Michael Porter on trade rumors: 'It's all noise'
DNVR Nuggets: MPJ on if the Nuggets front office has reached out to him amid trade rumors: “They’ve reached out to me and said it’s all noise. There’s nothing serious going on.” “They have no desire to move me right now. But I also know they wouldn’t tell me if they wanted to move me.”Source: x.com What’s the buzz on Twitter? Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn 20 minutes! Let’s talk about last night’s Nuggets blowout win, Michael Porter Jr., Jalen Pickett, and more. youtube.com/live/X0-D-Z00N… pic.x.com/z1tdm0wr8I – 11:40 AM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn That was a great Nuggets win, and an even better media session from Michael Porter Jr. Went long on MPJ responding to trade rumors in the best way possible, smiling and controlling what he can control. For @MileHighSports milehighsports.com/denver-nuggets… – 3:02 AM Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto Updated this with Michael Porter Jr.’s postgame comments: denvergazette.com/sports/michael… via @DenverGazette – 1:46 AM Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto Here’s Michael Porter Jr.’s full answer to @NBABlackburn’s question about handling trade rumors: pic.x.com/gF36BOCmMO – 1:22 AM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn I asked Michael Porter Jr. about the trade rumors. Porter, grinning ear to ear: “Yeah I watched your show.” Me: “Oh you did?” Porter: “A little bit of it. I didn’t watch the whole thing.” – 1:16 AM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Michael Porter Jr.: Big Pickaxe and Roll fan. – 1:11 AM Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto Michael Porter Jr. says the front office has been in contact with him about the trade talks, but they’ve stressed to him that they’re not looking to move him. – 1:09 AM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Final Rotations for the Nuggets as they absolutely HOUSE the Suns 117-90. Nikola Jokic: 32 points, 7 assists Michael Porter: 24-6-4, 10/12 FG, dominated out there Jalen Pickett: 11 points, 8 assists, and 1 incredible turnaround 3 in the deep corner 16-11. Vibes?! pic.x.com/zAoVW0zP7U – 12:18 AM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn This game has been fucking hilarious. Jokic is doing insane shit. Jalen Pickett is BALLING. Michael Porter said screw the rumors. Denver scored FORTY FIVE POINTS in the 3rd quarter. – 11:52 PM Sam Amick @sam_amick Michael Porter Jr. is having one of those You-sure-you-want-to-trade-me? games: 10-12 shooting (two-of-four on threes), 24 points, six boards, four assists in 29 minutes. Denver leads Phoenix 93-71. nytimes.com/athletic/60025… – 11:46 PM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Halftime Rotations for the Nuggets as they lead the Suns 55-51. Nikola Jokic: 19-2-3, very scoring centric game tonight Michael Porter: 17 points, 7/9 FG, been very impressive Jalen Pickett: 5 points, 3 assists, 1 block (!) +8 in 10 minutes pic.x.com/57GDw4xAiw – 11:10 PM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Michael Porter Jr. begins the game 3-of-3 from the field, forced a travel on the baseline, and looks pretty locked in across the board. Here’s what I wrote about MPJ in my preview this morning: milehighsports.com/what-to-watch-… pic.x.com/GOKU6T88yU – 10:18 PM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Alright Nuggets fans, it’s time for Game 27 of the season against the Phoenix Suns. The first of two. No Murray tonight. MPJ has some pressure on him. Nuggets (probably) can’t go down by 17 tonight if they want to win. Let’s basketball. – 10:09 PM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn NEW for @MileHighSports What to Watch for in Nuggets vs Suns tonight on the back-to-back. I think Michael Porter Jr. has a bounce back game. milehighsports.com/what-to-watch-… – 11:54 AM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Two good defensive possessions in a row from MPJ. Maybe that can get the team going (it won’t) – 8:39 PM Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn Halftime Rotations for the Nuggets as they trail the Pelicans 67-59. 11 turnovers as a team. Murray/Westbrook with 3 each. Jokic with 6 points. MPJ hit an early three, and that’s the last play he’s made. Things are going well. pic.x.com/qTmEVHPlZb – 8:11 PM More on this storyline One potential trade iteration to surface as part of Denver’s confirmed interest in Chicago’s Zach LaVine is a swap that would bring LaVine and Torrey Craig to the Nuggets in exchange for Michael Porter Jr. and Zeke Nnaji. Yet the Bulls, league sources say, have balked at Nnaji’s inclusion in such a trade. This is Year 1 of a four-year, $32 million contract for Nnaji that, while descending in value annually, runs through 2027-28. Longtime Bulls reporter K.C. Johnson reported earlier this week that Chicago has shown “no interest” in taking on Nnaji’s contract “in any talks surrounding Zach LaVine.” -via marcstein.substack.com / December 23, 2024 Mired in the middle of the ever-stacked Western Conference, Denver’s limitations in the trade market have naturally pushed team decision-makers to contemplate what would be a
DNVR Nuggets: MPJ on if the Nuggets front office has reached out to him amid trade rumors: “They’ve reached out to me and said it’s all noise. There’s nothing serious going on.” “They have no desire to move me right now. But I also know they wouldn’t tell me if they wanted to move me.”
