Bobby Portis is angry on the court, but chill off of it

Do you know what it’s like to come home from school and see your family’s possessions on the front lawn because you’ve been kicked out of your apartment again? That happened to Portis multiple times. Edwards, Portis and his brothers encountered financial challenges that sent them to the homes of family members and friends. He even slept on the floor in a two-bedroom spot that housed nine people.

I’m very crazy. I play angry, I play mad, Portis said. I play very angry. Every game, I sit in the locker room and I have visions of the players on the other team slapped my mom. So that’s why I get mad and now I get you because you slapped my mom.