NBA Trade Deadline Drama: Otto Porter Jr.’s Future with the Utah Jazz

NBA – Traded for Kelly Olynyk during the trade deadline, will the 2022 champion wear the Jazz jersey? For now, he stays at home thinking about his future.

Two weeks ago, during the trade deadline, Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji were sent to Toronto against Otto Porter Jr. and Kira Lewis. Since this transfer, the interior has not yet played with his new team, the Jazz, which prefers to focus on its youth. And it’s not certain that he will one day wear the Utah jersey. Exactly like Russell Westbrook last season.

The Athletic tells us in fact that he will stay at home to think about his future. The 2022 NBA champion with Golden State will therefore not be in uniform this Thursday evening, against Charlotte. Our colleagues make it clear that the 30-year-old player has no physical problems. He is healthy and could play.

He must therefore choose between continuing the adventure in Salt Lake City or negotiating a “ buyout

“, a breach of contract, to free yourself and go play elsewhere. But he must make his decision quickly, within a week, because he must sign with his new team before March 1 if he wants to play in the playoffs afterwards.

Valuable in the Warriors’ conquest of the title in 2022, Otto Porter Jr. struggled to continue in Toronto afterwards, weighed down by physical problems. But in full possession of his means, with his physique, his defense and his distance skills, he can provide good services coming off the bench in an ambitious team.

Buyout : amicable termination of contract. The player is released from his contract with severance pay which can reach the entire remainder of his contract. The player then becomes a free agent, and can sign elsewhere.

Otto Porter
Pourcentage
Rebonds

Saison
Equipe
MJ
Min
Tirs
3pts
LF
Off
Def
Tot
Pd
Fte
Int
Bp
Ct
Pts

2013-14
WAS
37
9
36.3
19.0
66.7
0.6
1.0
1.5
0.3
0.7
0.2
0.4
0.0
2.1

2014-15
WAS
74
19
45.0
33.7
73.4
1.0
2.0
3.0
0.9
1.3
0.6
0.7
0.4
6.0

2015-16
WAS
75
30
47.3
36.7
75.4
1.3
3.9
5.2
1.6
2.2
1.4
0.9
0.4
11.6

2016-17
WAS
80
33
51.6
43.4
83.2
1.5
5.0
6.4
1.5
2.4
1.5
0.6
0.5
13.4

2017-18
WAS
77
32
50.3
44.1
82.8
1.3
5.1
6.4
2.0
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
14.7

2018-19 *
All Teams
56
30
46.5
40.6
81.3
1.0
4.6
5.6
2.1
1.9
1.5
1.2
0.6
13.9

2018-19 *
WAS
41
29
45.7
36.9
76.6
1.0
4.7
5.6
2.0
1.9
1.6
1.0
0.5
12.6

2018-19 *
CHI
15
33
48.3
48.8
90.6
0.9
4.6
5.5
2.7
1.9
1.2
1.7
0.6
17.5

2019-20
CHI
14
24
44.3
38.7
70.4
0.9
2.5
3.4
1.8
2.2
1.1
0.8
0.4
11.9

2020-21 *
All Teams
28
22
43.2
37.5
85.7
1.0
4.4
5.4
2.0
1.5
0.6
0.9
0.1
9.7

2020-21 *
CHI
25
22
44.1
40.0
83.8
1.1
4.4
5.5
2.0
1.5
0.5
1.0
0.2
9.9

2020-21 *
ORL
3
22
36.0
11.1
100.0
0.0
4.7
4.7
1.7
1.3
1.3
0.0
0.0
8.0

2021-22
GOS
63
22
46.4
37.0
80.3
1.4
4.4
5.8
1.5
1.3
1.1
0.6
0.5
8.2

2022-23
TOR
8
18
50.0
35.3
100.0
0.8
1.6
2.4
1.0
0.9
1.4
0.5
0.0
5.5

2023-24
TOR
15
12
42.4
34.8
100.0
0.4
1.5
1.9
0.5
1.3
0.3
0.1
0.3
2.6

Total
 
527
25
47.7
39.7
79.7
1.1
3.8
4.9
1.5
1.7
1.1
0.8
0.4
10.3

How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.

2024-02-22 11:11:05
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