Firearm and marijuana charges filed against Cavaliers shooting guard Kevin Porter Jr. after an Ohio traffic accident last month have been dismissed, lawyer Alex Spiro told Brian Windhorst of ESPN.
Porter has barely practiced with the team and has not appeared in any preseason games.
Porter, 20, was taken into custody by the Ohio State Highway Patrol when he crashed and rolled his 2020 Mercedes-Benz on I-76 in Mahoning County. Troopers found a loaded handgun and suspected marijuana in his vehicle at the time of the crash, per investigators.
He was charged with a felony count of improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle, as the gun was loaded.
Porter is 6-foot-4 and averaged 10.0 points and 3.2 rebounds in 50 games last season. He is considered a vital part of the Cavs’ future in the backcourt, which also includes leading-scorer Collin Sexton and second-year man Darius Garland.
“He and I have never stopped having dialogues and conversations,” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff told reporters last week. “I think it was a conversation amongst all of us organizationally. The decision was made for him to come back and join us.”
The Cavs conclude the preseason Friday night at New York.
