If we can't sign Hayward or a PG13 trade....Otto Porter?

[dreamgreen]

Rudy Gay be a second tier target?

Some of you have set the bar so low.  We are not signing a guy just to do it because we want to keep flexibility.   We will run it back and play with what we got.  If Ainge addds a guy I think it is going to be for a better player.

Yea I know he gets a lot of hate on here. I don't watch him so no idea how deserving he is of it but he could be a good tweener that perhaps you get for a fair price on maybe a short contract until the young kids grow up. But than again maybe not.

IMO Danny will spend the cap money this summer because next summer it will be gone.

[Darío SpanishFan]

1. He is restricted.
2. Wizards and Celtics are rivals to top the East.

I think this ends the debate.

Wizards aren't going to pay the luxury tax.  Their owner has pretty much said so.  If all they do is add minimum salary players to their roster, they can afford to pay Porter a little under $20 million next season.

In other words, the Wizards can be outbid.

But not by us. They'd do almost anything to keep the player if he signs an offer sheet with Boston.

Also, I don't think he is the target. Our last two 3rd picks play more or less in his position.

[jambr380]

If we didn't have Tatum and he wasn't going to cost the full-max - like $22M/yr - then I would consider it. However, while I think he is very solid all-around and he is still only 24,I don't think he is quite the player to take us to the next level. I think Danny would probably just attempt to extend/renegotiate IT/AB/Smart, sign a big or two with the minimum/room exception and call it a day. I am not so sure our very own AB isn't worth what Porter is worth and we stand to lose him next offseason.

[wdleehi]

Unless the swing is a clear star, why block the two young swings?



Porter is not enough of a PF to add. 

[BlackCeltic]

If we miss out on Hayward, Griffin, PG13 would...

Rudy Gay be a second tier target?

No. Our Rookie and Jaylen are better than 2nd Tier SFs and their contracts. Millsap would be the player I look at.

Perhaps.  I'm just concerned about reconstituting a front line (Atlanta) that has already proven to not be enough.

I understand your concern but Bostons backcourt and SFs are a hell of a lot better than Atlanta's were.

[obnoxiousmime]

On paper it looks like Porter should be a budding star, but he just seems to disappear in games. I don't know if it's his mentality or what. Based on his assist numbers he doesn't seem like a really multidimensional player, nor a guy with the attitude to be a lockdown defender (what his role should be on a team with Wall and Beal). I'm hoping he will be overpaid by Washington or some other team so that they will be stuck with a very blah player.

[OldSchoolDude]

No- I think Tatum will be better. I have no interest in curbing Jaylen/Jayson's progress by playing another young guy like Porter.

I agree, and I'll add that I think JB is better than Otto Porter right now.

[Stig]

he's similar to last year's Harrison Barnes, team will overpay him to bet the slightest chance that he'll be better than he is now.

[Phantom255x]

Max money on Otto Porter?



Not a good idea AT ALL. People complain that Horford is overpaid, but once we sign Porter and he doesn't do much... 

[Celts Fan 508]

God no.

I know.  Why on earth would we want a player who shot 43% from 3, would have finished second on the Celtics in rebounds, led all non-centers in eFG%, had the lowest turnover rate in the league, and just turned 24 earlier this month?

May almighty powers keep this waste of a player from us.

TP, this is my favorite reply of all time.

[Phantom255x]

God no.

I know.  Why on earth would we want a player who shot 43% from 3, would have finished second on the Celtics in rebounds, led all non-centers in eFG%, had the lowest turnover rate in the league, and just turned 24 earlier this month?

May almighty powers keep this waste of a player from us.

But @saltlover, he averages 14/6 and as we saw last season with Horford, if he put up the same production, we'd be debating whether he's the worst max-signing in the history of the NBA 

[Ilikesports17]

God no.

I know.  Why on earth would we want a player who shot 43% from 3, would have finished second on the Celtics in rebounds, led all non-centers in eFG%, had the lowest turnover rate in the league, and just turned 24 earlier this month?

May almighty powers keep this waste of a player from us.

I don't think it's reasonable to expect Boston to sign Porter and then turn around and resign Bradley and Thomas. Porter seemed to disappear a bit on the ECSF and I think I'd prefer to keep AB and Thomas over him, as I believe both to be better players. Had we selected Fultz I'd be more willing to lose AB because of the larger log jam that would have presented at the 1 and 2.

[moiso]

God no.

I know.  Why on earth would we want a player who shot 43% from 3, would have finished second on the Celtics in rebounds, led all non-centers in eFG%, had the lowest turnover rate in the league, and just turned 24 earlier this month?

May almighty powers keep this waste of a player from us.

But @saltlover, he averages 14/6 and as we saw last season with Horford, if he put up the same production, we'd be debating whether he's the worst max-signing in the history of the NBA 

Both of you guys make good points.  Porter's efficiency is great but he doesn't seem like much of a creator.  I wonder how he'd do playing on a team where the two guards don't take all of the shots.

[Big333223]

I think a small forward who can play some minutes at power forward is not a position of need for the C's right now. If it's a big upgrade like Hayward or George, I get it. But Porter doesn't seem like an upgrade over any of our guys that can do that already.

[saltlover]

I think a small forward who can play some minutes at power forward is not a position of need for the C's right now. If it's a big upgrade like Hayward or George, I get it. But Porter doesn't seem like an upgrade over any of our guys that can do that already.

I disagree.  He'd be the best we have next year at the position.  Whether that's enough of an upgrade given the long-term resources we have invested there is a different question, but he'd be our best there unless Jaylen Brown takes a monster leap in year 2.