Fred Katz: Pacers win 109-101. Wizards’ 25-point comeback falls short. Beal 30 pts, 10-27 FGs. Turner 26-12, 5 blks. Oubre 23 on 9-14 FGs. Wizards fall to 11-16 on the season.
Kelly Oubre Rumors
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Position: F-G
Born: 12/09/95
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:200 lbs. / 90.7 kg.
Salary: $3,208,630
Born: 12/09/95
Height: 6-7 / 2.01
Weight:200 lbs. / 90.7 kg.
Salary: $3,208,630
Candace Buckner: A British reporter is in town to preview the #Wizards-Knicks game next month in the UK. Kelly Oubre Jr. says he’s on Instagram every day looking at “#london” and says the city’s been on his bucket list to visit. “I hope they’re ready for me.” — Ice Grill Kelly
Fred Katz: Tomas Satoransky is starting for Kelly Oubre.
Trading Porter and his $26 million salary isn’t easy, though. Houston would have to give up both Knight and Eric Gordon just to make the salaries work, and that would just mean sacrificing backcourt depth to shore up the frontcourt. That’s why Oubre has to be included, and why a deal suddenly becomes a lot more interesting. Says a front-office source: “What if they upgrade the length and passing element of Gordon and get younger at the same time? Porter is a much better matchup in a Golden State series for both Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson. The optionality of Oubre as a 23-year-old restricted free agent at the end of the season is vitally important— important enough that some of picks you were going to put into play in a Butler deal might be better used here.”
Rockets looking for wings?
Houston is primarily focused on acquiring wing talent, sources said. Their trade market intensity last week, in the midst of their winning streak, was described by one source as “not in emergency mode, but not sitting back either.” In regards to Washington, Markieff Morris, Jeff Green and Kelly Oubre Jr. would fit the bill here. Morris and Green put on a rather impressive audition for Daryl Morey, who attended the game in D.C. The salaries are doable from a trade standpoint, around $9 million for Morris and $2.3 million for Green.
Porter has a big contract, but, as a good shooter and long-limbed defender, is the kind of supplementary player teams might want. But the Wizards have tried to use him, and Kelly Oubre Jr., as chips in trades for a third star to pair with Wall and Beal in the past, and have always come up empty.
