Chris Porter
School:
Height:
6-7
Position:
Forward
Hometown:
Abbeville, AL
- All-American Recognition: 1999 (Associated Press 2nd Team, National Association of Basketball Coaches 2nd Team, United States Basketball Writers Association 2nd Team)
- Averaged 11.3 points and 10.3 rebounds in three NCAA Tournament games in 1999 (2-1 record)
- Averaged 22.9 points and 11.4 rebounds per game for Chipola (FL) Junior College in 1996-97 and 1997-98
- Selected by the Golden State Warriors in second round of 2000 NBA draft (55th pick overall).
- NOTE: Suspended three games as a junior for violating team rules and final eight games as a senior after admitting he took $2,500 from a sports agent. Porter, the father of two young sons who were often cared for by his mother, reportedly needed money to prevent his mother from being evicted from her Abbeville, Ala., home.