On the verge of winning a championship with Golden State, free agent striker Otto Porter has agreed a two-year contract with the Raptors, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, who reports that the second year of Porter’s new contract will be a player . option.
Porter, 29, averaged 8.2 PPG, 5.7 RPG, 1.5 APG and 1.1 SPG in a part-time role with the Warriors last season, with a shooting line of. 464 / .370 / .803 in 63 games (22.2 MPG). He was also a regular part of the rotation during the club’s playoffs, appearing in 19 games and recording 19.5 minutes per competition.
The third overall pick in the 2013 draft, Porter has long been considered a solid three-and-well-sized D forward. He signed a maximum wage offer sheet as a restricted free agent in 2017, but battled injuries throughout the deal, bouncing from Washington to Chicago and Orlando, and eventually had to settle for a minimum wage contract with the Warriors last summer.
Golden State had another minimum wage offer on the table for Porter this offseason, according to Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link), but after rebuilding his value on Warriors champion, the former Georgetown star s’ he manages to earn more than that. for his dealings with the Raptors. The terms are not yet known, but Toronto has its mid-level exception available.
The Raptors are already loaded in first place, but have committed to playing in a relatively no-position style, and Porter, who has a career of 0.398 3PT%, is adapting to the needs of the outside shooting team.
Porter’s wife is from Toronto, which was a factor in her free agency decision, Haynes tweets.