{"id":510694,"date":"2026-01-01T23:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/510694\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T23:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:28:13","slug":"nba-trade-rumor-michael-porter-jr-draws-growing-interest-as-milwaukee-bucks-golden-state-warriors-and-chicago-bulls-circle-before-deadline-nba-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/510694\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA trade rumor: Michael Porter Jr. draws growing interest as Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, and Chicago Bulls circle before deadline | NBA News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NBAMichael Porter Jr. trade rumors (Image via NBA) Michael Porter Jr., a forward with the Brooklyn Nets, might have a change of scenery before the trade deadline on February 5. The Milwaukee Bucks, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, and Chicago Bulls are all possible trade destinations for Porter, according to NBA source Jake Fischer.As the trade deadline draws near, the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> are anticipated to be active buyers in an effort to complement Giannis Antetokounmpo with another star. There has been a lot of talk lately regarding the Golden State Warriors’ possible interest in trading for forward Michael Porter<\/a> Jr. of the Brooklyn Nets.<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr. remains on Bucks\u2019 radar as Warriors\u2019 interest stays uncertain<\/p>\n

Four viable possibilities that may have a big impact on the Bucks have surfaced thus far. Michael Porter Jr., Jerami Grant, Zach LaVine, and Malik Monk are among Milwaukee’s top trade targets this season, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic. According to Amick: “It remains to be seen whether he can pull off anything significant, as Milwaukee is (by its own doing) limited in assets and options. The list of names under consideration is likely much longer than what is publicly known, but a few have emerged\u2026\u201dBrett Siegel of ClutchPoints gave an update on the Warriors’ potential pursuit of the seasoned shooter prior to the trade deadline on February 5. On Tuesday’s “Clutch Scoops” live feed, Siegel reported:\u201cI haven\u2019t been told that there\u2019s anything brewing in terms of Michael Porter Jr. going to the Warriors.\u201dSiegel said of Warriors trade buzz around MPJ:\u201cIt would take a lot of contracts to get him, and they\u2019ll have to sacrifice draft capital because of how well he\u2019s playing.\u201dLaVine of the Kings is also a confirmed target, according to ESPN, \u201cSacramento\u2019s Malik Monk and Portland\u2019s Jerami Grant. League sources say Brooklyn\u2019s Michael Porter Jr. is a name worth watching as well..\u201d Jake Fischer of The Stein Line revealed on Thursday that the Warriors had “had internal discussions about whether to pursue Porter.”But regrettably, Fischer continued for Warriors supporters, Brooklyn \u201chas not shown much interest in acquiring Jonathan Kuminga dating back to last summer.”<\/p>\n

Michael Porter Jr.\u2019s massive contract complicates Warriors talks as Bucks stay desperate for help<\/p>\n

According to Siegel, Porter earns $38.3 million this season and an additional $40.8 million in 2026-2027, thus the Warriors would have to give up a number of players in a possible trade. Siegel stated that the Warriors had made enquiries about Nets centre Nic Claxton as they search the league for athletic big men, although ruling out any potential trade interest in MPJ.The Bucks are in dire need of an acquisition to help them get back into contention because they are having a difficult season. With a 14-20 record, they are now ranked 11th in the East. During his debut season in Brooklyn, the former first-round choice has been a productive three-level scorer, averaging 25.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 3.3 assists per game on 49.6\/41.0\/81.2 shooting splits.Also read: Michael Porter Jr.\u2019s heartwarming Christmas surprise for his mom steals the spotlight<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Porter Jr. trade rumors (Image via NBA) Michael Porter Jr., a forward with the Brooklyn Nets, might…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,329,130,164,764,562,102,121,3871,6,1783],"class_list":["post-510694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-milwaukee-bucks","tag-basketball","tag-bucks","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-espn","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-michael-porter","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-milwaukeebucks","tag-nba","tag-nba-trade-rumors"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115822441602059128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}