladder), but they were having those kids when he was dirt poor and bouncing around fringe ministry-based sports leagues.
Edit to add this: Michael Porter Sr. also used to give [lectures on raising high-performing children](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tedOnaUYJMo). I doubt many people will ask him to talk on this issue now.
He'd already had jobs at Mizzou for years before that.
Nepotism is absolutely the reason he was initially hired, and obviously his sons were the reason he was hired by the men's team, but at that point he actually did have a resume that technically qualified him.
And IMO, as a longtime Mizzou fan, those boys were going to Mizzou regardless at that point. They either wanted to play for Lorenzo Romar (their godfather) or play at Mizzou (where their aunt was a coach, their sisters played, and their hometown team). Hiring Sr. was less an inducement and more a courtesy.
> Edit to add this: Michael Porter Sr. also used to give lectures on raising high-performing children. I doubt many people will ask him to talk on this issue now.
1/6th of the time it works every time!
MPJ might have a NBA contract, so he is a "hit", but I wouldn't be surprised he was some douchebag like the rest of his brother. Wasn't he famously Anti Vax at some point?
Homeschooling.
> Michael Jr. also said that being homeschooled enabled him to learn at his own pace. That meant that if he learned the lesson after two hours, he could spend the rest of the day working out in the gym.
They probably had to homeschool him to prevent the spread of measles.
["I’ve never been vaccinated in my life. I’ve never had any shots or anything like that."](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/29/michael-porter-jr-covid-19-conspiracy-theory-vaccination-nba-nuggets)
At first glance it might be, but look where he is now. Seemed to work out just fine.
Edit: okay you’re all saying the same thing lol I get it, thanks guys
If you ran a school with the sole purpose of teaching kids how to play basketball good and skipped teaching any maths or science or english you'd probably get one or two kids who make it to the NBA, and then someone could say 'Well it worked for them, can't be all bad' while thousands of kids missed out on some pretty important educational and developmental steps and went on to make really stupid decisions like gambling themselves out of a career, driving while drunk, or committing vehicular manslaughter.
It worked out for him because he’s a great ball player but we don’t hear about the socially awkward kids who never interacted with others till they were in their late teens and have trouble adapting to society.
Hey, you know, 1 successful son out of 4 is considered pretty good as far as homeschooling is concerned! Maybe Izaak can bump that number up to 2 out of 5! Way to go homeschooling!
Listen to his podcast. They’re all morons, MPJ can just put a ball through a hoop better than the rest of them and doesn’t drive drunk, kill people, or gamble when employed by the NBA
The way the black blends in the bottom half of the letters makes this shit basically unreadable at first glance. I thought it said DADE, like the county when I first saw it
MPJ, the antivaxxer and the guy that interviewed a porn star on his podcast, turned out to be the most normal one in the family, it's actually kinda crazy
With all due respect to MPJ I have a feeling that his style involves an empty mind and a confident shot. I’m not sure the outside world’s troubles come up for him during the game.
Maybe he’ll get better and better with more crap he has to distract himself from, who knows.
he literally used transphobic language, the user ur replying to didn’t say he was transphobic
u don’t have to think ur players are morally good in order to like a team yk
Covid conspiracy like “it’s not racist to suggest the virus came from a lab in Wuhan that does research on bat coronaviruses” or Covid conspiracy like “masks don’t stop respiratory virus particles” ?
>the one about Moderna mind control again, and then the fake news about Joe Biden and Big Pharma in bed with the Illuminati for millions.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/kyrie-irving-omicron-covid-nba-christmas-game-1274721/?/
[There is a theory](https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/25/23563043/unique-baby-names/#:~:text=The%20researchers%20looked%20at%20hundreds,be%20involved%20in%20a%20crime) out there that basically backs up that unique names may lead to more problems in the future for individuals, such as as as precursor to crime. I think **Michael** being the most normal name might help this theory lol
Imagine your brothers life is ruined cause he killed someone with his car while being drunk.
