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Michael Porter Jr. drives down court during the second half when the Brooklyn Nets played the Golden State Warriors Monday, December 29, 2025 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n
He bettered those numbers in Monday\u2019s loss, finishing with 27 points, nine rebounds, five assists and three steals.<\/p>\n
\u201cMike is a leader by example. He shows up, always been very professional since I got to know him at 19 years old. He\u2019s worked on his body, came in and did his work. Obviously, that shot is pure, but he puts a lot of time into it,\u201d Nets coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cHe makes open shots, contested shots and impossible shots.\u201d That\u2019s the work that not a lot of people see and his teammates see it.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he always does it with a smile on his face; all his teammates appreciate that. When you get to touch everybody in the facility every day and you\u2019re a positive energy, that\u2019s important. You don\u2019t have to say much. You don\u2019t have to use empty words. He just has that smile, and his teammates generally like him. He shows them what a true pro is, who\u2019s been in the league and has won a championship. He\u2019s in a different context here, and he\u2019s making it work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Porter \u2014 making $38 million this season and $40 million the next \u2014 is eligible to be extended in July for a max of four years and $243 million. The Nets have to decide whether to build around him or cash in on Porter at high ebb.<\/p>\n
Ziaire Williams was available after being probable with a sprained right ankle.<\/p>\n
The Liberty\u2019s new coach \u2014 Chris DeMarco \u2014 was a four-time NBA champion as an assistant with Golden State.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just went and saw his new office. What a strange day for him, to come to his new arena, go to his new office, come back to our locker room, help us play a game, try to win a game, and then that\u2019s it. He\u2019s staying here,\u201d Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost surreal. So, he\u2019s been a great coach, great friend. I\u2019m going to miss him. Twelve years with him, and hugely valuable to our team.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe watches everything. He was constantly keeping his finger on the pulse of the game, wherever. FIBA, European basketball, he studies the trends. He loves the game. And he\u2019s also just a great dude; he\u2019s really fun to be around and to collaborate with. He\u2019s smart, but he doesn\u2019t have to be the smartest guy in the room. \u2026 [His] experience will certainly help. But bottom line, he\u2019s a hell of a basketball coach. He\u2019s a great guy. He\u2019s going to do a really good job..\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite his red-hot form, Michael Porter Jr. making his first All-Star Game always was a long shot. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84560,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,355,99,4600,21,41287,9,24,63,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-84559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-michael-porter-jr","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-all-star-game","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}