Utah Jazz: Pros and cons of trading for Otto Porter Jr.

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Con: He comes with a complicated contract

The first con that jumps out with Porter is the fact that he carries a decently large and complicated contract.

After re-signing with Washington prior to the 2017-18 season, Porter is now in the second year of his four-year, $106.5 million deal, making just over $26 million in 2018-19. He is also set to make $27.3 million in 2019-20, with a $28.5 million player option in 2020-21.

That kind of contract gets tricky to simply move around among many NBA teams, especially in an instance like this with teams trying to explore the possibility of moving a player at the deadline.

It isn’t necessarily a huge issue for the Jazz, because they have the ability to mix and match a few players to make the numbers work in the end, but it will require a few pieces being packaged together and sent back to the Wizards in any deal.

A player that you’d imagine any trade for Porter would be centered around on Utah’s side would be Derrick Favors, among a few others.

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