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Erik Slater: Asked Egor Demim about playing with Michael Porter Jr: “For me, it’s really important that he’s on the team. I'm super happy... At BYU, I had Trevin Knell, one of the best shooters in the country. And now I have one of the best shooters in the league, which is in the world.” pic.x.com/RX4f1NBKjK

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Erik Slater: Michael Porter Jr. on the Nuggets trading him: "Honestly, I'm not like a super anxious guy or anything like that. So on the plane when I found out, I was kind of just like, 'Well, I'm traded,' and took a nap afterwards." pic.x.com/IGjWJVigFP

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Brian Lewis: Michael Porter Jr. on coming to Brooklyn: “I just feel like I have more in my tank. Still, I don't feel like I've reached my peak; and I'm excited to just grow my game, expand my gaming, explore my game, to see what I can do.”

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Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on Michael Porter Jr: "He's excited to be here; I'm excited to reunite w/ him. We have history together. I loved my time with Michael; he's going to bring a lot. His work ethic's very good. He's a pro, works really hard. That's going to be good for the young guys to see." #Nets

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“I actually was on the way here to St. Tropez and I’m here trying to enjoy my time before I head back to Denver and head back to work,” he started. “I’m laying down on the plane and I got on the WiFi and I saw a text I got from my agent and someone from the front office in Denver, I think it was Jon Wallace (Denver’s new GM), just saying ‘yo, can you get on a phone call? It’s urgent.’ And I immediately knew what was up. I immediately knew what was going on. “So, I couldn’t get on the phone with either of them because I’m on the plane and I just started texted back and forth with my agent and I was like, ‘Where are we going? Like where am I headed to?’ and he told me Brooklyn. My first thought was just kind of shock because honestly I think two days prior, I was walking around my home in Denver. I actually was staying at the Four Seasons residences and I was down there at the bar or something… and I ran into Jon Wallace “I didn’t even know he was the newly appointed GM because I’m off social media, so I had no idea. I ran into him, we sat down and talked for a while, he started telling me how we’re going to build the team, who he wants to get, who he wants to surround us with, who he wants in the second unit. He wants to feed me the ball in the second unit, all this stuff, getting me excited.”

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MPJ continued by saying how he and Cam Johnson are “boys” and that the two even discussed the possibility of swapping homes in their new respective cities, at least to start. Both have two years left on their respective deals. “Obviously Denver got a great player and a great dude, and I’m excited for him to finally be able to compete for a championship over there. I, myself, am excited to expand my game [in Brooklyn] and be able to do what I do.”

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Michael Porter Jr: “I’m really excited for this next chapter out here in Brooklyn. Over there in Denver, I feel like my ceiling had kind of plateaued,” he said. “We just have a way of playing, and how Joker plays, how Jamal plays, that two-man game is very potent. That’s how we play. I’m so appreciative of the way we played. We end up winning a championship, but I do feel like my ceiling in Denver kind of plateaued a little bit. I’m excited for this next chapter in Brooklyn, for sure.”

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KC Johnson: We’ve all documented that the Brooklyn Nets were the only team with significant salary cap space to sign Josh Giddey to a massive offer sheet. That space dried up with their trade acquisition of Michael Porter Jr. from the Denver Nuggets. So Josh Giddey has nowhere to go—unless there’s a sign-and-trade. As of today, I’ve not heard of any sign-and-trade machinations involving Josh Giddey. That’s not to say one couldn’t materialize down the road, but I’ll emphasize—as I’ve said ad nauseam—both the Bulls and Giddey want to get a deal done.

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Marc Stein: The Jonas Valančiūnas-for-Dario Šarić trade is on course to be made official this week after Denver makes Michael Porter Jr.-for-Cam Johnson official, @TheSteinLine has learned. The Nuggets, I'm told, must make their Brooklyn trade official first before acquiring Valančiūnas.

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Michael Scotto: I spoke with Cam Johnson shortly ago about his reaction to being traded by the Brooklyn Nets to the Denver Nuggets for Michael Porter Jr and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick. Johnson told me, “I’m excited to compete for a championship. It’s a new beginning.”

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Jake Shapiro: MPJ was an AWESOME Nugget. Countless huge moments and big plays. City of Denver owes him one and I’m sad he won’t get to run it back after sacrificing to play in the 2025 playoffs. It was fun to watch his grit in overcoming his injuries and his sweet stroke.

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Shams Charania: Almost 1.5 hours into free agency, the Nuggets land Cam Johnson via trade for Michael Porter Jr. and bring back a fan favorite and do-it-all forward in Bruce Brown Jr.

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Shams Charania: BREAKING: The Denver Nuggets are trading Michael Porter Jr. and an unprotected 2032 first-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets for Cam Johnson, sources tell ESPN.

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Bobby Marks: The 2032 unprotected first Denver is sending to Brooklyn was their lone first available.

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