Otto Porter Jr. Announces Retirement

Otto Porter Jr. has announced his retirement, according to a Jazz press release. Porter was waived earlier in the day.

“For the past 11 years, I had the chance to live my lifelong dream of playing in the NBA,” he said in a statement. “That dream was capped by winning an NBA Championship! Unfortunately, my body is not allowing me to play at the level that I expect of myself, and I have therefore decided to retire.”

Porter played 11 NBA seasons with the Wizards (2013-19), Bulls (2019-21), Magic (2021), Warriors (2021-22), and Raptors (2022-24).

Drafted third overall in 2013 by Washington, the 6’8″ forward appeared in 527 career regular season games (319 starts) and averaged 10.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 25.4 minutes per contest.

After emerging as a reliable three-and-D wing for the Wizards and earning a maximum-salary offer sheet from the Nets (which was matched by Washington) during the summer of 2017, Porter’s career was derailed by injury issues. He has appeared in more than 28 games just once in the past five seasons.

That one healthy season was 2021/22, when Porter was a member of Golden State’s championship team. During the ensuing offseason, he signed a two-year, $12.3MM contract with Toronto.

Porter, 30, was traded from Toronto to Utah at the deadline in the deal that saw Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji moved to the Raptors. He never played for the Jazz.

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