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NBA exec on Micheal Porter Jr
Posted on: April 23, 2018 at 10:37:46 CT
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NBA people will want to see Porter’s medicals in Chicago at the pre-Draft camp. The question is whether they will get them. They know that Porter almost surely won’t participate in drills or workouts, though he could hold individual meetings with a handful of the highest teams in the Lottery.
“You would think they’d share medicals with teams in the top five,” a Southeast Division executive said. “That’s probably his basement. If he was healthy, he could be 1-2. It’s going to come down to the medical. When he came back he was rusty. He was still able to show teams he was healthy enough to play. The rust is going to wear off. He’s too young for the rust not to wear off. The basketball piece will be just fine. He should be able to play in Summer League.”
“From a basketball standpoint alone, based on his college career, you’d have to be clairvoyant to figure this kid out,” a Southwest Division exec said. “There was nothing in those two (post-surgery) games. Can you see he’s six nine, and can shoot it? Of course. But he wasn’t athletic in those games. The doctors and the experts on the back are going to be crucial in figuring this kid out. Having said that, how far is he going to fall? Is he going to be four to nine?”
Porter is not a great athlete. But his ability to shoot at his size is going to be hard to pass on.
“The way the game is played right now, he does the stuff that clubs like who are successful,” the Southeast exec said. “That’s kind of where the game is. Everybody’s not going to be a talent like (Joel) Embiid or Ben Simmons who dominate the game in other ways. The game is on the perimeter, and he has perimeter skills. He can pass and dribble. And he already has the stroke. History tells you your shot is only going to get better in the pros.”
Defensively, opponents will no doubt go at Porter to see if he can move laterally. Yet those who champion him are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
“Guarding is just about what’s in a person’s heart,” the Southeast exec said. “If he’s tough, he’ll figure it out. Defense is a team concept. You can think I have this great guy like Tony Allen, but if Tony Allen knows the other four guys aren’t going to cover his butt if he gets beat, it’s a team concept. If he goes to a team with good defensive principles, he’ll figure it out.”
NBA people will want to see Porter’s medicals in Chicago at the pre-Draft camp. The question is whether they will get them. They know that Porter almost surely won’t participate in drills or workouts, though he could hold individual meetings with a handful of the highest teams in the Lottery.
“You would think they’d share medicals with teams in the top five,” a Southeast Division executive said. “That’s probably his basement. If he was healthy, he could be 1-2. It’s going to come down to the medical. When he came back he was rusty. He was still able to show teams he was healthy enough to play. The rust is going to wear off. He’s too young for the rust not to wear off. The basketball piece will be just fine. He should be able to play in Summer League.”
“From a basketball standpoint alone, based on his college career, you’d have to be clairvoyant to figure this kid out,” a Southwest Division exec said. “There was nothing in those two (post-surgery) games. Can you see he’s six nine, and can shoot it? Of course. But he wasn’t athletic in those games. The doctors and the experts on the back are going to be crucial in figuring this kid out. Having said that, how far is he going to fall? Is he going to be four to nine?”
Porter is not a great athlete. But his ability to shoot at his size is going to be hard to pass on.
“The way the game is played right now, he does the stuff that clubs like who are successful,” the Southeast exec said. “That’s kind of where the game is. Everybody’s not going to be a talent like (Joel) Embiid or Ben Simmons who dominate the game in other ways. The game is on the perimeter, and he has perimeter skills. He can pass and dribble. And he already has the stroke. History tells you your shot is only going to get better in the pros.”
Defensively, opponents will no doubt go at Porter to see if he can move laterally. Yet those who champion him are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.
“Guarding is just about what’s in a person’s heart,” the Southeast exec said. “If he’s tough, he’ll figure it out. Defense is a team concept. You can think I have this great guy like Tony Allen, but if Tony Allen knows the other four guys aren’t going to cover his butt if he gets beat, it’s a team concept. If he goes to a team with good defensive principles, he’ll figure it out.”
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