Closer Look: Otto Porter

[EdMonix11]

I'm trying to like Porter because we're probably gonna draft him and I want I prep myself for it, but damn, dude just doesn't get my dick hard (no homo) Just seems like an all around average player. I'd rather have someone who has an area he's great at

An all around average player is a really good player in the NBA; especially for a team where his replacement is all around below average.....

 

[Just Checkin]

I think adding a competent starter at the forward position is something that Cavs fans should be excited about.

Porter's got good size, great length, and a good all-around game. The recent Georgetown alumnus have done pretty well in the NBA too, so he also has that going for him.

 

[rosebowl89]

I'm trying to like Porter because we're probably gonna draft him and I want I prep myself for it, but damn, dude just doesn't get my dick hard (no homo) Just seems like an all around average player. I'd rather have someone who has an area he's great at

I disagree that he is all around average, I think he is all around above average to very good. He isn't great in anyone thing, but I can't name something that he is just average in either.

 

[getBUCKED]

Porter is the only player I can see help our team take the next step next season. While Noel and Len should be good players, Porter is more ready to contribute now as a team player. He will help keep the offense flowing, provide yet another efficient scoring option, and help lead the defense in the right direction with his size/length/IQ. I can only question the range on his shot and his athleticism, but I don't think either will hold him back from being a long-term starter in the NBA at SF.

I can see his rookie averages being something like:

12 ppg on 45/35/75
6 rpg
3 apg
1 bpg
1 spg

 

[Smooth]

I'm starting to think Otto Porter will bring back memories of Delonte, minus the craziness :chuckles:

 

[BimboColesHair]

Porter is the only player I can see help our team take the next step next season. While Noel and Len should be good players, Porter is more ready to contribute now as a team player. He will help keep the offense flowing, provide yet another efficient scoring option, and help lead the defense in the right direction with his size/length/IQ. I can only question the range on his shot and his athleticism, but I don't think either will hold him back from being a long-term starter in the NBA at SF.

I can see his rookie averages being something like:

12 ppg on 45/35/75
6 rpg
3 apg
1 bpg
1 spg

For what will most likely be the 5th option for starters, I'll take that all day.

 

[Just Checkin]

I'm starting to think Otto Porter will bring back memories of Delonte, minus the craziness :chuckles:

Definitely. Remember The Office?

Prince added a semblance of a post/faceup game on the baseline and I'm sure Porter will add that to his game given his length.

 

[Lionheart]

I'm starting to think Otto Porter will bring back memories of Delonte, minus the craziness :chuckles:

If true,









































boner achieved...

 

[MD13]

Really hope Mike Brown finds creative ways to use Porter and doesn't just pigeonhole him into a 3 and D player...

 

[StuDiscus]

Really hope Mike Brown finds creative ways to use Porter and doesn't just pigeonhole him into a 3 and D player...

I think Kyrie and dion will find "creative" ways to get whomever* we pick involved..


* My gut feeling is it will be either Porter or Len. Im happy with either.

 

[Douglar]

I'm still on the Porter bandwagon. I'll be disappointed if the Cavs fall to the 4th or 5th pick and can't get him.

http://www.nba.com/2013/news/featur...rwards-2013-draft/index.html?ls=iref:nbahpt6d

Porter one of the few dependable prospects
Almost always these days, players taken in the top five of a Draft are taken for their potential, not their production.

The NBA has become a Futures league, much like Major League Baseball. A player with one year of college ball under his belt is a Rorschach, with different teams seeing different things. Can Russell Westbrook play point guard in the pros? Very few NBA teams thought so in 2008. But one of those who did, Oklahoma City, took the plunge, and wound up getting one of the league's best players.

Yet gambling on the future is just that -- a gamble. (See Oden, Greg.) Some years, you just want a solid basketball player. And this year, at small forward, Georgetown's Otto Porter is your man.

"I haven't seen a Draft where there's as big a drop between the first guy and the next guy," one general manager said of the gap between Porter and the next small forward on most team's boards, UCLA freshman Shabazz Muhammad.

Porter is the only small forward projected by NBA scouts and general managers as a lock top-five overall pick. He impressed scouts who thought Georgetown an ordinary team if not for its all-America forward, who led the Hoyas to a share of the Big East regular season crown with eventual national champion Louisville.

