Bobby PortisMiami Heat · #95
Bobby Portis is a fan-favorite energy big and 2021 NBA champion, traded from Milwaukee to the Miami Heat in the June 2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo blockbuster. Nicknamed 'Bobby Buckets' and 'The Mayor of Milwaukee,' he overcame a hard Little Rock childhood to become SEC Player of the Year at Arkansas, the 22nd pick in 2015, and one of the league's most beloved role players — a rebounding, shooting spark plug.
Bobby Portis — the report card
Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.
Where Bobby Portis stands
Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.
Bobby Portis — every number, three levels deep
Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.
How the model sees Bobby Portis
Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.
Bobby Portis career stats, season by season
| Season | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FG% | 3P% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 62 | 17.8 | 7.0 | 5.4 | 0.8 | .427 | .308 |
| 2016-17 | 64 | 15.6 | 6.8 | 4.6 | 0.5 | .488 | .333 |
| 2017-18 | 73 | 22.5 | 13.2 | 6.8 | 1.7 | .471 | .359 |
| 2018-19 | 22 | 24.1 | 14.1 | 7.3 | 1.3 | .450 | .375 |
| 2019-20 | 66 | 21.1 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 1.5 | .450 | .358 |
| 2020-21 | 66 | 20.8 | 11.4 | 7.1 | 1.1 | .523 | .471 |
| 2021-22 | 72 | 28.2 | 14.6 | 9.1 | 1.2 | .479 | .393 |
| 2022-23 | 70 | 26.0 | 14.1 | 9.6 | 1.5 | .496 | .370 |
| 2023-24 | 82 | 24.5 | 13.8 | 7.4 | 1.3 | .508 | .407 |
| 2024-25 | 49 | 25.4 | 13.9 | 8.4 | 2.1 | .466 | .365 |
| 2025-26 MIL | 67 | 24.2 | 13.7 | 6.4 | 1.6 | .488 | .456 |
| Career | 693 | 22.7 | 12.0 | 7.0 | 1.3 |
The Lab
Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.
Are the Miami Heat built to win?
Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.
The Ballad of Bobby Portis
Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.
The beginning
The beloved 'Mayor of Milwaukee' and 2021 champion — an energy big who overcame a hard childhood, now with the Heat.
Turning pro
Drafted 22nd overall, 2015 as a Forward.
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A kid who grew up in poverty in Little Rock — who became a champion, a cult hero, and the 'Mayor of Milwaukee.'
Chapter
Raised by his single mother through hardship, Portis became SEC Player of the Year at Arkansas and the 22nd pick in 2015.
Chapter
After Chicago, Washington, and New York, he found a home in Milwaukee in 2020 and won the 2021 title as a beloved energy big.
Off the court
- Height
- 6' 9"
- Weight
- 250 lbs
- College
- Arkansas
- Experience
- 11th Season
- NBA debut
- 2015
- Draft
- 22nd overall, 2015
- Born
- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Age
- 31
- Jersey
- #95
Portis's story is one of hard-won peace. Raised in Little Rock by his mother Tina, who worked multiple jobs and at times slept in the car outside the gym to watch him play, he grew up amid poverty and domestic violence. He credits her determination for his own relentlessness, and founded the Bobby Portis Foundation to support single mothers in Arkansas.
On the court he built an 'underdog' identity that became a brand and a clothing line, and a set of nicknames — 'Bobby Buckets,' the 'Mayor of Milwaukee,' 'Crazy Eyes' — that captured a genuine cult following. Fans chant his name; he says his fire 'stems from genuine joy rather than uncontrolled aggression.' The 2021 title, won as a beloved role player, was the payoff for a career built on being counted out.
A beloved, high-energy fan favorite — a rebounding, shooting spark plug who plays with joy.
Bobby Portis — frequently asked
The questions people ask most about Bobby Portis, answered.
