Otto Porter Jr. has announced his retirement, according to a Jazz press release. Porter was waived earlier in the day.
“For the past 11 years, I had the chance to live my lifelong dream of playing in the NBA,” he said in a statement. “That dream was capped by winning an NBA Championship! Unfortunately, my body is not allowing me to play at the level that I expect of myself, and I have therefore decided to retire.”
Porter played 11 NBA seasons with the Wizards (2013-19), Bulls (2019-21), Magic (2021), Warriors (2021-22), and Raptors (2022-24).
Drafted third overall in 2013 by Washington, the 6’8″ forward appeared in 527 career regular season games (319 starts) and averaged 10.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 25.4 minutes per contest.
After emerging as a reliable three-and-D wing for the Wizards and earning a maximum-salary offer sheet from the Nets (which was matched by Washington) during the summer of 2017, Porter’s career was derailed by injury issues. He has appeared in more than 28 games just once in the past five seasons.
That one healthy season was 2021/22, when Porter was a member of Golden State’s championship team. During the ensuing offseason, he signed a two-year, $12.3MM contract with Toronto.
Porter, 30, was traded from Toronto to Utah at the deadline in the deal that saw Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji moved to the Raptors. He never played for the Jazz.
At least he didn’t drag it out and wait three seasons after no one had signed him to announce his retirement. He also has a promising future, if he wishes to pursue it as a Lionel Richie or Wilt Chamberlain look alike contestant.
Lol
Seriously. You fall for that nonsense. Otto Porter and Wilt Chamberlain don’t look anything alike. It is only believable if you think all Black people look the same. His eyes, ears, and nose don’t match up
WTF are you talking about? They do look a lot alike. They have the similar facial structures and hairlines.
Maybe if he had a contour artist. There’s a slight resemblance, but that’s about it.
You think he has a future as a look alike contest?
Unlikely. H
The phone wasn’t ringing.
Wow. You must be a genius. Next you’ll be telling us the sky is blue…Not much reason to add a guy this late in the season who has only been injured 4 of the past 5 seasons.
Besides Giannis, that draft class leaves a lot to be desired.
It wasn’t a great draft class but Steven Adams and CJ McCollum have had solid careers. Rudy Gobert is likely a future Hall of Famer, especially if he wins his 4th DPOY.
He was a big piece for the Warriors title in 2022! Professionalism, energy off the bench, great guy!
“Golden Stats” is a hilarious typo…
What is your issue.
It seems that you are the only one here with an issue.
Good for him and the league ……. except for that lone GSW season, he was robbing every team he went to.
I guess you have never played any sports, but like to comment on people who have achieved more than you.
You’re awfully salty when you’re drunk.
It’s too bad so many teams have an allergic reaction to older players. Probably because some teams are perpetually in rebuild mode.
Still only 30 years old. It feels like he has been around for 15 years.
Solid career. I thought he would be in the league longer. Definitely had the skillset, but his health unfortunately had other plans. Glad he won a ring before he retired.
Made 140 big ones for scoring 5400 points. Not bad.
Shame to see him gone. Was a key piece on some fun Wizards squads and of course won that ring with Steph and co. Just couldn’t stay healthy after 2019. Kind of a theme with most of the Wizards’ better guys from that era. Wall is the poster child, but Beal, Porter, Humphries, Sessions, and others all dealt with the injury bug. Only Gortat seemed immune.