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Michael Porter Jr. drives to the basket during the Nets\u2019 Jan. 23 game. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\nMichael Porter Jr. got snubbed.<\/p>\n
The Nets forward had called making his first All-Star Game a dream, and he had a great case amid a career year. <\/p>\n
But he was one of the most glaring omissions on Sunday, not included among the seven Eastern Conference reserves.<\/p>\n
Porter \u2014 who sat out the Nets game at Detroit on Sunday \u2014 is averaging 25.6 points and 7.3 rebounds per game along with 3.8 3-pointers, all career highs.<\/p>\n
He joined Lakers star Luka Doncic as the only players in the NBA averaging 25 points, seven boards and three 3s, but that didn\u2019t get him an invitation to the Feb. 15 All-Star Game in L.A.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt definitely would be a dream come true,\u201d Porter had said in December. \u201cIt was in my mind as a kid to make the NBA, but not only be in the NBA but be one of the best players in the NBA. And an All-Star selection shows that progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
That progress is undeniable, even if Porter has been spurned \u2014 for now. It\u2019s possible he\u2019ll be named later as an injury replacement.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s playing at an All-Star level. If you like watching basketball, I\u2019m pretty sure you\u2019ll like watching Michael play,\u201d said Jordi Fernandez.<\/p>\n
Michael Porter Jr. drives to the basket during the Nets\u2019 Jan. 23 game. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n
The East nods went to Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Johnson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Norman Powell, Scottie Barnes, Jalen Duren and Pascal Siakam. <\/p>\n
The latter plays for an Indiana team that was just 13-36, a game worse than tanking Brooklyn\u2019s 13-34 mark entering Sunday.<\/p>\n
The reserves are picked by the coaches, who usually favor team success; but with Siakam getting the nod over Porter, win-loss record wasn\u2019t the whole story.<\/p>\n
On a rebuilding Nets team with five rookies, Porter has had to play a different role and face different challenges in this career-best year.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow I\u2019m the leader on the team, and I\u2019m helping to lead young guys, 19-, 20-, 21-year-olds and teach them about winning, winning habits, winning culture, a lot that I learned from my time in Denver,\u201d Porter said Thursday. \u201cNow I\u2019m going to be able to share that with young guys, young talented players who will be in the NBA longer than I will. So that\u2019s pretty cool, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n
Porter could conceivably still be named to the All-Star Game as an injury replacement for Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was voted in as a starter.<\/p>\n
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Michael Porter Jr. (17) dribbles during the Nets\u2019 Jan. 21 loss to the Knicks. Charles Wenzelberg<\/p>\n
\u201cJust look at what we look like when he\u2019s on the court vs. when he\u2019s not on the court,\u201d Nic Claxton added recently. \u201cHe does so much: He creates so many opportunities for himself, for teammates. His averages are off the charts. So he definitely should be an All-Star.\u201d<\/p>\n
Porter missed his second straight game Sunday in Detroit, but unlike Antetokounmpo, he wasn\u2019t hurt. <\/p>\n
He was out for personal reasons.<\/p>\n
But with Porter having his name bandied about in various trade rumors \u2014 and the trade deadline Thursday at 3 p.m. \u2014 this did not signify his exit. <\/p>\n
His grandmother recently passed away, and after playing Thursday against the Nuggets, Porter missed the games Friday in Utah and Sunday in Detroit.<\/p>\n
Porter \u2014 who\u2019d been dealing with a sore knee \u2014 bounced back from a season-low nine points on 3-for-11 shooting in the Jan. 25 loss at the Clippers to start this five-game road trek with his two best performances as a Net.<\/p>\n
The veteran forward had 36 points last Tuesday in Phoenix on 6-for-10 shooting from 3-point range. <\/p>\n
Then Porter followed up with 38 points \u2014 one shy of his career high \u2014 on 7-for-15 from deep in Thursday\u2019s return to Denver.<\/p>\n
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It remains to be seen if Porter rejoins the Nets for Tuesday night\u2019s game against the visiting Lakers at Barclays Center. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s also unclear if he\u2019ll be an injury replacement for Antetokounmpo on Feb. 15, or if he\u2019ll even be in Brooklyn past Thursday. <\/p>\n
But more and more, league executives expect Porter to be a Net.<\/p>\n
Now, will the league see fit to make him an All-Star?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Porter Jr. got snubbed. The Nets forward had called making his first All-Star Game a dream, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,562,6,7218,671,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-576707","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklynnets","12":"tag-michael-porter-jr","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-all-star-game","15":"tag-nets","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115999550995445472","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576707","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=576707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}