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BALLER MOVE: Add in 14+ Team Leagues
ROSTERED IN: 25% of leagues
ANALYSIS: Otto "Wilt Chamberlain" Porter Jr. joined the Warriors this past summer through free agency. Golden State inked him to a one-year deal and, by the look of it, OPJ has turned into a freaking steal for an already-loaded squad. Flex on them, I guess. Otto is playing low minutes (at least under no heavily-COVID-affected-rotation issues) logging around 20 MPG on the year. That paints a proper picture of Porter's upside as a second-unit heater.
Otto is averaging a low-but good 7-5-1-1 per-game line. He's limiting turnovers below 1.0 a game, and he's also blocking 0.6 shots. For someone playing in the 20s, that's far from bad. In fact, Otto Porter is one of only two (DeMarcus Cousins) players averaging that line while playing fewer than 20 MPG this year. Even better: Otto is hitting 1.5+ three-point shots per game while hoisting 4.0 for a solid 39.8 3P% through 27 games played before Christmas.
Of course, Porter's usage rate is always going to be on the low side of things no matter the unit he plays in. He's a great spot-up shooter, will keep shooting threes nightly (and more importantly hitting them at a high clip) and he comes with a nice rebounding upside. Other than that, he's been good at swatting shots of late but that looks more like an outlier development than a steady tendency. With reinforcements coming in the shape of Klay Thompson and protocol-returning Andrew Wiggins/Jordan Poole, don't expect an increase in chances/usage/opportunities coming Porter Jr.'s way, though.
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