CHICAGO — Former Southern Cal star Kevin Porter Jr. said all the right things during the first day of interviews at the NBA combine.



He talked about maturity. He mentioned how he has learned from his mistakes. And he also said he was talented enough for a team to select him in the top five of next month’s draft.



“I have a lot of growth left,” Porter said. “I feel like everything that happened and all things I’ve been through in my life, I’ve been growing as a person. I’ve been improving all my life.”



It was everything a team in the lottery wanted to hear — except for the Miami Heat.



Porter is considered the Heat’s best chance to steal an immediate-impact player at the No. 13 spot. If Porter continues to show that he’s starting to grow up, the chances of him landing in Miami become worse by the day. It is perhaps the one time the Heat brass wanted a player to act like a...