Michael Porter Jr.'s 2025-26 campaign has already come to an end. While the forward posted impressive numbers and had a great season on an individual level, it did not translate into team success.
He has his own podcast and has made the headlines for his controversial comments and takes. In a recent episode with Instagram model Celina Powell, the two discussed how the NBA talks to younger players about whom to avoid. MPJ said:
In the NBA, when we talk about women to avoid, she (Celina Powell) is like top of the list. She is like the headliner for what you don't do.
Michael Porter Jr. on One Night With Stein podcastPowell added to the conversation as she was aware of it as well.
My picture is on the slideshow. When you get drafted to the NBA, it says 'People to stay away from' and my picture is on there. Someone sent it to me and I was like 'I should sue the NBA'. But they still don't listen.
Celina Powell on One Night With Stein podcastMore often than not, NBA players do get caught up in various allegations due to their fame and money. Rookies in the NBA see success at a young age and are given big endorsement deals worth millions of dollars even before entering the league.
Celina Powell has allegedly been involved with a few NBA players in the past. She has gone on record and said she has been with some, but those claims remain unverified.
Michael Porter Jr. lives in New York after getting traded to the Brooklyn Nets in the offseason last year. He featured on a live stream with YouTuber N3on, and Celina Powell was supposed to join them.
During the stream, she overheard them planning to ditch her. In a moment of vengeance, she broke into MPJ's house while he was out and then leaked his address on her Instagram story.
The whole scenario turned ugly as the Nets forward was forced to pack up his expensive jewelry and leave.
Things could have gone a lot worse. Leaking the address of someone like MPJ can draw large crowds or uninvited spectators. It is a big invasion of privacy and even puts his personal property at risk of theft. Hence, he was forced to call the cops on her.
A couple of months ago, Madison Pettis spoke about being a 'basketball wife' on a podcast. She called Michael Porter Jr. a psychopath and suggested that she break up with him when they were dating. The NBA star has been guilty of some controversial and bizarre statements on his podcast in the past.
The former NBA champion addressed her statements and claimed that he had no clue why she made such comments about him.
We dated for 3 months and nothing happened… She scaring all the girls away. I don't know why she's gone on a podcast saying I am a psychopath.
Michael Porter Jr. on One Night With SteinMPJ seemed clueless as to why Pettis would call him a psychopath, as they were just 16 back then, and he believes nothing happened between them. As of now, it is not known if he is seeing anyone, but dating rumors were fueled when he was seen with rapper Ice Spice a few months ago.
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