Jontay Porter is another interesting prospect that, if healthy, would be selected a whole lot higher than late in the first-round. He’s also mostly known for being Michael Porter Jr’s brother. Unfortunately, he lost his sophomore season at Missouri after tearing his ACL at the beginning of the season.
He’s such a Spurs pick here late in the first round where he could take his time to continue to recover from his knee injury and potentially be placed in the best position where he could succeed. Gregg Popovich won’t rush him back, and he would develop him in the Spurs system.
When healthy, Porter averaged 10 points and seven rebounds on 44 percent shooting from the field on 36 percent from 3-point range during his freshman season at Missouri. However, he’s been so out of the limelight that his draft stock will no question suffer. Tell me this isn’t such a Spurs pick, though.