An NBA announcer is under fire after making an insensitive comment regarding a player’s father who spent time in jail. Los Angeles Lakers All-Star player LeBron James is now calling for the announcer’s ouster.
According to Fox 5 DC, on Wednesday night, an announcer with the Washington Wizards, Glenn Consor, was calling the game against the Houston Rockets.
Toward the end of the game, Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr.
took a game-winning shot that gave Houston a victory over the Wizards. When Porter made the shot, Consor said, “What a well-designed play. You gotta give him credit. … Kevin Porter Jr., like his dad, pulled that trigger right at the right time.”According to USA Today, Bryan Kevin Porter Sr., Kevin’s father, went to jail for more than four
years after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in 1993 in the shooting and killing of a teenage girl. Porter’s father died in 2004 after being shot and killed after attempting to come to the aid of a woman being attacked at a bar.Cosner took to Twitter to apologize by claiming that he made a mistake thinking that Porter was the son of former NBA player Kevin Porter
tom-banner ampforwp-incontent-ad3">“Please allow me to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize to Ken Porter Jr., his family, and the Rockets organization for the comments I made during last night’s game. I mistakenly thought Kevin was the son of former Washington player Kevin Porter and was unaware that the words I choose to describe the game-winning shot would be in any way hurtful or insensitive. I have reached out to Kevin to personally apologize and hope to be able to talk with him soon.”
Upon hearing about this, King James took to Twitter to respond to Consor’s original play-by-play.
James goes into detail as he doubles down on his call to remove Consor.