khans2k5 wrote:
Porter isn't a stud. He plays next to two actual studs in Wall and Beal. At this stage I think it's fair to call him a high end role player. He's playing next to 46 points and 14 assists per game. That's an easy life in the NBA. He's a solid player, but he's not an All-Star. He only scored 20+ points 14 times this year and he is not a primary ball handler or play maker (assist percentage around Wiggins level). Butler on the other hand was a number 1 option for a playoff team and he can just do more than Porter. Really the only thing Porter is better at than Butler is efficiency and he's not a primary ball handler so who knows how his efficiency would hold up in a bigger role.
Porter wouldn't need to play bigger role for us since he would be playing here next to 49 points and 16 rebounds. He would look like perfect glue guy to play next to KAT, Ricky and Wiggins. He is really good three point shooter and better rebounder than Wiggins. So he could be matched defensively against more physical wing and Wiggins wouldn't need to spent so much energy on both ends of floor. Even the best two way wing players like Kawhi Leonard are often matched against lesser offensive player that they can save the energy for offensive end. If Kawhi whom plays just 33 minutes per game cannot defend opponents best wing while being really high usage player in offensive end, we cannot expect that Wiggins could do same while playing 37 minutes per night.
The biggest fear that I have about signing Otto Porter is that it seems that always when some player moves from Washington to some other team, their three point shooting accuracy takes a big hit. It seems that John Wall is just terrific for finding open three pointers to his team mates. For example Ariza shot over 40% three pointers in his last season with Washington. After that he has shot them 35.4%. Even ancient Rasual Butler shot 91 three pointers with 38.6% accuracy while he was in Washington. It was about same amount than he had had in previous three years combined (had shot them with below 34%). Paul Pierce had one of his best three point shooting season in his single season with Washington if you consider both volume and accuracy. Jared Dudley had not shot over 40% three pointers in last four seasons before moving to Washington and suddenly he shoots them 42%. Gary Neal had not shot treys over 40% for three previous seasons before moving to Washington and then he shoots those 41%.
So if Wolves would sign Porter, I wouldn't be surprised if he would end up shooting three pointers around 33% range. (Wall effect replaced with Wolves effect)
