{"id":416277,"date":"2026-01-16T06:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416277\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:24:08","slug":"latest-nba-trade-rumors-on-michael-porter-jr-jonathan-kuminga-amid-warriors-buzz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/416277\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest NBA Trade Rumors on Michael Porter Jr., Jonathan Kuminga amid Warriors Buzz"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Golden State Warriors aren’t “super interested” in trading for Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. despite Jonathan Kuminga’s uncertain future, according to NBA insider Zach Lowe. <\/p>\n

ESPN’s Shams Charania and Anthony Slater<\/a> also reported Thursday that the Warriors hadn’t held trade discussions with the Nets\u00a0in “more than a month” and never showed “real interest” in acquiring Porter. <\/p>\n

Kuminga demanded a trade from Golden State on Thursday, per Charania and Slater. <\/p>\n

The 23-year-old has fallen out of the Warriors’ rotation after starting to open the season, as he’s played in just one game since Dec. 6. <\/p>\n

Still, Kuminga’s age and status as a former first-round pick could be enticing for a Nets squad looking to build towards the future. Meanwhile, Porter doesn’t exactly fit Brooklyn’s timeline at 27 years old. <\/p>\n

He’s been effective throughout his first year with the Nets and has championship experience during his tenure with the Denver Nuggets, though. Porter is averaging a career-high 25.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game on 48.6\/40.1\/84.1 shooting splits this season. <\/p>\n

He projects as a strong offensive fit next to Stephen Curry on the Warriors, although they may have some concerns regarding his limitations on defense. <\/p>\n

Golden State sits at 22-19 and has struggled with slowing down opponents as of late, ranking No. 22 among all teams with a 116.0 defensive rating over its past 10 games (via NBA.com<\/a>). <\/p>\n

The trade deadline for the 2025-26 season is on Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Golden State Warriors aren’t “super interested” in trading for Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. despite Jonathan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-416277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}