Michael Porter Jr.'s Two Brothers Deal With 6-Year Prison Sentence, Lifetime Ban As NBA Playoffs Start
At one time, the Porter family had three family members that were all dominant athletes.
Now, just one remains in the NBA after what has been one of the worst weeks the family could have ever imagined.
Just days after Toronto Raptors power forward Jontay Porter received a lifetime ban by the NBA for betting on basketball, the youngest Porter sibling and former University of Denver men's basketball standout star Coban Porter was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide while being intoxicated.
Both Jontay and Coban are the younger brothers of current Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr.
Coban Porter was sentenced to six years in prison for vehicular homicide. (Photo by Sam Wasson/Getty Images)
MICHAEL PORTER'S TWO BROTHERS LIVES FOREVER CHANGED
On Friday, a Denver court found Coban guilty of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault after he drove through a red light and slammed into another vehicle, killing one passenger and seriously injuring the other. Porter had a blood alcohol level of 0.19, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08. After pleading guilty in February, Porter was sentenced this week to six years.
Coban's oldest brother, Michael left the Nuggets yesterday to attend Coban's sentencing in what has been an awful week for the Denver superstar, as both of his brothers' lives will never be the same.
Speaking with reporters, Nuggets head coach Michael Malone addressed the difficult time Michael has been going through. "It has not been easy for him. That's why I give him credit, because he's carrying so much in his heart and on his mind. For him to go out there and do the job that he's doing, it speaks to how much strength that young man has," Malone said.
Michael has been averaging 16.7 points per game this season along with 7 rebounds as the Nuggets host the Lakers in Round 1 of the NBA's Western Conference playoffs later today.
BANNED FOR LIFE
Meanwhile, earlier this week, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued an unprecedented lifetime ban to Jontay Porter after a federal investigation found that the Raptors player had not only bet on games he was playing in, but also shared ‘confidential information,’ and multiple violations of the league's gambling policy that resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars being affected.
At the time of the car crash, Coban was a freshman on the University of Denver men's basketball team where he averaged 11.4 points per game.