Portis: I want to publicly apologize to Niko. I texted and called him. He didn't respond

Bobby Portis publicly apologized to Nikola Mirotic for the punch he threw to his teammate during a practice.
The Bulls suspended Portis 8 games.

Per ESPN, "I'm wrong for what I did," Portis said prior to Saturday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs. "I want to publicly apologize to Niko. I feel like I let my fans, the Bulls organization and, most importantly, my teammates down. This is not who Bobby Portis is."

"I texted Niko. I called him. He didn't respond," Portis said.

"Going forward, I want to make sure that me and Niko are cool and that we can be teammates again. And I'm pretty sure we can. We just have to repair this relationship."
At some point, Portis believes he will sit down and speak to Mirotic.
"It hasn't been arranged," Portis said. "But I'm pretty sure we'll have to talk it out. And I'm pretty sure it will be a gentle conversation. And I'm pretty sure that we can get past this."