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Nuggets’ Michael Porter Jr.’s 3 brothers’ troubles: NBA ban, prison sentence, DWI arrest

Jevon Porter, 20, has three older brothers, three potential role models. Like him, all three are basketball players.

Michael Porter Jr., 25, is locked in, pursuing a second consecutive NBA championship with the Denver Nuggets. He’s in the second year of a five-year, $179.3-million contract, a key cog on arguably the best team in the NBA.

Jontay Porter, 24, is locked out, issued a lifetime ban from the NBA on April 17 for violating the league’s gambling policy. The NBA launched an investigation against him a month earlier, and the Toronto Raptors backup center was found to have allegedly disclosed confidential information to bettors and limited his participation in at least one game to influence prop bets.