Bobby Portis played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks, earning consensus second-team All-American honors as a sophomore in 2015.
21 Facts About Bobby Portis
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Bobby Portis won an NBA championship with Milwaukee in 2021.
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Bobby Portis played high school basketball at Hall High School in Little Rock.
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Bobby Portis was a highly decorated prep player there, earning McDonald's and Parade All-American status and was named Mr Basketball of Arkansas in 2013.
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Bobby Portis was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team and second-team All-SEC.
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Bobby Portis was named one of 20 finalists for the John R Wooden Award for national college player of the year, one of only two players from the SEC.
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On March 10,2015, Bobby Portis was selected as the SEC Player of the Year by the league's coaches.
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On June 25,2015, Bobby Portis was selected with the 22nd overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls.
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Bobby Portis signed his rookie scale contract with the Bulls on July 7,2015.
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On January 6,2017, Bobby Portis was assigned to the Windy City Bulls, Chicago's D-League affiliate.
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On February 6,2019, Bobby Portis was traded, along with Jabari Parker and a 2023 second-round pick, to the Washington Wizards in exchange for Otto Porter.
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On July 9,2019, Bobby Portis signed with the New York Knicks.
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Bobby Portis became a free agent when the Knicks decided not to exercise the team option on November 19,2020.
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On November 26,2020, Bobby Portis signed with the Milwaukee Bucks.
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On July 1,2021 Bobby Portis had his first career playoff start against Atlanta in the Eastern Conference Finals in place of an injured Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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Later that month, Bobby Portis missed 4 games while in the NBA's COVID-19 protocols.
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On June 29,2022, Bobby Portis exercised the second-year player option on his existing contract, becoming an unrestricted free agent.
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One day later, Bobby Portis announced he had re-signed with the Bucks on a four-year contract worth $49 million.
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On January 25,2023, it was announced Bobby Portis suffered MCL and ankle injuries during a win over the Detroit Pistons, and would be out for at least two weeks.
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Portis' foundation, the Bobby Portis Foundation, is a charitable organization that creates programs and initiatives for single mothers in Arkansas.
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In October 2022, Bobby Portis launched a campaign alongside the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Milwaukee mayor Cavalier Johnson that aims to lower reckless driving and speeding in Wisconsin.