{"id":787203,"date":"2026-07-15T11:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/787203\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T11:30:13","slug":"atlantic-notes-porter-powell-simons-maxey-sellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/787203\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Notes: Porter, Powell, Simons, Maxey, Sellers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nets are still relatively early in the process of shaping their roster into the team they want it to be moving forward, and one of their key decisions will revolve around Michael Porter Jr.<\/a>\u2018s long-term status with the team.<\/p>\n

When asked about Porter\u2019s current extension eligibility, Nets GM Sean Marks indicated that no decision would be coming in the immediate future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have those discussions. We\u2019ve got time. There\u2019s no immediate hurry right now. We value him a lot. He had a terrific year,\u201d Marks said, per Michael Scotto of HoopsHyper (Twitter link<\/a>). \u201cI love Mike, the guy, the person, the player, and I hope he is part of this team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porter had the most productive season of his career during his first year in Brooklyn last season, averaging 24.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 3.0 assists, though he only played 52 games due to injuries as well as the Nets jockeying for draft positioning.<\/p>\n

However, there has been some speculation<\/a> around the league that the 28-year-old scoring forward might not fit the Nets\u2019 timeline after this year, as they have embraced a youth movement, selecting seven players in the first round over the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

We have more news and notes from the Atlantic Division:<\/p>\n

Drake Powell<\/a> was one of the first-round picks selected by the Nets during the 2025 NBA Draft. He was hoping to use Summer League to push him into a larger role next season, but his performance coming into Tuesday was starting to give fans cause for concern, as he entered the contest having scored 11 points through four games while shooting 1-for-28 from the field and 0-for-14 from three. Rather than giving in to panic or despair, the cold stretch offered a good chance to push him to be better, C.J. Holmes wrote for The New York Daily News<\/a> prior to the game. That seemed to be the case, as Powell had by far his best Summer League performance on Tuesday, scoring 18 points on six shots and hitting four of his seven threes in a 32-point victory over the Kings.
\nAfter reshaping their roster with the Jaylen Brown<\/a> trade<\/a>, the Sixers added<\/a> a valuable bench scorer in Anfernee Simons<\/a> to help with some of the depth issues. Head coach Nick Nurse is excited to get to work figuring out how best to utilize him, Tony Jones writes for The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cI really like Anfernee a lot,\u201d Nurse said. \u201cObviously, he can really score. He shoots it easy, and he shoots it off the bounce. I think he\u2019s a heck of a talent.\u201d He added that he sees Simons and rookie Labaron Philon<\/a> as both being very important to the team\u2019s offense off the bench, and envisions them playing together. He also says it\u2019s a crucial season for Tyrese Maxey<\/a>, who will be tasked with figuring out how to balance searching for his own shot and organizing the offense alongside two high-volume scorers in Brown and Joel Embiid<\/a>. \u201cHe can go and play one on one from all three levels and get a shot off and nail it. He\u2019s got that in his game,\u201d Nurse said. \u201cHe\u2019s just so good at the other stuff. I just want him to keep it simple and keep doing what he\u2019s doing. I want him to continue to grow as a leader and to continue to get better defensively. He\u2019s made great strides at that over the last two years. I just want him to continue to grow and keep having fun out there and bring that energy for the rest of the group.\u201d
\nFormer St. John\u2019s guard Oziyah Sellers<\/a> is trying to use Summer League to prove what he already believes: that he\u2019s a \u201cperfect fit\u201d for the Knicks, Zach Braziller writes for the New York Post<\/a>. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve played with a chip on my shoulder pretty much my whole life. But now it\u2019s a little elevated,\u201d Sellers said. \u201cThat\u2019s why every chance I get, every opportunity I get, I try to make the most of it. Regardless if I\u2019m making shots, missing shots, just try to bring energy, play hard and let the rest take care of itself.\u201d Through three games, Sellers has averaged 5.0 points and 2.7 rebounds in 14.7 minutes per game. He has yet to hit a three-point shot, though he shot over 40% from deep in each of two of his last three seasons in college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nets are still relatively early in the process of shaping their roster into the team they want…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[4329,7,997,2879,562,6724,2444,3596,1263],"class_list":["post-787203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-anfernee-simons","tag-basketball","tag-drake-powell","tag-labaron-philon","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-nick-nurse","tag-oziyah-sellers","tag-sean-marks","tag-tyrese-maxey"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116923768757406955","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787203","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=787203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}