Jontay Porter

septahex · Post #81 » by **septahex** » Thu Jun 7, 2018 3:45 am

So he wants to go back to school to make a couple million more on his rookie contract that he could've otherwise made taking the vet min with the extra year he saved from being drafted a year early.

EvanZ · Post #82 » by **EvanZ** » Thu Jun 7, 2018 5:23 am

septahex wrote:So he wants to go back to school to make a couple million more on his rookie contract that he could've otherwise made taking the vet min with the extra year he saved from being drafted a year early.

I don't recall him saying this entered into his thinking.

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brackdan70 · Post #85 » by **brackdan70** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:33 pm

Liking Jontay as 9 to 12 pick. I think he will be a good pro. Not a star but solid role player or even starter.

Post #86 » by **bondom34** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:26 am

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Post #87 » by **VCfor3** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:01 am

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I guess he wishes he'd have gone to the draft instead of returning to school. I'm sure he'd still get drafted if he declares but it'll probably be as a 2nd rounder.

azcatz11 · Post #88 » by **azcatz11** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:03 am

He literally lost millions

Post #89 » by **Rafael122** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:09 pm

azcatz11 wrote:He literally lost millions

Yeah I'm not sure why he went back. He was a guaranteed first round pick. Probably an 85% chance he would have been taken in the lottery, if that's the case, take the money and go. Worse case scenario you make it through your rookie deal. Now what? He either comes back and plays for free again to re-establish his draft value or he declares after tearing his knee. Whoever told him to stay gave him **** advice. Look at his brother, he's hurt but at least he's getting paid.

DaddyCool19 · Post #90 » by **DaddyCool19** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:10 pm

Whenever you are a safe 1st round pick you should declare. Never understood why someone would go back to college. Has anyone ever improved his stock significantly by returning?

arkuo · Post #91 » by **arkuo** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:41 pm

His dad rolled the dice by asking him to go back to college so Michael can get all the spotlight as the only Porter in the top 10. Jontay was supposed to be next year's star in the draft. At least in the family's eyes. That backfired. Now he has one kid with a bad knee and another one with a bad spine. I understand one of his sisters tore her ACL too?

brackdan70 · Post #92 » by **brackdan70** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:52 pm

Bummer for him. Assuming a full recovery I expect he will be a very good pro still. Yes he lost a lot of money with that injury. I’d still pick him with a late first though.

clyde21 · Post #93 » by **clyde21** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:13 pm

Feel really bad for the kid, but that's why you have to hit the pros the very best chance you get. He would've been a first rounder easily last year, possibly top 20 pick, and went back to play for free for the NCAA. Didn't make any sense then or now because something like this might happen. Heck, it happened to his brother.

Really like him too as a prospect. Had him top 5 or 7 before this. Bummer.

clyde21 · Post #94 » by **clyde21** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:15 pm

DaddyCool19 wrote:Whenever you are a safe 1st round pick you should declare. Never understood why someone would go back to college. Has anyone ever improved his stock significantly by returning?

We've seen more people lose stock than gain by going back...like Robert Williams for example.

Stillwater · Post #95 » by **Stillwater** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:25 pm

brackdan70 wrote:Liking Jontay as 9 to 12 pick. I think he will be a good pro. Not a star but solid role player or even starter.

both Porter brothers are made of glass. It's a shame,but tearing both mcl and acl is going to kill his draft stock even if he somehow becomes a decent rotation player in the future.

arkuo · Post #96 » by **arkuo** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 4:40 pm

My best guess is Jontay goes undrafted next year because of this. And some team should pick him up fairly cheap as an undrafted FA.

Post #97 » by **DeBlazerRiddem** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:28 pm

Always get that guaranteed dough. I was pretty high on this kid, hopefully he makes a fully recovery, but he was never going to increase his stock enough to offset the extra risk. Especially with him being mocked in the mid first round, it might be a different story if he legit was likely to go in the second round but man, strike while the iron is hot.

EvanZ · Post #98 » by **EvanZ** » Mon Oct 22, 2018 5:31 pm

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I've gone on a rant on more than one occasion why guys should come out when they are a lock to be an NBA pick. Sad they get bad advice from family and what not.

Post #99 » by **Rafael122** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 1:28 pm

arkuo wrote:His dad rolled the dice by asking him to go back to college so Michael can get all the spotlight as the only Porter in the top 10. Jontay was supposed to be next year's star in the draft. At least in the family's eyes. That backfired. Now he has one kid with a bad knee and another one with a bad spine. I understand one of his sisters tore her ACL too?

If I were a dad though, I'd rather have two kids making NBA money rather than one lol.

Post #100 » by **Marcus** » Tue Oct 23, 2018 5:05 pm

absolutely sucks for this kid.