Michael Porter Jr

[MizzouKing]

I can't speak for anyone else, but he's my nightmare pick primarily because of his injury and then his inability to get out of bed. Those are flares I cannot ignore. We're the Kings, where players break their legs while practicing against chairs (Brad Miller), break their hand tripping over a moving box when they first arrive (Greg Ostertag), sustain a lingering injury when they retrieve a ball wedged against the backboard (Francisco Garcia), sustain an injury when a medicine ball they're exercising with explodes (also Francisco Garcia) etc. Bringing in someone with a 10% chance of further problems because of a medical procedure just seems like spitting in the face of fate.

I find myself going back and forth on MPJ, but what keeps coming back to me is..."Can he make it through the rigors of an NBA season?" His physical health during this time period seems persnickety at best. I'm rooting for MPJ as an individual, but as a Kings player Marvin is looking better and better to me.

 

[Jkbiker]

During his Monday appearance on "The Will Cain Show" on ESPN Radio, the former Missouri star said he's "feeling great" and wouldn't pass up the opportunity to get in another workout for a prospective team ahead of Thursday's draft.

"It's a possibility," Porter said. "I feel good. ... I got evaluated. I let the doctors come in and do all their tests on me. I'm feeling good. I think the teams are comfortable, but I might get a couple workouts in."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nb...jr-feeling-great-after-evaluations/ar-AAyOUuz

Please don't call him Vlade

 

[Blob]

The attempt to defraud continues. This is not a truly confident player. This is a player trying to convince himself of how good (great) he is as much as everyone else. There is something strange psychologically here too, in one breath to compare yourself to KD and Giannis, and then say you are honored to be in the conversation with these players. You didn't hear Bagley say "I am a Chris Bosh type player but faster and better and its an honor to be compared to him." Front office personnel will see through this bluster and I think it can actually hurt his draft stock. He should have shut up be humble and let his actions speak for themselves during pre-draft workout. But since he could not even workout bluster is all he has. I predict the Kings Grizzlies and Mavs will pass on him.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1009103891064147968

 

[beb0p]

Just being 6’11 and a shooter is fine for you?

Name a 6'-11" shooter who can average 20+ pts who doesn't play for Warriors.

If that's what MPJ turns out to be, you call that a win.

Note that I am NOT predicting he is going to be that good. I wouldn't pick him at #2.

 

[ParniValjak]

Haha, I thought you were talking about Doncic when you were talking about hype. In my opinion, I think Doncic will be a bust. I will gladly be proven wrong as I hate to see any kid bust.

I just don’t see the explosion and burst to be successful. I see a kid using step backs to make space at the Euro level. Longer athletic players are going to eat him up. His max elevation is getting his hand above the rim. Makes him easier to block because the downward trajectory doesn’t happen fast enough. Lastly he’s not a Markennan, Porzingis, Bogdan level shooter.

Porter may never get there due to injury but if healthy he has a chance. I don’t see much upside with Luka.

So many holes in this argument.

1. Gordon Hayward is not any more athletic than Dončić and he ks far from a bust.
2. Bogdan at the same age as Luka was nowhere near as good a shooter as Dončić is now. Bogdan could not create off the dribble, was only a catch and shoot type of player and had no where near the vision or the basketball IQ that he possesses now.

I have my own concerns with Dončić but I genuinely shake my head when I see people taking pot shots at his shooting or his athleticism.

He might not be a franchise level player (we don’t know) but Luka won’t be a bust. He will be a very good NBA player.

 

[MissouriPorterJr]

Just being 6’11 and a shooter is fine for you?

He dunks on people too. Runs the floor very well. He will have lots of highlights. He’s just a bucket when it comes down to it. I wouldn’t lie to you.

 

[MissouriPorterJr]

Ryan Anderson has made a good career out of it until this year.

As a Rockets fan, MPJ and Ryan are nothing alike. One is scared to shoot and can only score off pick and pops. Mike can score from anywhere.

 

[Entity]

Well at least Porter hasn't put out word that he doesn't want to come here. it really sucks that young players are dictating who drafts them now.

 

[UK_King]

If a player indicated they didn't want to play here I would draft them and stick them in the G league for the entirety of their rookie contract.

