Stephen Curry retired from injury against the Celtics and is likely to miss the rest of the closing round, which is a thunderbolt for the Golden State Warriors. At present, the Warriors are in third place in the West, but behind them, the Utah Jazz, dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves are all eyeing them, and the Warriors' closing stage schedule is very difficult, the situation is naturally not optimistic.
Against the San Antonio Spurs, who are average and ranked low, the Warriors also dropped the chain, they were killed by the opponent's basket, considering that the Warriors will encounter five consecutive aways, most opponents are also difficult to entangle, and it is even more regrettable that they did not win this game. From the statistics, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole are naturally the best performers in the Warriors' team, but the contribution of substitute forward Otto Porter cannot be ignored. He shot 6-of-13 from the field, cut a large double-double with 16 points, 16 rebounds, and delivered three assists. It is worth mentioning that Otto Porter grabbed 8 rebounds in the frontcourt, which is enough to prove his hard work and awareness, but unfortunately Otto Porter still did not help the Warriors win this game, of course, he can also leave the court with his head held high.
As a 2013 flower discovery show, Otto Porter initially played for the Washington Wizards, and for the first two years of his career, he was a full-fledged substitute player, and naturally did not perform much. But the Wizards have since put Otto Porter on track, and he has managed to seize the opportunity to become the league's top 3D striker. Among them, in the 16-17 season, Otto Porter averaged 13.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, shooting 52% from the field and 43% from three-point range. And he played 80 times that year, which led the Wizards to offer Otto Porter a four-year, $106 million contract at the end of the season.
In the season after the contract extension, Otto Porter still performed quite well, averaging 14.7 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting more than 50% from the field and shooting 44% from three-point range. However, in the late stages of the Wizards' play, Otto Porter began to be plagued by injuries, coupled with the two cores John Wall and Bradley Beal were also absent for a long time, directly leading to the wizards' sinking. So before the 18-19 season deadline, the Wizards management decided to send Otto Porter to the Bulls.
After coming to the new owner's home, Otto Porter has experienced the feeling of the double heaven of ice and fire. If you really want to say on the court, he is sometimes better than when he was playing for the Wizards, the problem is that Otto Porter is really too brittle. In the second half of the 18-19 season, he averaged 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game, but only played five times in total. Otto Porter averaged 11.9 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in the 19-20 season, but his injury situation was even worse, playing only 14 games for the Bulls in the whole year. By last season, Otto Porter averaged 9.9 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, still a good role player, but only played 25 times in the first half, and the Bulls could not stand it, and also chose to dispose of Otto Porter in the middle of the season.
In the second half of last season, Otto Porter played for the Magic, but he simply played only 3 games, and since the Magic was in the rebuilding period, he did not expect him to make any contribution, so he simply let him recuperate. During this period, Otto Porter averaged 8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, shooting only 36% from the field and shooting a terrible 11% from three-point range, and many statistics set a new career low.
Last summer, Otto Porter became a free agent again, although in the trough of the market, but the discerning people can see that as long as Otto Porter can stay healthy, his projection and defensive ability can still provide great help to his team, coupled with good physical conditions, and in the year of play, so there are even teams to Otto Porter to provide a middle-class contract offer. But the latter chose to refuse, perhaps Otto Porter felt that since he had already won a big contract, he needed to prove himself in other aspects, so he signed a basic salary contract with the Warriors, not only leaving a way out for both sides, but also hoping to prove that he was not a player who only knew how to mess up.
After joining the Warriors this season, Otto Porter became a very important part of the team, averaging 8.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.5 blocks so far this season. And during Draymond Green's absence, Otto Porter, as a substitute, should have performed best in the same position. Defensively, Otto Porter can go from the opposing point guard to the big forward, and although the offensive response and organization are not as good as Draymond Green, Otto Porter's projection ability is better. With a more organized lineup, Otto Porter returned to the bench as the main rotation of the forward position, and sometimes the Warriors would let Otto Porter play at key moments, using his all-round skills to escort several homemakers.