« Reply #26 on: June 27, 2018, 04:57:39 PM »
Otto Porter is a great fit for the Pelicans. He's a better fit than Cousins. However, at full health Cousins is the greater impact player. Anthony Davis looks less dominant when Cousins is on the floor than when Mirotic is next to him (obviously). But if the goal is taking down GS, the Pelicans clunky lineup with Cousins has the better chance.
The Cousin's injury was the saddest injury of the season after Hayward's....not only would a closer series against GS been exciting for fans, it also would have increased Cousin's value in a sign and trade by a lot. And it even would have given the Pels the option of keeping Cousins and receiving a landslide of assets for Davis. As things stand now they'd be foolish to trade Davis unless starting completely over.
Having said all that....if post injury Boogie can net Otto Porter then the Pels have to think about accepting that...(but with the injury they probably can't ask for a draft pick along with).
Rondo
Jrue
Porter
Mirotic
Davis
Very nice starting lineup....
How is Porter's defense? Any chance of him slowing/pestering Durant?
Porter is an excellent defender and excellent 3 point shooter. He is the near prototypical modern SF (though lacks the athleticism to be truly great).
Do you even watch their games? He has no ball skills, can’t make a move to the basket to save his life. Will go down as a terrible contract.
Of course I've seen their games. Porter is a high level defender, one of the best 3 point shooters in the game (he finished 3rd this year and 4th last year in 3PT%, is 10th all time among active players, and 27th all time in league history), and has gotten better every single year he has been in the league (and just turned 25). He is a credible rebounder and a solid passer for a 3/4 combo player (66% at the 3 and 34% at the 4 last year). His on/off court numbers are phenomenal. Porter is vastly underrated, in part because Wall and Beal are the flashy players who dominant the ball, but Porter is a real catalyst for that team (they were 1-4 in the 5 games he didn't play, as a small sample size example). He isn't a great athlete, which diminishes his ceiling (and obviously also affects his ball handling), but Porter is absolutely worth his contract and I'd love him on the Celtics.
He is classic 3 and D small forward who is a poor, not below average, poor, ball handler incapable of making a move off the dribble. Your tendency to focus singularly on statistics is clouding your observations of the player.
One of your worst posts in a while, probably since you stated Terry Rozier was worthless.
I think this was true a year ago but he made real improvement last season. He's still not great but he's improved a lot and, as far as I've seen, is an adequate ballhandler for a third option.
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