Closer Look: Otto Porter

[mds]

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Porter may never be a star but there's enough there to indicate he can at least have a long solid career. If he has a Tayshaun Prince like career I wouldn't have a problem with that. Prince has been a good player and key piece for some good teams.

You have to try to judge each draft separately. They aren't all the same.

Completely agree. We can't just look at what the draft number is, it is all relative to the options available. Someone compared this draft to 06 when Bargnani went 1st. He's an okay player, but that 'weak draft' produced Rondo, Roy, Aldridge and Gay. We gotta find those guys in this draft. There will be surprises and hopefully we land one of them.

 

[The Oi]

You have it completely backwards. Free agency is where you grab "very solid role players" while the high lottery is used to accumulate upper-level talent.

...or trades.

 

[NtG]

Don't look too far into the Cavs not meeting with him, per Lloyd:

http://www.ohio.com/blogs/cleveland...-cavaliers-won-t-meet-during-combine-1.398238

Otto Porter, Cleveland Cavaliers won't meet during combine
By Jason Lloyd Published: May 16, 2013

CHICAGO: When he was asked about the NBA teams that felt like the best fit for him, the first team Otto Porter Jr. mentioned was the Cavaliers. Yet he won’t be meeting with Cavs General Manager Chris Grant and the team’s traveling party during this week’s NBA combine.

That’s mildly surprising, but it doesn’t mean the Cavaliers aren’t interested in the small forward from Georgetown.

“That’s interesting,” Porter said, referring to the omission of the Cavaliers from his itinerary. “I guess in talking to my agent (David Falk), maybe that’s a good thing and maybe it’s bad. We don’t know yet.”

Teams submit three lists of players they’d like to speak with during this week’s combine – an “A” list, “B” list and a “C” list. Team executives, however, aren’t guaranteed to meet with all the players on their lists – even those on the “A” list. Porter was on the Cavs’ submitted list, a source confirmed.

The Cavs still have plenty of time to talk with Porter when they presumably bring him to Cleveland Clinic Courts for a private workout. Those haven’t been scheduled yet. The Cavs typically put more of an emphasis on the interview process than most teams, although they took Dion Waiters and Tyler Zeller last summer without working out or speaking to either one.
Waiters made himself unavailable because his agent pulled him from the draft process. The Cavs didn’t talk to Zeller because they didn’t think they’d be in position to take him.

Porter was named the Big East Player of the Year and plays the one position the Cavs haven’t addressed in the first round of this rebuild. He averaged 16.2 points and 7.5 rebounds for the Hoyas, leading Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim to declare Porter the best small forward in Big East history.

Porter made it clear he’d like to play for the Cavs and his agent, David Falk, reassured him that just because the two sides won’t meet in Chicago doesn’t mean there isn’t a future between the pair.

“I had a long talk with my agent,” Porter said. “He told me if (the Cavs) wanted to, that could be a great possibility.”

 

[*L-Train*]

[video=youtube;-fQ5RAyjfBg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQ5RAyjfBg&feature=youtu.be[/video]

he talks about the Cavs not interviewing him at ~1.10. he also mentions Tayshaun Prince as a comparison for him...

 

[gratefuldead]

This kid wants to come to Cleveland

I hope we get him

 

[getBUCKED]

This kid wants to come to Cleveland

I hope we get him

I agree, he definitely acts like he wants to be on our team. But it's also not surprising because 3 would be the highest he would possibly get drafted. Also talked about playing with John Wall/Brad Beal on the Wizards.

 

[KB]

Update the OP with all the posts, vids, tweets and this below article from from today it's long so I'm not going to quote much of it

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...13-measurements-analysis-and-draft-projection

Otto Porter Jr. NBA Combine 2013: Measurements, Analysis and Draft Projection

Georgetown standout forward Otto Porter Jr. was a consensus first-team All-American for his efforts in the 2012-13 NCAA season, and he'll likely be a lottery pick in the 2013 NBA draft, too.

Porter is in Chicago this week for the NBA Scouting Combine, and he's one of the first small forward prospects expected to come off the board in June—at which time we'll know the exact order of the first 14 picks after Tuesday night's NBA draft lottery.

For now, though, teams are getting their first in-person look at prospects in Chicago, and Porter is among those in attendance. Like many lottery picks, though, he will not risk injury or poor play in front of so many observers, as reported by Stu Durando of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

stu durando @studurando
Otto Porter tells me he won't work out at Combine, only going through physical assessments such as vertical, and interviews.10:21 AM - 16 May 2013

 

[oasis05]

Pretty strange the cavs would not interview porter. Makes it sound like they are not doing their due diligence.

 

[mcfly]

Pretty strange the cavs would not interview porter. Makes it sound like they are not doing their due diligence.

Jump to conclusions much? Oh wait...

 

[wuck]

From Chad Ford:

Otto Porter was big with a 6'7.5" in socks and 6' 8.5" in shoes measurement . He has a very big 7'1.5" wing.

 

[Len]

From Chad Ford:

Otto Porter was big with a 6'7.5" in socks and 6' 8.5" in shoes measurement . He has a very big 7'1.5" wing.

He will be a Cavalier. Speaks well, has Excellent measurements, fulfills a need, and seems to be a high character guy.

 

[hud11]

If he can add some weight could also be a small ball 4

 

[Pioneer10]

From Chad Ford:

Otto Porter was big with a 6'7.5" in socks and 6' 8.5" in shoes measurement . He has a very big 7'1.5" wing.

Ideal SF measurements. Enough length to guard tweener 4's so you can play him as a stretch 4 if needed against certain opponents.
Have no clue if he's athletic enough but this is good news for him.

 

[theshad]

I agree, he definitely acts like he wants to be on our team. But it's also not surprising because 3 would be the highest he would possibly get drafted. Also talked about playing with John Wall/Brad Beal on the Wizards.

I imagine a lot of these kids want to end up in Cleveland or Washington. They are probably the best situation they can get in, low draft pick so good money with good potential talent.

 

[Birdy89]

From Chad Ford:

Otto Porter was big with a 6'7.5" in socks and 6' 8.5" in shoes measurement . He has a very big 7'1.5" wing.

I've been on his bandwagon, and this only reinforces it.

It would be nice to have his added size. I think that in shoes he is actually a touch bigger than TT, who measured in at 6'8" in shoes if I remember correctly.

With a smallish back-court already he will offer us much needed versatility that drafting a much smaller guy for the 3 spot wouldn't.