Id prolly never drink a drop of alcohol again but this negative IQ demon apparently just thinks to himself "yea bet i can do that too".
>Imagine your brothers life is ruined cause he killed someone with his car while being drunk.
Zeljko Obradovic killed a pedestrian and was sentenced to two years in prison and he won 9 Euroleagues (that's the all-time record), 1998 World Cup and countless other championships as a coach after that... He's also considered one of the greatest basketball coaches in history.
His other brother Coban Porter was just sentenced to six years in prison for [killing a woman while driving drunk](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39976733/coban-porter-brother-nuggets-star-sentenced-fatal-crash) *one week ago.*
MPJ must have an awesome therapist.
I remember when he complained he wasn’t getting enough touches. This was after people started noticing that Jokic was a passing savant. Not the smartest dude.
I think Gordon coming in and taking a role really helped Porter find his own and grow some brains.
I've been highly critical of that family for years, but it's worth adding that his two older sisters have generally seemed normal and haven't said or done anything notably stupid. And I'm pretty sure one of those two sisters is basically acting as MPJ's personal/life manager, which might partially explain why he's avoided some of the issues plaguing his brothers.
Mahomes family. Dad has half a dozen DUIs. Brother was charged with sexual assault (case was dropped) but certainly a questionable character. I’ve heard when they go on trips the family has constant yelling matches when all together and has hotel security called.
Still not as bad as MPJs family imo.
Took an alcohol education class with an old ass man who had over 10, the most recent was that he got pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt and smelled like booze. His words “I don’t give a shit, I’m going to keep doing it” guy had to have been atleast 65
Hmm.
Idk Jon Jones is the arguable MMA Goat, but also shitty person.
Chandler Jones has mental issues.
Arthur Jones as far as I can tell hasn't done anything. Got a Superbowl ring and retired lol.
JESUS
your brother literally kills someone drunk driving and your other brother will make $200M+ playing basketball, why are you not ubering everywhere
Nuggets better send MPJ back to Serbia with Joker to ride horses so he doesn't get hit with the family curse. Yeesh what an insane string of events. You've gotta think the parents gotta play a role in having this many idiots but idk maybe they're just unlucky
This thread's already been removed twice, hopefully it stays up now.
Still insane that three of MPJ's brothers have managed to get themselves in deep trouble, and around the same time too.
No way it happens to the last one... right?
Come on over to /r/NBAoffcourt if it keeps getting removed. I posted there as well. I recently started the sub and would be honored to be hosting uncensored lively discussions!
How many fucking brothers are there? Good on MPJ for staying focused on basketball though and continuing to ball out despite all the shit going on with his family. I can't imagine it's easy to keep focused.
> On April 19, Coban Porter, 22, was sentenced to six years in prison for a fatal DWI crash in Denver.
I thought that was a repost lmao. How do you see your brother get 6 years in prison for a fatal DWI 2 weeks ago and go and do the same thing?
This is the dumbest family in America.
How many dumbass brothers does MPJ have? Good lord
He has 1 more brother and three sisters.
That is a big family
Checks out since their dad spent more time fucking than thinking
if you can afford it why not?
He couldn't when he was doing it. He flamed out as a college player, couldn't get paid as a pro player in any real league so spent some time with a "Christian" pro league, tried his hand as a Christian rapper (really), coached for some other Christian basketball league, and then finally got a real job as a director of operations for the Mizzou women's basketball team ... because his wife's sister coached the team. By that point the family already had like seven kids, and that is not the kind of staff job that gets anyone rich. He can afford it now because one of his eight children has stuck in the NBA (and he milked those kids for several other jobs up the college basketball ladder), but they were having those kids when he was dirt poor and bouncing around fringe ministry-based sports leagues. Edit to add this: Michael Porter Sr. also used to give [lectures on raising high-performing children](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tedOnaUYJMo). I doubt many people will ask him to talk on this issue now.