 

[kingsboi]

If a player indicated they didn't want to play here I would draft them and stick them in the G league for the entirety of their rookie contract.

I like this approach. This would set an example that the player doesn't make the final call, but the team that drafts him.

 

[KingsSelecao]

Spurs just trade Kawhi to Phoenix.
Kings take Ayton.
Discussion over.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Spurs just trade Kawhi to Phoenix.

Are you suggesting that this has happened?

 

[ockingsfan]

If a player indicated they didn't want to play here I would draft them and stick them in the G league for the entirety of their rookie contract.

Huh? Why would you screw your own team like that? Makes no sense.

 

[UK_King]

Huh? Why would you screw your own team like that? Makes no sense.

I wasn't serious. But I'd love to see these entitled guys spend time in the G league because they "won't" play in Sacramento.

 

[Blob]

Mike can score from anywhere.

Assuming he can get out of bed. But truthfully he's a cross between KD and Giannis, but more physical and aggressive. And if you don't believe this just ask him. I cannot wait for the Kings, Grizzlies and Mavs to pass on him.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1008778898539151360

 

[UK_King]

Humble dude

 

[Joshoua]

Assuming he can get out of bed. But truthfully he's a cross between KD and Giannis, but more physical and aggressive. And if you don't believe this just ask him. I cannot wait for the Kings, Grizzlies and Mavs to pass on him.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1008778898539151360

Smh he couldn’t get to the hole in high school with his center like ball handling

 

[Kingsfan23]

Anyone who wants him on this team needs to hope the team can get into the middle of the first round again somehow

 

[burekijogurt]

If a player indicated they didn't want to play here I would draft them and stick them in the G league for the entirety of their rookie contract.

I like this approach. This would set an example that the player doesn't make the final call, but the team that drafts him.

and then match when he becomes an RFA and keep him in the G league

 

[KingsSelecao]

Are you suggesting that this has happened?

Are you reading correctly? There is present and past tense. I said trade. Not traded.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Are you reading correctly? There is present and past tense. I said trade. Not traded.

Yes, I'm a native speaker. And the use of the phrase "Spurs just trade" as a present-tense construct in this context actually is a bit confusing. "Spurs trade" as a present-tense shorthand is sometimes done in trade proposals, but adding the word "just" is unusual and suggests that possibly you intended to type "just traded" and missed the final "d". Which is why I asked.

 

[burekijogurt]

I think he is missing a comma after Spurs. the sentence is probably intended as imperative. that would explain the presence of just.

 

[206Fan]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1009113081543319552

if this is the case, then I think the Kings should take him off the draft board. No reason to redshirt him unless there's questions about his long-term health.

 

[allrightythen]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1009113081543319552

if this is the case, then I think the Kings should take him off the draft board. No reason to redshirt him unless there's questions about his long-term health.

Can he have any more red flags?
-read in my best Chandler Bing voice

 

[dude12]

https://twitter.com/statuses/1009113081543319552

if this is the case, then I think the Kings should take him off the draft board. No reason to redshirt him unless there's questions about his long-term health.

Why would that come out now? Seems fishy

 

[datamanwes]

Sounds like out and out BS

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Why would that come out now? Seems fishy

Chicago wants him, is my guess. They're worried he won't fall to #7. Smokescreen, like everything else this time of year.

 

[Sactown ExPat]

This guy Givony just doing team’s dirty work so he can get the real info on Thursday morning and nail his final mock. Wow...this guy is going full Woj. Just a total shill.

 

[ESP47]

Why would that come out now? Seems fishy

Givony is posting some crazy stupid stuff lately that's all contradictory. How would he know that MPJ would be red shirted? He doesn't even know what team is going to take him unless MPJ's camp says that MPJ is red shirting himself.

Either way this whole thing has read out like a ridiculous soap opera.

 

[Mass]

Assuming he can get out of bed. But truthfully he's a cross between KD and Giannis, but more physical and aggressive. And if you don't believe this just ask him. I cannot wait for the Kings, Grizzlies and Mavs to pass on him.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1008778898539151360

Very humble guy... He names KD and Giannis, and then he goes "It doesn't feel bad to be in the same conversation as them". Nobody is having that conversation my dear MPJ, just YOU!