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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 04: Michael Porter Jr. #17 of the Brooklyn Nets looks on during the second half of the preseason match between the Brooklyn Nets and Hapoel Jerusalem B.C. at Barclays Center on October 04, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Evan Bernstein\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Michael Porter<\/a> Jr. could be on his way out of the Brooklyn Nets<\/a>, a team that has given him the freedom to be a primary on-ball creator.\u00a0<\/p>\n According to NBA<\/a> insider Erik Slater and Brian Lewis of ClutchPoints, Porter Jr. and the Nets are not on the same page regarding a potential contract extension, and Brooklyn could just let go of the former NBA champion once his contract expires or just trade him away for cheaper contracts to get some value out of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think his future with the Nets, or his Nets tenure, might be coming to a close shortly. That\u2019s kind of my read on it,\u201d Slater said.<\/p>\n \u201cI just think that they\u2019re apart in contract negotiations, and I don\u2019t see them holding him past the trade deadline without an extension. I\u2019ve seen some Nets fans posit that they could hold him past the trade deadline and let him go into unrestricted free agency if they want to keep him. They\u2019re still going to have some of the most cap space in the league.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetsKingdomAJ\/status\/2096332634993390047\/video\/1?s=46<\/p>\n Michael Porter Jr. Could Be Traded From The Brooklyn Nets Soon Slater added that Porter Jr. could be traded before the upcoming season\u2019s trade deadline, especially if his value remains solid at the start of the 2026-2027 NBA season.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think that that\u2019s a little too risky for my stomach. So, I think they\u2019ll probably move him at the trade deadline is what it\u2019s looking like to me. And that\u2019s kind of what I have been hearing, dating back for a little bit now, in terms of how they were viewing him,\u201d Slater said.<\/p>\n Porter Jr. averaged 24.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game in 52 games during last season as the Nets\u2019 go-to scorer.\u00a0<\/p>\n It was Porter Jr.\u2019s first season outside the Denver Nuggets<\/a>, the team that drafted him and where he won his lone NBA championship so far, in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n Porter Jr. is entering the final year of his five-year, $179 million contract next season, earning a base salary of $40.8 million, with no extension agreed upon yet.<\/p>\n Next season, Porter Jr. will be teammates with Julius Randle<\/a>, another ball-dominant forward, and Mikel Brown<\/a> Jr., the No. 6 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, who is expected to be the team\u2019s foundational piece for the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n Retirement Already In The Mind Of Michael Porter Jr. Michael Porter Jr. could also be retiring soon, perhaps in the next five years.<\/p>\n This was according to him in his appearance on the Girls, Disrupted podcast in August.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we start having kids, I don\u2019t want other people really raising my kids,\u201d Porter said<\/a>. \u201cBut the thing is, I don\u2019t want to play basketball for 10 more years. I want to be done in the next five, six years. So during that time, I\u2019m fine being home a lot. I\u2019m a chill dude. I want to raise my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n That could mean Porter Jr., who is just 28 years old, would only have about two contracts left in his NBA career.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nevertheless, Porter Jr. has a solid resume as an NBA player, winning an NBA championship as a starter with the Nuggets and being a 20-point scorer for most of his tenure.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tRob Andrew Lo<\/a> Rob Andrew Lo is a writer at Heavy Sports and is covering the NBA. He has covered local, collegiate, professional and international sports in various sites. He was the sports editor of The Varsitarian, the official student publication of University of Santo Tomas, and a sports, entertainment, and lifestyle writer for Rappler.
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GettyNEW YORK, NEW YORK \u2013 FEBRUARY 26: Michael Porter Jr. #17 of the Brooklyn Nets reacts to a call during the first quarter against the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> at Barclays Center on February 26, 2026 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Ishika Samant\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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GettyNEW YORK, NEW YORK \u2013 MARCH 31: Michael Porter Jr. #17 of the Brooklyn Nets looks on from the bench during after the game against the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> at Barclays Center on March 31, 2026 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Ishika Samant\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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