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Originally Posted by siberian khatru

With or without Michael Porter Jr., Cuonzo Martin keeps Mizzou in the present

But you left out the key stumbling block also from that article:

“The family might say … ‘Why let him get hurt playing college basketball when there’s a big payday in his future?’ And I can understand that,” he said. “And there might be some politics at Mizzou that I don’t know about. I can understand that.”

That's a very real possibility. The Porter family may just realize that they don't want to risk MPJ's future. Moreover, right now Jontay is building value in a hurry with the extra run and MPJ's return might detract from that.

I absolutely believe that Porter will be medically cleared at some point this season (even if we never hear about it). I'm still not 100% convinced he'll play. But I remain hopeful and still see that MSU game as a pretty easy path back.