Fact Check: Otto Porter at Stretch 4 (or Low-Power Forward)

I mean, jeez, how much do we really want to stretch Otto “Slenderman” Porter?Isn’t he already gangly enough?

OHHHH… stretch “four”—when some basketball media savants are only comfortable with using a numeral to denote a position, ‘cause Otto does not put the power in “Power Forward,” that’s for sure. And it’s OK!

Now Scott Brooks has paid the ‘Stretch 4 Otto’ movement some lip service. And before anyone does anymore tap dancing on Randy Wittman’s grave—per CSN Mid-Atlantic, the Wizards “played Otto Porter at power forward out of necessity and it produced good results”—let’s also take a look at some numbers (1).

First, yes, some necessity was involved—19 different players suited up for…