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Otto Porter Going HAM in the Playoffs

Randy Whittman is such a dunce. DOesn't trust Porter all season and cuts his minutes for no reason, showing no trust in his stud, then the PO come around and he notices everyone is making fun of how bad he is at coaching. Dude finally saw the light. Play OP.
 
So 2 good games? In 2 seasons?

The point is that Whittman really hasn't trusted him this year. When he has gotten minutes he produced. Whittman just isn't a very good coach, it's well documented. Now that OP is getting minutes the team is dominating. It's not a coincidence.
 
Zach Lowe @ZachLowe_NBA · 10m 10 minutes ago
Otto Porter keeping this up would be huge for Washington's long-term trajectory. Really awful game from the Raptors. Dispiriting.

Zach Lowe on the OP bandwagon.
 
Otto Porter, left for dead by the side of the road for most of the last two years, not only shut down DeMar DeRozan, he added 15 points and nine rebounds.

via Grantland article with an exert from Andrew Sharp.
 
It's Paul Pierce that should be credited with Porter's improvement.


https://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/1732/pierces-effect-on-wizards-youngsters-being-felt-in-playoffs


It’s taken time to get Porter to this point. Pierce has been on the soft-spoken forward in an effort to tap into his potential.

“Paul is always talking to this kid,” Wittman said.

But when Pierce isn’t in his ear, Porter is watching the vet from afar, mentally cataloging how Pierce prepares, practices and carries himself during games.

So even when Pierce isn’t hitting a ton of daggers like in Game 2, his impact can be felt in the play of Porter.

“He’s unbelievable as far as mentoring,” Porter said. “[He] really doesn’t have to say much. It’s just what he does.

“And for me, a young guy, I am willing to see that and I am going to soak as much up as I can by just watching him, how he comes in and prepares, how focused he is, his routines, things like that.”
 
If Raptors would have a normal coach nobody would be talking about Porter. That imbecil is the worst coach ever, tried to play 4 guards and James Johnson at center for one stretch. ****ing idiot, no game plan, no defense, just primitive iso ball for two games in a row. That Raptors won 49 games despite that idiot at charge is a miracle.
 
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