Michael Porter Jr. is looking for a new home. He’s not leaving the Nets, but he had to vacate his home after the address was made public by an influencer.
The Nets forward’s return to the podcast circuit went sideways in an unexpected way after social media influencer Celina Powell entered his home without his consent while he was away and uploaded his address to her more than 3 million followers on her Instagram story, a process known as doxxing.
Porter — who was acquired by the Nets last offseason — had done a livestream on Instagram with personalities N3on and Steiny. Powell, an Instagram model linked to various athletes and rappers, had also done a podcast with N3on and Porter, but when she found out she wasn’t to be included in this one, she became enraged.
When Porter arrived at the home, police had been called, and Powell was sitting in a Rolls-Royce talking with officers. Powell — who has been linked with Dwight Howard, Kelly Oubre Jr., Terry Rozier and Antonio Brown, as well as Offset, Young Thug and 50 Cent — can be seen pointing at Porter and N3on, saying “detain him” and yelling “suck my d–k.”
No arrests were made.
“She leaked my addy. She put my address on her Instagram,” Porter can be heard saying on the stream. “Plus she leaked the addy on Insta so now I feel like we’ve got to move…I’ve never seen anybody act like that.
“She’s mad because we had her leave the stream and she wanted to be one the stream. … Is that not the craziest thing you’ve ever seen?
“Now I’ve got to pack and get up out of here. We’ve got to dip and go to a new location.”
In an otherwise wide-ranging livestream, Porter also talked about the Nuggets, Nets and NBA commissioner Adam Silver.
Porter, who is from Missouri, took a while to get used to Brooklyn.
“My first reaction, I was sick,” Porter said of the trade. “Because first of all, I knew Brooklyn wasn’t a good team at the time. And I hated New York. New York is my least favorite city I’ve ever been in. I always hated New York because it’s so claustrophobic. I’m from Missouri in the middle of nowhere where you get to move around. And New York’s the opposite, so I hated that I was traded there.
“But then, I got there and know my way around. It’s lit. New York is crackin’!”
Porter praised the Nets’ culture and — with the league’s youngest roster and copious salary cap space — was encouraged by their future.
He also added that he thinks the Nuggets — surprisingly bounced in the first round of the playoffs — would’ve won the NBA title if they hadn’t dealt him away.
“They never should’ve traded me,” Porter said. “Honestly, I’m living my best life in Brooklyn. Even though we didn’t do well this year, I can see the future. We’re the youngest team in the league. We’ve got a lot of money to spend.”
Porter averaged career highs of 24.2 points and 7.1 rebounds and humorously suggested he was snubbed for the All-Star game because Silver was still vexed over the forward accidentally sharing his cell phone number as a rookie.