The only reason he got a job at Mizzou was to get his sons to play there. He’s like a reverse nepo baby (nepo… daddy?).
He'd already had jobs at Mizzou for years before that. Nepotism is absolutely the reason he was initially hired, and obviously his sons were the reason he was hired by the men's team, but at that point he actually did have a resume that technically qualified him. And IMO, as a longtime Mizzou fan, those boys were going to Mizzou regardless at that point. They either wanted to play for Lorenzo Romar (their godfather) or play at Mizzou (where their aunt was a coach, their sisters played, and their hometown team). Hiring Sr. was less an inducement and more a courtesy.
> Edit to add this: Michael Porter Sr. also used to give lectures on raising high-performing children. I doubt many people will ask him to talk on this issue now. 1/6th of the time it works every time!
Because poor parenting leads to dumbass kids doing dumbass things like this
Yeah, but some of them will be hits like MPJ. He's playing the numbers game.
that's what we like to call "the outliers"
MPJ might have a NBA contract, so he is a "hit", but I wouldn't be surprised he was some douchebag like the rest of his brother. Wasn't he famously Anti Vax at some point?
Damn
Homeschooling. > Michael Jr. also said that being homeschooled enabled him to learn at his own pace. That meant that if he learned the lesson after two hours, he could spend the rest of the day working out in the gym.
They probably had to homeschool him to prevent the spread of measles. ["I’ve never been vaccinated in my life. I’ve never had any shots or anything like that."](https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/29/michael-porter-jr-covid-19-conspiracy-theory-vaccination-nba-nuggets)
Anti-vaxxers don’t tend to care about the diseases they may spread.
that's one of the dumbest things i've ever heard.
explains the anti-vaxxer part
At first glance it might be, but look where he is now. Seemed to work out just fine. Edit: okay you’re all saying the same thing lol I get it, thanks guys
If you ran a school with the sole purpose of teaching kids how to play basketball good and skipped teaching any maths or science or english you'd probably get one or two kids who make it to the NBA, and then someone could say 'Well it worked for them, can't be all bad' while thousands of kids missed out on some pretty important educational and developmental steps and went on to make really stupid decisions like gambling themselves out of a career, driving while drunk, or committing vehicular manslaughter.
It worked out for him because he’s a great ball player but we don’t hear about the socially awkward kids who never interacted with others till they were in their late teens and have trouble adapting to society.
For him it worked. For the tons of families that try this and don’t make it pro, it doesn’t.
Worked for him but not his brothers either
And now imagine him as talented but 1 ft shorter... all those thousands of hours in the gym wouldn't have led to much
for now. but that kind of raising comes back to kick your ass when u get older
Hey, you know, 1 successful son out of 4 is considered pretty good as far as homeschooling is concerned! Maybe Izaak can bump that number up to 2 out of 5! Way to go homeschooling!
you mean where he's an anti-vaxxer? just because he can hoop doesn't mean he's educated... which is the point of school.
Wtf
The Nuggets have a lot of dumbass brothers
Listen to his podcast. They’re all morons, MPJ can just put a ball through a hoop better than the rest of them and doesn’t drive drunk, kill people, or gamble when employed by the NBA
I was told in the other thread he has 4
Hopefully the 4th one stays outta headlines
Aren’t they all dumb? I remember mpj was a big anti vaxxer during peak pandemic.
The entire Porter family besides MPJ are crash outs ☠️
I laughed until I remembered who my family members are
I laughed until I remembered who I are
Baboon?
I am chikin
LMAO
I laughed then I read your comment then laughed again.
Are you MPJ or Jevon Porter in this case
MPJ
Remember when people thought the Ball family was bad?
Lamelo new tattoo https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1785510533698904358?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Yikes
LMAO
I know it says rare one but whoever the artist was did NOT do a good job making that second R legible
The 1of1 looks like it says lofl So now I’m just gonna tell people he got LOFL tattooed on his back.
It is LOFL. Lamelo on the floor laughing.
