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Former SCC star Otto Porter Jr. inks with Golden State Warriors

Former Scott County Central and Georgetown standout Otto Porter Jr., right, has signed with the Golden State Warriors for the veteran minimum.
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Former Scott County Central basketball player Otto Porter Jr. has signed a veteran minimum contract with the Golden State Warriors, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports first reported.

Details of Porter’s contract weren’t immediately available, but the minimum salary for a player with eight years of experience in the NBA is $2.39 million, according to Sportrac.

According to Haynes, Porter turned down a mid-level deal with another team to sign with the Warriors.

Porter — who has averaged 10.9 points, five rebounds and a steal per game in his eight-year career — is headed to his fourth team. He was traded from the Chicago Bulls to the Orlando Magic last season in a deal that sent him, Wendell Carter Jr. and two first-round draft picks to Orlando in exchange for Nikola Vucevic and Al-Farouq Aminu.

The former Brave has only appeared in 57 total games the last three years due to various injuries and hasn’t played in more than 56 games in a single year since the 2017-18 season.

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