More and more it feels to me like Portis will be the pick at 16 if the Celts stay there, although with Danny Ainge you can never rule out him selecting a score-first guard if Payne is available at that spot.
Not much choice but it may turn out well. Take Portis for themselves if he is there or take Payne/Grant for trade back with Rockets. Despite Portis' lack luster combine #s he is similar to Aldridge.
Aldridge vs Portis
Height:6'11 vs 6'10
Wingspan: 7'5 vs 7'2
Standing reach: 9'2 vs 9'1
Weight: 232 vs 246
B.Fat: 8.7 vs 8.9
No step vert: 27" vs 25"
Max Vert: 34" vs 32"
Max vert reach:12' vs 11'8
Agility: 12sec vs 11.7sec
Sprint: 3.47 vs 3.56
Both played 2 years of college ball
College final year pts/fg%/ft%/reb/blk/ast/TO/
Aldridge 34mpg, 15pts, 56fg%, 65% FT, 10rebs, 2 blk
Portis 29mpg, 18pts, 53fg%, 73%FT, 9rebs, 1.2 blk
So Portis has more weight, better scorer, and more agile yet LA was taller and more explosive but not by much.
You can't compare Aldrige to Porter the way you are trying to. Aldridge went #2 for a reason
There is what have you done in college? vs what you can do in the NBA.
Aldridge though he struggled earlier in his career became a star you see today. Porter on the other hand is going to have a much tougher time.
This past season in college he couldn't even box out, grab defensive rebounds at times against big sized pf/C. A guy like Jarell Martin moved Portis around without much fuss. Even though Portis is listed at 240 pounds, he has narrow shoulders. This is a disadvantage for big guys on the defensive end
How many big players with narrow shoulders have you seen excel in the NBA?? I can only list a few . Joakim Noah (but you see how hard he has to work. He really worked out hard to build muscle), Jermaine O'neil (pretty much same as Noah and also had a long wingspan and pretty explosive for size)
Porter is not explosive, has narrow shoulders, good but not great wingspan and vertical and max vertical are below average.
Yes he can score , make the jump shot and has good quickness. Plays with a chip on his shoulder. But can he secure that defensive rebound when you need it late in games? Can he prevent his player from grabbing offensive rebounds? If we didn't have Sully and KO (perimeter pfs), plus we had a legit center/rim protector, I would be ok with picking up Portis.