Bobby Portis
Celebrity
- Birthday
- February 10, 1995
- Age
- 31
- Birthplace
- Little Rock
- @bportistime
About
Bobby Portis Jr. (born February 10, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Arkansas Razorbacks, earning consensus second-team All-American honors as a sophomore in 2015. Portis was selected in the first round of the 2015 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls with the 22nd overall pick. He won an NBA championship with the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021. Portis was traded alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in a blockbuster deal in 2026.
Portis played high school basketball at Hall High School in Little Rock. He was a highly decorated prep player there, earning McDonald’s and Parade All-American status and was named Mr. Basketball of Arkansas in 2013. Upon committing to Arkansas, Portis became the first in-state McDonald’s All-American to sign with the Razorbacks since Corliss Williamson in 1992 and was considered a key recruit for coach Mike Anderson’s rebuild of the program.
As a freshman at Arkansas, Portis averaged 12.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. He was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Freshman team and second-team…
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