Otto Porter 2019-20 salary: $27,250,576
Otto Porter 2019-20 production: 9 ppg, 32% shooting
That’s before tonight, of course, but even this relatively successful performance won’t change the fact that Porter has been sucking AND blowing so far to start the season. He’s not alone; I feel like there are tons of players that, for whatever reason, are just playing really badly. You expect some rust during the first few games, but it seems more rusty as a whole than ever.
Which is why Porter has thus far evaded criticism except from Bulls fans. When you have rookies (Cam Reddish), veterans (Bogdan Bogdanovic), and whole teams (the Sacramento Kings) doing so badly, it’s easy to forget about the guy who was always forgotten about even when he was balling out in Washington.
I’m not here to criticize, or to make fun of his huge contract. I’m here to state that it is very disappointing that Stacey King did not once sing part of the chorus to Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long” at any point during this video. That was his schtick for basically all of the time Porter was on the Bulls last season, to sing part of that song after Porter scored. Don’t tell me he’s already given it up. Just don’t. Next you’ll be telling me that he doesn’t say “SRIRACHA!” after particularly spicy threes anymore.