If the cost of adding a productive two-way player is simply the expiring deals of backup power forwards, it’s a trade you have to make. And so the Bulls did, dealing Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis for Otto Porter Jr., a legitimate starting-caliber small forward.
Porter has the tools. Boasting a 39.9 percent 3-point percentage and a positive defensive box plus-minus throughout his career, Porter developed from a underwhelming number-3 selection in the draft to one of the best 3 and D options in the league.
Porter is still entering his prime, only nine months older than Kris Dunn in his age-25 season.