{"id":580256,"date":"2026-02-03T20:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/580256\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:11:27","slug":"what-im-hearing-about-nets-michael-porter-jr-trade-plans-2-days-before-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/580256\/","title":{"rendered":"What I’m hearing about Nets’ Michael Porter Jr. trade plans 2 days before deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden sweepstakes are the talk of the NBA as Thursday’s trade deadline approaches. However, several other marquee names are trade candidates. Brooklyn Nets<\/a> forward Michael Porter Jr<\/a>. is among the most notable.<\/p>\n

Porter has rehabilitated his value and then some after the Denver Nuggets salary-dumped him to the Nets this summer. The 6-foot-10 sharpshooter has been among the NBA’s most efficient scorers this season, averaging 25.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists on .482\/.398\/.851 shooting splits.<\/p>\n

With one year left on his contract, Brooklyn faces a decision on Porter in the coming days.<\/p>\n

The Nets haven’t been actively shopping Porter<\/a>, but they have taken calls from interested teams over the last month. League sources told ClutchPoints that Brooklyn has maintained a high asking price, leading to skepticism over whether a trade will materialize before Thursday.<\/p>\n

If a deal doesn’t come to fruition, sources fully expect the rebuilding squad to revisit trade conversations during the offseason.<\/p>\n

Latest on Michael Porter Jr.’s trade availability as deadline approaches\"BrooklynMark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Porter will be entering the final year of his contract at $40 million this summer. He will be eligible for an extension in July and, following a career-best season, should be seeking an exorbitant deal. Given their rebuilding timeline and Porter’s injury history, league sources are skeptical of whether the Nets will make a significant, long-term commitment to the soon-to-be 28-year-old.<\/p>\n

The Antetokounmpo sweepstakes have clouded the deadline markets of Porter<\/a> and others as contenders make their bids for the Milwaukee Bucks superstar. However, the saga should conclude by the summer. At that point, teams will have a better sense of where they stand, and more draft picks will be available to be traded leaguewide.<\/p>\n

Such clarity could generate more Porter suitors.<\/p>\n

The Nets are also among the teams <\/a>that could enter the bidding for Antetokounmpo this summer. Brooklyn will own<\/a> an NBA-best 11 tradable first-round picks at the time of the draft and has long coveted Antetokounmpo. Should general manager Sean Marks choose to pursue the two-time MVP, Porter would likely be the main salary filler in the deal.<\/p>\n

The Nets could also attempt to keep Porter to pair him with Antetokounmpo. In such a scenario, they could build a package around Nic Claxton, young prospects and a hoard of draft picks.<\/p>\n

While things change quickly around the deadline, it’s looking increasingly likely that Porter will remain with Brooklyn past 3 PM EST Thursday. Despite this, the Nets star will remain a top name in the trade rumor mill over the next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden sweepstakes are the talk of the NBA as Thursday’s trade deadline approaches.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,562,6,2828,671,2144],"class_list":{"0":"post-580256","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-trade-deadline","15":"tag-nets","16":"tag-reporting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116008523872789181","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580256","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=580256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}