Porter's coming-out moment was an outstanding 33-point effort at Syracuse, in the last regular season game between Georgetown and the Orange, at the Carrier Dome. That win started the Hoyas on a win streak that made them a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. That Porter and the Hoyas were trounced by upstart Florida Gulf Coast in the second round -- the fifth straight season Georgetown lost decisively to a lower-seeded team in the tournament -- did not hurt Porter at all with NBA types.

"What you'll see is what you'll get," a Western Conference general manager said. "He's a very safe pick. Good basketball IQ, does a little bit of everything, makes winning plays. I think he's going to be well-liked by coaches. He's not a super athlete, but he's athletic enough."

Said a Southeast Division executive: "What he is is one of the most solid players in the Draft. In terms of playing the game and versatility, he might be the most well-rounded guy. He's definitely a top-five pick in this particular Draft. The only thing if you want to knock him down a few points is just the athleticism. He's not a great athlete. But he's a great basketball player."

Comparisons for Porter have been plentiful: Tayshaun Prince and Kawhi Leonard are just two. The underlying concept is the same: those two players went to veteran teams early in their careers, and were able to integrate their solid play into rotations that needed stability, not flashiness. Porter's impact will also depend on who gets him.

"Kawhi Leonard is a very valuable piece for the Spurs right now, but if you took Tim Duncan and Tony Parker off the team, I don't know how good Kawhi would be. That's how I see Otto," an Eastern Conference GM said. "If ... one of the top 12 teams in the league were to do something similar [as San Antonio did to get Leonard in 2011], trade up to, say, the seventh pick to get Otto Porter, he could have a great impact on a team that's good. But if he's taken by a team that's in the Lottery based on their record, he might be only so-so."

At least one of those teams would like to find out.

"I'd love to have Otto Porter," one Lottery team's personnel man said. "He'd be terrific for us. He's a very high IQ basketball player. One of the things that really good players do at the NBA level is they have a sense of when to assert themselves, and when to let the game kind of come to them. The really good players, they know that.

"Otto Porter seems to have that same ability at the college level. There's times when he's just out there, going with the flow, and then, bam, bam, bam, bam, Georgetown's up 10 points because Otto Porter scored six points, and set up the other four with a rebound or an outlet pass."

There are also questions about whether Porter can shoot the NBA 3-pointer consistently.

"You've got to know that you're sacrificing something there from an athleticism standpoint," one scout said. "Depending on what a team has at the four and the five, you can make up for it if you're a bad team ... but his basketball IQ and ability to make plays, and size, is going to be beneficial. I don't think anybody is looking at anyone in this draft as a guy who is going to turn your franchise around. You're looking at a guy who's going to improve your talent base."

 

[apolo29]

Ok...

I will lay out my case. I am the anti porter. Last year I was the anti-beal, and now I am the anti-porter.

Ok.. so he can score... and he can distribute... cool...


Why do we want that? Why is that a good fit for us? Kyrie and dion are already scorers/distributers. We don't need another "combo" guy that can take over. We have two, possibly three. The guy is not the long term fit answer unless you think he supplants one of kyrie/dion. The 3 spot needs to be an athletic defensive specialist with a 3 shot that moves well off the ball.

If oladipo was an inch taller.. I'm inclined to take him anyway and solidify our guard rotation for.. ever, and pick up a 3 through FA

 

[I LOVE YOU ABBY]

I think Shabazz will have a better career than Porter. There, I said it.

 

[Lee]

Ok...

I will lay out my case. I am the anti porter. Last year I was the anti-beal, and now I am the anti-porter.

Ok.. so he can score... and he can distribute... cool...


Why do we want that? Why is that a good fit for us? Kyrie and dion are already scorers/distributers. We don't need another "combo" guy that can take over. We have two, possibly three. The guy is not the long term fit answer unless you think he supplants one of kyrie/dion. The 3 spot needs to be an athletic defensive specialist with a 3 shot that moves well off the ball.

If oladipo was an inch taller.. I'm inclined to take him anyway and solidify our guard rotation for.. ever, and pick up a 3 through FA

If my Aunt had a dick she would be my Uncle (Drew, lol)

If Oladipo were an inch or two taller they might be talking about him with the 1st overall pick. I could just as easily say if Porter where a bit more athletic....

 

[StuDiscus]

I think Shabazz will have a better career than Porter. There, I said it.

Maybe statistically. MAYBE.

But as far as helping a team reach it's apex I think Porter is the guy.