Kanyewest wrote:SUPERBALLMAN wrote:I'm one of the biggest Otto supporters out there, but I was somewhat disappointed by his game. I mean he still looks nervous, and seems to just be getting himself used to being on the court with NBA players. Going by memory, he first attempted an ill-advised behind the back move that resulted in a turnover. He then clumsily fumbled the ball off to another player. Then Wall passed him the ball for a wide open shot, and Porter instead passed it up tossing it back out to Wall who looked surprised and confused why Porter didn't shoot and put up a 3 ball that he missed. Then later Otto went up for a shot with his slow hitch-laden release and was blocked. In general to me he looks uncoordinated, awkward, nervous, slow, indecisive, and intimidated. I'm still confident this is not the real Otto, and it won't be too long before we see the light turn on and he is comfortable out there and becomes a player.
I'm hoping he has made a permanent move into the regular rotation. I'm like him off the bench playing with the old vets to help with his acclimation... Harrington, Gooden, Porter, Webster, Miller is looking like a good 2nd unit to me for the time being. When Seraphin comes back he can get put in there, as well as Booker once Nene returns to the starting lineup. But I think getting Porter out there with those guys the next couple of games could go a long way in helping him find his comfort level.
Interesting that you had that perspective. Looking at it again, it looked like to me that Wall was calling for the ball. Yes Porter passed up a wide open 2 but the Wizards got a wide open corner 3 for Wall.
I agree that Porter needs to be more aggressive out there. In this instance, it didn't hurt him much because other players (ie Gooden and Harrington) stepped up their games.
As for a permanent role in the rotation, maybe 4-5 minutes once Martell Webster gets back. I agree that getting minutesthough would help immensely with his long term development.
From JMichael :
This probably means that Otto Porter, who has gotten most of Webster's minutes and played a season-high 22 vs. Utah but wasn't very effective, will fall back in the rotation. Porter was timid on offense, passing up an open shot in the lane and deferring to John Wall in the corner for a three-point attempt. When Porter finally took a shot, his only one of the game, he was blocked by Jeremy Evans.
Not only that, but to take it further, I noticed Wall giving Porter a couple looks after that play like "what's up with you can you play?" and "we used a #3 pick on you?". Also, I noticed a few times Wall had the ball and looked at Porter than passed it to someone else. One time Porter was waving his hand for the ball under the basket and Wall looked him off. I also noticed once Wall walking off the court and gave 5 to Temple, and Porter came up for a 5 and Wall put his hand down and walked past him.
