After receiving an offer from the Sacramento Kings, Otto Porter apparently didn’t sign the contract with the Western Conference team looking to rebuild. But just a couple of days later he signed a deal with another rebuilding squad. Restricted free agent Otto Porter has agreed to sign a four-year, $104 million max offer sheet with the Brooklyn Nets.
Following comes from Shams Charania of The Vertical.
RFA Otto Porter has reached agreement on a four-year, $106M max deal with Brooklyn Nets, league sources tell The Vertical.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 5, 2017
Chris Mannix, also of The Vertical, reports that the Wizards will indeed match on Porter.
Wizards had hoped to work out something more cap friendly with Otto Porter, but they intend to match Nets offer, sources tell @TheVertical.
— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixYS) July 5, 2017
Candace Buckner of the Washington Post confirms that the Wizards will indeed match the Nets offern on Otto Porter.
The #Wizards have not yet matched Otto Porter's offer sheet from Brooklyn.
Key word: "Yet."
Wiz WILL match. Just using all allotted time.
— Candace Buckner (@CandaceDBuckner) July 8, 2017
The Wizards wanting to keep Porter on a cheap deal is a no-brainer given their salary cap situation but matching him isn’t all that bad either. He might not be a max level player in the eyes of some but it’s a move many teams do to other teams facing tough money decisions. The Nets did it last year, not once but twice.
But for Washington, it would be hard to just let Porter go for nothing. Outside of Kelly Oubre Jr, there’s no clear replacement a the level of Porter. He’s a great three-and-d option who doesn’t demand the ball and fits pretty well alongside John Wall and Bradley Beal.