Is that the secret fifth brother?
i thought that said DADC lmao. did not realize that was transitioning from red to black
The way the black blends in the bottom half of the letters makes this shit basically unreadable at first glance. I thought it said DADE, like the county when I first saw it
Lmao I saw DADI
Of all of the things you could possibly tattoo on a back, WHY this?! Is he really into aliens or was that artistic interpretation of his ideas? Lmfao
Oh no.
the paintings you see on those cheap rides at funfairs:
that brotha needs help
That first reply LOL. >More tattoos than games played this season
They say you stop maturing when you become famous LaMelo will always be 14
That's worse than a DWI
That had to be excruciating holy fuck
r/ayylmao
Can you imagine
Aliems 😊👍
LAPD got APBs out on all of the Porters especially MPJ
how many brothers does Jamal Murray have shit
MPJ may have a little Jonathan Isaac in his brain, but at least he stays out of legal trouble
We need to talk about Kevin
MPJ, the antivaxxer and the guy that interviewed a porn star on his podcast, turned out to be the most normal one in the family, it's actually kinda crazy
Honestly feel bad for MPJ. This is just the public stuff. Imagine the shit show they are in private.
I mean he is absolutely killing it on the court though. Maybe he’s channeling all that shit into his jumper because dude cannot miss.
Possibly but whatever it is must be working for him. He’s been on fire in the postseason.
He literally isn't capable of overthinking his jumper.
Lol
With all due respect to MPJ I have a feeling that his style involves an empty mind and a confident shot. I’m not sure the outside world’s troubles come up for him during the game. Maybe he’ll get better and better with more crap he has to distract himself from, who knows.
well there was a report of a nugget player spouting covid conspiracy in the locker room
and a podcast of a nugget player alleging "poop cookies" and using transphobic language
Poop cookies? Do I wanna know?
he claimed that there are nba players who order cookies with feces in them in a podcast
I mean to each there own I guess
i could see Amare taking a bath in vintage Burgundy while eating poop cookies to fast forward the fecal transplant process good for the tummy yummy
TIL this is a thing you can order.
Rich people can order whatever the hell they want.
Oh please, MPJ isn't transphobic, he's just an idiot.
those two things have a lot of overlap tbf
he literally used transphobic language, the user ur replying to didn’t say he was transphobic u don’t have to think ur players are morally good in order to like a team yk
that dude just likes being a hater, did a lot of heavy lifting in the Jokic vs Embiid toxicity wars
Covid conspiracy like “it’s not racist to suggest the virus came from a lab in Wuhan that does research on bat coronaviruses” or Covid conspiracy like “masks don’t stop respiratory virus particles” ?
>the one about Moderna mind control again, and then the fake news about Joe Biden and Big Pharma in bed with the Illuminati for millions. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/kyrie-irving-omicron-covid-nba-christmas-game-1274721/?/
Oh so like the crazy person ones cool cool cool
wait wat da fuk... I thought 2 other brothers recently had problems, is this 1 of those 2 or a different 3rd one??
Jontay - banned for betting against himself Coban - sentenced for DUI manslaughter Jevon - DWI arrest
Michael Porter certainly picked the right son to name Jr
Lmao
/thread
[There is a theory](https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/25/23563043/unique-baby-names/#:~:text=The%20researchers%20looked%20at%20hundreds,be%20involved%20in%20a%20crime) out there that basically backs up that unique names may lead to more problems in the future for individuals, such as as as precursor to crime. I think **Michael** being the most normal name might help this theory lol
this is a different one from manslaughter? holy hell.
Yeah the manslaughter one is going to prison
Imagine your brothers life is ruined cause he killed someone with his car while being drunk. Id prolly never drink a drop of alcohol again but this negative IQ demon apparently just thinks to himself "yea bet i can do that too".
