Free Agency Watch, Day 2: Otto Porter Jr signs for minimum. Update: Nemanja Bjelica signs for minimum also.

OPJ is a budding star... if he can stay healthy.

After a day of hearing nothing but free agency rejection — the Bazemore departure stung particularly, leaving us for less money, fewer years to play “for a championship” with the Mercenary Orc Army Lakers — GSW landed the guy a lot of people wanted to take a flyer on.

Otto Porter Jr, at his best, is a sweet shooting, big wing. At his worst, he’s persistently injured. But he turned down a lot more money elsewhere to be part of the Warriors.

Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes

Sources: Otto Porter Jr. turned down the midlevel exception elsewhere to play for the Warriors at the minimum. https://t.co/CszqvrO37w

Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes

Free agent forward Otto Porter Jr. has reached an agreement with the Golden State Warriors, league sources tell @YahooSports.

Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnorNBA

Otto Porter made 44% of his catch-and-shoot 3s over his last five seasons. He’s gonna feast playing for the Warriors. Not a better situation to restore his value than playing off Steph, Klay and Draymond. https://t.co/a8mKSD4aMk

Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes

Sources: Otto Porter Jr. turned down the midlevel exception elsewhere to play for the Warriors at the minimum. https://t.co/CszqvrO37w

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater

It's a confirmed veteran minimum deal for Otto Porter with the Warriors. @ChrisBHaynes first. Career 40% shooter from 3 with a bit more to his offensive game. Can rebound and guard the wing a bit. Has struggled to stay on floor tough. Only 14 and 28 games the last two seasons.

Wes Goldberg @wcgoldberg

The latest on Otto Porter Jr., who agreed to sign with the Warriors on a minimum deal. He'll provide much-needed depth while also maintaining room to add another difference-maker.

bayareane.wsWarriors sign Otto Porter Jr., address need on perimeterOtto Porter Jr. will add a much-needed veteran presence to the wing rotation.

And the reason why OPJ was so cheap:

Alex. 👋 @Dubs4O8

Otto Porter since beginning of 2018-19 season:

And Slater rains on the parade:

Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater

Otto Porter is probably a worthwhile flier for the Warriors on the vet minimum. But the Bulls film isn't encouraging. Wrote on the fit.

theathletic.comWhat does Otto Porter Jr., on the minimum, provide to the Warriors on the wing?Otto Porter Jr. could provide some shooting and defense to a Warriors team eager to return to the playoffs — if he can stay healthy.

From Perks’s series, GSW got an ideal target:

Ideal Target: Otto Porter Jr.

Porter would be a perfect addition for the Warriors as a big, 6’8 wing who has shot a career 40.2% from three. He would give them that ideal balance of size and shooting every team in the league covets. While defensively there’s some more to be desired with Porter, the Warriors just showed last season that they can turn subpar defenders who possess the right athletic tools, like Andrew Wiggins, into budding premier wing defenders, making it less of a concern for them. The biggest question will be whether or not Porter will be available for the Taxpayer MLE. Realistically his price range should be Non-Taxpayer MLE and above, but his extensive injury history (he’s only played 98 games in the last 3 seasons) might put off some teams.

So, amazingly, GSW *still* has the midlevel exception, so they can make a run at another decent free agent.

Free Agency Guide

Perks GSWReddit helpfully provided us an overview of Warriors free agency targets:

• Free Agent Targets 1: Ballhandlers

• Free Agent Targets 2: Wings

• Free Agent Targets 3: Frontcourt

• Two-Way Contract Candidates

This is not a bad overview:

• CBS Sports Free Agent Tracker

r/Warriors @GSWReddit

FAs still on the board: Danny Green Otto Porter Jr. Louis Williams Patrick Mills Paul Millsap Bryn Forbes Rudy Gay Tony Snell James Ennis Avery Bradley Andre Iguodala Mike Scott J.J. Redick Wesley Matthews Markieff Morris Robin Lopez Nemanja Bjelica Reggie Jackson Ben McLemore

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Updates From Day 2

• Free Agency Watch, Day 1: The (completely ignored) moratorium begins

Here are updates on some key GSW targets.

Still California Dreaming

• Patty Mills. LAL and GSW bidding war. ***Update: to BRK for 2 yr MLE.

• Andre Iguodala. In talks. Probably waiting to see how much Mid-level Exception GSW can offer.

• Paul Millsap. Interest, for MLE.

• Aron Baynes. ?

• Omari Spellman. ?

• Kelly Oubre Jr. ? With cap money drying up, chance of a sign-and-trade increases. Also the tiny chance of a return increases.

• Lou Williams. ?

• Georges Niang. Not returning to UTA. *** Update: to PHI.

• Marquess Chriss. ?

• Robin Lopez. ***Update: to ORL

• Danny Green. Gah.

• Nemanja Bjelica. ? *** Update: WAAAAAARRIORS

Looking Bad

• Rudy Gay. Leaning LAL. *** Update: actually signed with UTA.

Off the Board

• Wayne Ellington. 1 yr deal with LAL.

• Nicolas Batum - returned to LAC for Non-Bird raise.

• Trevor Ariza. 1 yr deal with LAL.

• Dwight Howard. 1 yr deal with LAL.

• Kent Bazemore. 1 yr deal with LAL. Betrayal. Took fewer years and $ for a bigger role.

• Austin Rivers. Re-signed with DEN on 1 yr deal.

The Low-Key Biggest News

• Marc Stein: Golden State’s Stephen Curry will soon be agreeing to a four-year, $215 million extension with the Warriors.

  Free agency almost (and already) underway

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