Sources - Thunder acquiring Kevin Porter Jr., waiving him - ESPN

The Houston Rockets are trading guard Kevin Porter Jr. and two future second-round picks to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who are immediately waiving him, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.

The Rockets are getting Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl in the deal that will send a 2027 second-round pick via the Minnesota Timberwolves and a 2028 second-round pick via the Milwaukee Bucks to the Thunder, sources told ESPN.

Essentially, the deal allows the Thunder to gather up draft assets and requires them to pay the $16.9 million of guaranteed salary left on Porter's new four-year contract — and saves the Rockets $5.5 million in salary.

Porter's future in the NBA is in significant question after he was arrested for an alleged attack on girlfriend Kysre Gondrezick, a former WNBA player, at the Millennium Hilton near the United Nations on Sept. 11 in New York.

Prosecutors initially said during Porter's arraignment a day later that the attack left her with a fractured neck vertebra and a deep cut above her right eye, but Manhattan prosecutors dropped one of the assault charges against Porter on Monday, acknowledging that he did not fracture Gondrezick's neck during the alleged assault.

«What initially appeared to be a fractured vertebrae was not in fact an injury caused by the defendant,» Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Mirah Curzer told Judge Jay Weiner on Monday.

Porter still faces charges of second-degree strangulation and third-degree assault, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

Porter signed a four-year contract extension worth as much as $82.5 million last season. However, it is only partially guaranteed because of Porter's history of off-court issues.

Porter was the No. 30 pick in the 2019 draft after spending one