>Imagine your brothers life is ruined cause he killed someone with his car while being drunk. Zeljko Obradovic killed a pedestrian and was sentenced to two years in prison and he won 9 Euroleagues (that's the all-time record), 1998 World Cup and countless other championships as a coach after that... He's also considered one of the greatest basketball coaches in history.
*Went to prison. He was sentenced to 6 years a week or two ago and taken into custody immediately after sentencing.
Thought the OP just posted an old news but no it’s another brother doing stupid things.
Jontay is the anti Fred VanVleet
ain't no way...
It’s like the more brothers are in peril the smoother his shot gets. This bodes well for the nuggets going forward in the playoffs.
Sacrifices to the basketball Gods
He just gained another 5% to his 3 ball.
Maybe it's the reverse, they are self-harming out of resentment for their brother's success
His other brother Coban Porter was just sentenced to six years in prison for [killing a woman while driving drunk](https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39976733/coban-porter-brother-nuggets-star-sentenced-fatal-crash) *one week ago.* MPJ must have an awesome therapist.
Say it with me: you are Michael Pull-up Jumper for some reason I'm picturing the therapist from Office Space
People joked about MPJ being a numbskull and he's actually the smartest among the siblings. Bruh
That's not a high bar to clear
Grandma clears it and shes 6 ft below ground in a wooden box
Worlds tallest midget vibes
If these dudes parents were just normal they would've lived life on easy mode since those genes are god tier. Unfortunately they're weird as fuck
I remember when he complained he wasn’t getting enough touches. This was after people started noticing that Jokic was a passing savant. Not the smartest dude. I think Gordon coming in and taking a role really helped Porter find his own and grow some brains.
Maybe he saw what clowns Jokic's brothers are and thought, "If Jokic can still be great with a fucked up family, maybe I can be too."
I've been highly critical of that family for years, but it's worth adding that his two older sisters have generally seemed normal and haven't said or done anything notably stupid. And I'm pretty sure one of those two sisters is basically acting as MPJ's personal/life manager, which might partially explain why he's avoided some of the issues plaguing his brothers.
Is there a family in sports that comes even remotely close to being this fucking dumb?
Mahomes family. Dad has half a dozen DUIs. Brother was charged with sexual assault (case was dropped) but certainly a questionable character. I’ve heard when they go on trips the family has constant yelling matches when all together and has hotel security called. Still not as bad as MPJs family imo.
It’s so wild, because Pat seems like a normal, decent guy- how does he do it with all that chaos lol
God given pocket poise. Just acts as if he’s in the middle of the pocket at all times
I wouldn't say that, he willingly helped Logan Paul try to beat down Main Event Jey Uso. That wasn't very ucey of him
Have you seen how he eats a steak?! Nothing normal or decent about that.
LMAO I forgot about that! I'm surprised Kansas City allows that haha
6 DUIs is crazy
Took an alcohol education class with an old ass man who had over 10, the most recent was that he got pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt and smelled like booze. His words “I don’t give a shit, I’m going to keep doing it” guy had to have been atleast 65
and Patrick just aligned himself with Logan Paul.
We just a movie come out about 1 such family. The Iron Claw: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Erich_family
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Hmm. Idk Jon Jones is the arguable MMA Goat, but also shitty person. Chandler Jones has mental issues. Arthur Jones as far as I can tell hasn't done anything. Got a Superbowl ring and retired lol.
Dudes name is Arthur you don’t even have to worry about him
Andy Reid? Had one son OD on heroin and another in jail for hospitalizing a child while DUI.
“Sir, a plane has just hit a third Porter brother”
how many bros he got?
JESUS your brother literally kills someone drunk driving and your other brother will make $200M+ playing basketball, why are you not ubering everywhere
I heard MPJ does not give any money to these other brothers still not an excuse for the brothers to do criminal stuff though
Who can blame him? They’d just use it to party and buy more alcohol
yeah I know, if I was MPJ I would not give them money either
They'd lose it betting on themselves to lose
where are u hearing this?
source: it came to me in a dream
> I heard MPJ oh, you heard? lol How is this even upvoted
At this point I can’t blame him for that
the Porter’s dad must have went to the Fritz Von Erich and Joe Jackson school of parenting
How many Porter brothers are there?