Source: x.com
Source: x.com
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
20 minutes!
Let’s talk about last night’s Nuggets blowout win, Michael Porter Jr., Jalen Pickett, and more.
youtube.com/live/X0-D-Z00N… pic.x.com/z1tdm0wr8I – 11:40 AM
20 minutes!
Let’s talk about last night’s Nuggets blowout win, Michael Porter Jr., Jalen Pickett, and more.
youtube.com/live/X0-D-Z00N… pic.x.com/z1tdm0wr8I – 11:40 AM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
That was a great Nuggets win, and an even better media session from Michael Porter Jr.
Went long on MPJ responding to trade rumors in the best way possible, smiling and controlling what he can control.
For @MileHighSports
milehighsports.com/denver-nuggets… – 3:02 AM
That was a great Nuggets win, and an even better media session from Michael Porter Jr.
Went long on MPJ responding to trade rumors in the best way possible, smiling and controlling what he can control.
For @MileHighSports
milehighsports.com/denver-nuggets… – 3:02 AM
Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Updated this with Michael Porter Jr.’s postgame comments:
denvergazette.com/sports/michael… via @DenverGazette – 1:46 AM
Updated this with Michael Porter Jr.’s postgame comments:
denvergazette.com/sports/michael… via @DenverGazette – 1:46 AM
Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Here’s Michael Porter Jr.’s full answer to @NBABlackburn’s question about handling trade rumors: pic.x.com/gF36BOCmMO – 1:22 AM
Here’s Michael Porter Jr.’s full answer to @NBABlackburn’s question about handling trade rumors: pic.x.com/gF36BOCmMO – 1:22 AM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
I asked Michael Porter Jr. about the trade rumors.
Porter, grinning ear to ear: “Yeah I watched your show.”
Me: “Oh you did?”
Porter: “A little bit of it. I didn’t watch the whole thing.” – 1:16 AM
I asked Michael Porter Jr. about the trade rumors.
Porter, grinning ear to ear: “Yeah I watched your show.”
Me: “Oh you did?”
Porter: “A little bit of it. I didn’t watch the whole thing.” – 1:16 AM
Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto
Michael Porter Jr. says the front office has been in contact with him about the trade talks, but they’ve stressed to him that they’re not looking to move him. – 1:09 AM
Michael Porter Jr. says the front office has been in contact with him about the trade talks, but they’ve stressed to him that they’re not looking to move him. – 1:09 AM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Final Rotations for the Nuggets as they absolutely HOUSE the Suns 117-90.
Nikola Jokic: 32 points, 7 assists
Michael Porter: 24-6-4, 10/12 FG, dominated out there
Jalen Pickett: 11 points, 8 assists, and 1 incredible turnaround 3 in the deep corner
16-11. Vibes?! pic.x.com/zAoVW0zP7U – 12:18 AM
Final Rotations for the Nuggets as they absolutely HOUSE the Suns 117-90.
Nikola Jokic: 32 points, 7 assists
Michael Porter: 24-6-4, 10/12 FG, dominated out there
Jalen Pickett: 11 points, 8 assists, and 1 incredible turnaround 3 in the deep corner
16-11. Vibes?! pic.x.com/zAoVW0zP7U – 12:18 AM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
This game has been fucking hilarious.
Jokic is doing insane shit.
Jalen Pickett is BALLING.
Michael Porter said screw the rumors.
Denver scored FORTY FIVE POINTS in the 3rd quarter. – 11:52 PM
This game has been fucking hilarious.
Jokic is doing insane shit.
Jalen Pickett is BALLING.
Michael Porter said screw the rumors.
Denver scored FORTY FIVE POINTS in the 3rd quarter. – 11:52 PM
Sam Amick @sam_amick
Michael Porter Jr. is having one of those You-sure-you-want-to-trade-me? games: 10-12 shooting (two-of-four on threes), 24 points, six boards, four assists in 29 minutes. Denver leads Phoenix 93-71.
nytimes.com/athletic/60025… – 11:46 PM
Michael Porter Jr. is having one of those You-sure-you-want-to-trade-me? games: 10-12 shooting (two-of-four on threes), 24 points, six boards, four assists in 29 minutes. Denver leads Phoenix 93-71.
nytimes.com/athletic/60025… – 11:46 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Halftime Rotations for the Nuggets as they lead the Suns 55-51.
