It's hard to determine just how important Porter might be for the Clippers, who took a flyer by signing him to a two-year deal in the offseason. The 24-year-old guard, who will turn 25 in the latter stages of the regular season, didn't play in the NBA this past season after being arrested on an assault charge relating to a domestic incident that occurred in September. The Rockets traded him a month later to the Thunder, who immediately waived him. Porter played in Greece during the spring, but it's unclear how he'll adjust to the pace of the NBA after spending almost 18 months away from the league. There might be some untapped potential there, as he averaged 19.2 points, 5.7 assists, 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 34.3 minutes per game over 59 regular-season appearances with the Rockets during the 2022-23 campaign. However, fantasy managers shouldn't expect Porter to handle that kind of role in Los Angeles, with his minutes probably hovering around the 15-20 mark while coming off the bench in a backcourt featuring James Harden, Terance Mann, Norman Powell and Kris Dunn. Porter should see minutes steadily off the bench, but he shouldn't have a role significant enough to make him valuable in fantasy regardless of the format. The only path Porter has toward fantasy relevancy is to earn one of the two backup roles in the backcourt, and even in that scenario, his upside would be severely limited.