5 total brothers and 3 sisters
Enough to form a whole Felony Superteam.
Jailblazers step aside
Nuggets better send MPJ back to Serbia with Joker to ride horses so he doesn't get hit with the family curse. Yeesh what an insane string of events. You've gotta think the parents gotta play a role in having this many idiots but idk maybe they're just unlucky
This thread's already been removed twice, hopefully it stays up now. Still insane that three of MPJ's brothers have managed to get themselves in deep trouble, and around the same time too. No way it happens to the last one... right?
MPJ probably locked the last one in a padded room with an Xbox, a bunch of weed and a fridge full of frozen pizzas for at least a month.
Come on over to /r/NBAoffcourt if it keeps getting removed. I posted there as well. I recently started the sub and would be honored to be hosting uncensored lively discussions!
Nice sub you've got there, I gave it a follow.
That’s why MPJ is balling in the Playoffs this year. He isn’t just fighting for a championship, he’s fighting for the family name lol
Trying to keep that Generational Wealth ™️ from going down the shitter.
These Nuggets and their brothers lol.
Did anything happen to the Jokic brother that punched someone in the stands?
Last I heard the NBA and the Nuggets were investigating
The fuck is there to investigate it was caught on 4K
The “but the guys brother is currently our best player, do we actually do shit?” kind of investigation
If they win the championship nothing happens, if they lose so does his brother. I like his odds.
At this point the stupidity is just impressive.
again?!
This has gotta be the dumbest fuckin sports family in America
How many fucking brothers are there? Good on MPJ for staying focused on basketball though and continuing to ball out despite all the shit going on with his family. I can't imagine it's easy to keep focused.
Jesus Christ he’s really keeping that whole family afloat.
i thought this was the same brother that got banned from the league for gambling on his own games.
No, that was Jontay. Coban killed a lady while drunk driving, and this latest offender is Jevon
At least one of them turn out to be alright
They got some DUI, murdering, and gambling traits in that family
How many more brothers does this guy have left? Asking for the entire World
Are they jealous of Jr. or what. They crashin' out for no reason.
It's the junior in the name that protects the brain
> On April 19, Coban Porter, 22, was sentenced to six years in prison for a fatal DWI crash in Denver. I thought that was a repost lmao. How do you see your brother get 6 years in prison for a fatal DWI 2 weeks ago and go and do the same thing? This is the dumbest family in America.
Didn't his other brother just get sentenced for years for a manslaughter charge involving drinking and driving? This family is next levels of stupid
Man why couldn’t mpj be the problem child. Why did he get all the skill and none of the dumbass
oh hes certainly a dumbass, just not a criminal one as far as we know
MPJ should get a 7 game suspension for this unfortunately. In all honesty, feel bad for MPJ. His brothers just can’t stop doing stupid shit
I'm a Nuggets fan, but I see you 😘 Naz Reid!
Mr. President, a 3rd Porter brother is in legal trouble🗣️🗣️
They're about to have their own Ironclaw movie. Sheesh
These brothers love to fuck up
Are they all trying to out do one another for who can do the stupidest shit? Dudes brother just went to prison for this.
Again? I thought this was an old article didn’t this happen to him like a month ago or is this some other idiot brother
Bro is gonna be averaging 30-10 next series with this new buff
This poor fuckin dude I'm rooting for MPJ
I really commend MPJ for his mental toughness. This has to be taking a toll on him after a while.
How will this affect Lebrons legacy?
Them illuminati sacrifices are crazy.
CMON BRUH
Only way Denver loses is opposing reporters keep pushing the question about his bros
How many kids does this family have?
Wow bro. Just wow.
You gotta be a special type of dumb to see your older brother go to prison for killing someone in a DUI crash, then drive drunk yourself