Nikola Jokic: 19-2-3, very scoring centric game tonight
Michael Porter: 17 points, 7/9 FG, been very impressive
Jalen Pickett: 5 points, 3 assists, 1 block (!) +8 in 10 minutes pic.x.com/57GDw4xAiw – 11:10 PM
Halftime Rotations for the Nuggets as they lead the Suns 55-51.
Nikola Jokic: 19-2-3, very scoring centric game tonight
Michael Porter: 17 points, 7/9 FG, been very impressive
Jalen Pickett: 5 points, 3 assists, 1 block (!) +8 in 10 minutes pic.x.com/57GDw4xAiw – 11:10 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Michael Porter Jr. begins the game 3-of-3 from the field, forced a travel on the baseline, and looks pretty locked in across the board.
Here’s what I wrote about MPJ in my preview this morning:
milehighsports.com/what-to-watch-… pic.x.com/GOKU6T88yU – 10:18 PM
Michael Porter Jr. begins the game 3-of-3 from the field, forced a travel on the baseline, and looks pretty locked in across the board.
Here’s what I wrote about MPJ in my preview this morning:
milehighsports.com/what-to-watch-… pic.x.com/GOKU6T88yU – 10:18 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Alright Nuggets fans, it’s time for Game 27 of the season against the Phoenix Suns. The first of two.
No Murray tonight. MPJ has some pressure on him. Nuggets (probably) can’t go down by 17 tonight if they want to win.
Let’s basketball. – 10:09 PM
Alright Nuggets fans, it’s time for Game 27 of the season against the Phoenix Suns. The first of two.
No Murray tonight. MPJ has some pressure on him. Nuggets (probably) can’t go down by 17 tonight if they want to win.
Let’s basketball. – 10:09 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
NEW for @MileHighSports
What to Watch for in Nuggets vs Suns tonight on the back-to-back.
I think Michael Porter Jr. has a bounce back game.
milehighsports.com/what-to-watch-… – 11:54 AM
NEW for @MileHighSports
What to Watch for in Nuggets vs Suns tonight on the back-to-back.
I think Michael Porter Jr. has a bounce back game.
milehighsports.com/what-to-watch-… – 11:54 AM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Two good defensive possessions in a row from MPJ. Maybe that can get the team going (it won’t) – 8:39 PM
Two good defensive possessions in a row from MPJ. Maybe that can get the team going (it won’t) – 8:39 PM
Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Halftime Rotations for the Nuggets as they trail the Pelicans 67-59.
11 turnovers as a team. Murray/Westbrook with 3 each.
Jokic with 6 points.
MPJ hit an early three, and that’s the last play he’s made.
Things are going well. pic.x.com/qTmEVHPlZb – 8:11 PM
Halftime Rotations for the Nuggets as they trail the Pelicans 67-59.
11 turnovers as a team. Murray/Westbrook with 3 each.
Jokic with 6 points.
MPJ hit an early three, and that’s the last play he’s made.
Things are going well. pic.x.com/qTmEVHPlZb – 8:11 PM
More on this storyline
One potential trade iteration to surface as part of Denver’s confirmed interest in Chicago’s Zach LaVine is a swap that would bring LaVine and Torrey Craig to the Nuggets in exchange for Michael Porter Jr. and Zeke Nnaji. Yet the Bulls, league sources say, have balked at Nnaji’s inclusion in such a trade. This is Year 1 of a four-year, $32 million contract for Nnaji that, while descending in value annually, runs through 2027-28. Longtime Bulls reporter K.C. Johnson reported earlier this week that Chicago has shown “no interest” in taking on Nnaji’s contract “in any talks surrounding Zach LaVine.” -via marcstein.substack.com / December 23, 2024
Mired in the middle of the ever-stacked Western Conference, Denver’s limitations in the trade market have naturally pushed team decision-makers to contemplate what would be a seismic move. League sources say that the Nuggets have indeed weighed whether to trade away Michael Porter Jr. -via marcstein.substack.com / December 20, 2024
Apart from Porter, Denver otherwise only has reserve center Zeke Nnaji’s $8.8 million salary as significant outgoing money available for a potential trade without surrendering a critical member of Nuggets coach Michael Malone’s current rotation. Yet it would take both Porter’s and Nnaji’s salaries to match LaVine’s $43 million figure in Chicago this season. And while there are indeed fans of LaVine throughout the Nuggets’ front office — sources confirm the report from The Athletic’s Sam Amick and Tony Jones earlier this week — there is much for Denver to weigh here. -via marcstein.substack.com / December 20, 2024
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