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Nov 23, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. (17) takes the ball from center Nic Claxton (33) in the second half against the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images
\nBig Splash: Michael Porter Jr., Brooklyn Nets<\/p>\n
Raptors receive: Michael Porter Jr.<\/p>\n
Nets receive: RJ Barrett, Ochai Agbaji, 2027 first-round pick, 2029 first-round pick (lottery protected)<\/p>\n
The Brooklyn Nets aren\u2019t trying to run Michael Porter Jr.<\/a> out of the borough. In what\u2019s been a revelatory season, Porter\u2019s shown everyone why he believed he should have gotten more touches<\/a> with the Denver Nuggets. After 32 games, he\u2019s averaging 25.8 points per game on .487-.405-.844 shooting splits. He\u2019s been playing so well that the dynastic Golden State Warriors and conference-leading Detroit Pistons have been wondering if he\u2019s the missing piece<\/a>. If the Nets did trade him though, word on the block is that they need two first-round picks<\/a>.<\/p>\n The reason that the Raptors need him is very simple. His primary weapon is the 3-ball. That allows him to complement Barnes and Ingram, who are both shooting under 36 percent from 3 this season, and re-adjust their floor balance. With less congestion in the paint, Barnes and Ingram among others should be able to generate easier shots. To that point, 58.4% of Barnes\u2019s shots<\/a> and 53.7% of Ingram\u2019s shots<\/a> have come with defenders within four feet of them. If Porter\u2019s allowed to lead Toronto\u2019s bench units, he\u2019ll be that much more potent, and thus valuable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nov 23, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. (17) takes the ball from center…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3770],"tags":[7,1585,3715,78,562,6,6050,7170,2828,681,1041,680,476,3820],"class_list":{"0":"post-548551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-raptors","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-collin-sexton","10":"tag-immanuel-quickley","11":"tag-jaylen-brown","12":"tag-michael-porter-jr","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-rumors","15":"tag-nba-trade","16":"tag-nba-trade-deadline","17":"tag-raptors","18":"tag-rj-barrett","19":"tag-toronto","20":"tag-toronto-raptors","21":"tag-torontoraptors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115926628955799645","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548551","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=548551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}