{"id":594069,"date":"2026-02-10T06:45:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/594069\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T06:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:45:56","slug":"michael-porter-jr-misses-nets-win-with-tendonitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/594069\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Porter Jr. misses Nets&#8217; win with tendonitis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Porter Jr. was sidelined Monday with tendinitis in the same right knee in which he suffered an MCL sprain earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez downplayed any concerns before the Nets <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/09\/sports\/nolan-traore-powers-nets-to-win-over-bulls-as-rookies-emergence-continues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">defeated the Bulls, 123-115<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the same knee, but it\u2019s unrelated. Tendonitis is something athletes deal with in different parts of the body,\u201d said Fern\u00e1ndez. \u201cIt\u2019s good for him to take this game, see how he feels and get him back feeling great. That\u2019s the most important thing. Nothing to be concerned about. A lot of guys deal with it, but it\u2019s good that Mike can focus on his body right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn came into the Bulls tilt 13-28 with Porter in the lineup, but just 1-9 when he didn\u2019t suit up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys know what he brings, shot-making and points and all that,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cBut it is what it is. We won in Utah without him. There have been other games where we competed at a high level \u2014 Utah at home we were up nine in the fourth on the second night of a back-to-back and the game was well played, we just couldn\u2019t close. Memphis, we were up eight with three minutes to go without Mike too.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38442442\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-120835360.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets player Michael Porter Jr. watches a game from the bench.\" class=\"wp-image-38442442\"  \/>Michael Porter Jr. is pictured during the Nets\u2019 Feb. 9 win over the Bulls. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we miss him? Yes. But the team can still do its job, play the right way, get the right shots, defend and all those things. The standards stay the same with or without Michael. Obviously we love having him, but it doesn\u2019t change the intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Egor D\u00ebmin was also out against Chicago, but the rookie was simply being rested.<\/p>\n<p>All three two-ways were with G-League Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>Nets newcomers Ochai Agbaji and Josh Minott, both <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/08\/sports\/nets-hope-josh-minott-ochai-agbaji-can-be-key-pieces-for-rebuild\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquired at the trade deadline<\/a>, were available vs. the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFollow all the basketball buzz in Brooklyn\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Nets by Brian Lewis, exclusively on Sports+.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, big man Zach Collins, rookie forward Noa Essengue, point guard Josh Giddey, Tre Jones and Jalen Smith were all out for Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Cam Thomas \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/05\/sports\/nets-waiving-cam-thomas-in-long-awaited-divorce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">waived by Brooklyn at the trade deadline<\/a> \u2014 cleared waivers Sunday and signed with the Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHappy that everybody is embracing me. Everybody\u2019s happy that I\u2019m here, everybody wanted me,\u201d Thomas said in his first availability in Milwaukee on Monday. \u201cFront office told me that they always wanted me, always called about me, been trying to get me here for years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Porter Jr. was sidelined Monday with tendinitis in the same right knee in which he suffered an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,562,6,671,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-594069","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-nets","15":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116044992784746101","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594069","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=594069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}