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Michael Porter Jr.: I never lost consistently my whole career until I got to Brooklyn. We were losing a lot. We were young. We were building something, but we’re not there yet. So it was definitely hard, bro. It definitely was hard. But I see the future with the team. I see what we’ve got in the young dudes. I see we have the most money to spend. I think we’ve got the most. We’re the youngest team. Kind of like Oklahoma City — it took them a while to get good. I think that’ll be how it is here. But I’m with it. I want to stay in Brooklyn.

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Michael Porter Jr.: If I would have been on the Nuggets, I think we wouldn’t have lost to the Wolves. We would have had too many matchup problems. They were able to put Jaden McDaniels on Jamal Murray, but then who were you going to put on me? When we played them last year, they put Nickeil Alexander-Walker on Jamal. They put Jaden on me. Two really good defenders. If I was out there, I think it would have been a little bit different. But I think it’s weird. I was talking to her earlier. I kind of feel like a hater a little bit, because I’m watching the series and those are my guys on the team. I want them to do well, but I couldn’t fully cheer for them because they traded me. It’s a weird feeling, kind of, because I felt kind of like a hater, low-key.

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Michael Porter Jr.: I think the reason that I make a lot of money in the NBA, but I still want to do other things, is because most NBA players, and most athletes — or people who have a lot to lose — are like robots. They want to maintain a certain image. They want to not disturb the peace. They want to shut up and dribble. They just want to play their sport, stay out of the way, and whatever. I always wanted to actually have a platform. I wanted to use my platform to actually have an impact and be able to talk about what I want to talk about.

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Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. said his personal life took a hit when his ex, former Disney Channel star Madison Pettis, publicly called him a “psychopath.” Porter responded to Pettis’ comments after she opened the floodgates on their relationship during a March appearance on the “In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele” podcast. “That was crazy. I wasn’t feeling that at all because, bro, we dated for what, three months, and nothing happened crazy,” Porter said during a Monday appearance on the “One Night with Steiny” podcast with internet personalities Aaron Steinberg and Celina Powell. “I don’t know why 10 years later she’s getting on a podcast talking about, ‘He’s a psychopath.’ She’s scaring all the jawns away. “But come on, bro, 10 years later, I’m 16 or 17, I don’t even think I lost my virginity yet, dawg. Not til college.”

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Michael Porter Jr. is looking for a new home. He’s not leaving the Nets, but he had to vacate his home after the address was made public by an influencer. The Nets forward’s return to the podcast circuit went sideways in an unexpected way after social media influencer Celina Powell entered his home without his consent while he was away and uploaded his address to her more than 3 million followers on her Instagram story, a process known as doxxing.

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NBA Courtside: Michael Porter Jr thinks James Harden is the most unstoppable offensive player of all time: “He changed the game. Him and Steph changed basketball completely. In his prime, people were guarding James from behind him. I’ve never seen that, ever.”

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NBACentral: MPJ says the Nuggets would have won if they hadn’t traded him “Shouldn’t have traded me.”

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Porter is entering the final year of a five-year contract in 2026-27, which would pay him nearly $41 million. Thus, the 27-year-old (turning 28 in June) is up for an extension, and fortunately for him, it comes after the best individual season of his NBA career, where he averaged 24/7/3 as a true first option. Marks admitted as much on Monday: “You look at his usage — it’s the highest it’s ever been. I don’t think anybody questioned whether he could shoot, but I think, could he be a number one option? And I think for us, he’s the number-one option. And I just enjoyed the person, I enjoyed being around him. I think he’s a fun-loving guy. He’s curious, as we all know.”

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”I think in the summer there’s going to be a lot of those discussions” he said. “Whether it’s with Michael … there’s a variety of decisions we have to make with a variety of our players on the team. But in terms of a long-term build, short-term build, I think we’ve positioned ourselves over the last year or two to maintain flexibility and have optionality, which I’m really looking forward to.”

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“If it was up to me, I’d love to sign an extension with this franchise,” said Porter. “I feel like we mesh. We have great vibes, great energy in the locker room, and to be a part of something that’s building in a positive way, a positive momentum, that’d be awesome. I’d love to spend many years in Brooklyn, make this my home and build and watch this franchise take off, because we saw glimpses of it this year. “There was a lot of positives. Front office-wise, they have the ability to make some moves and make us even better. If the goal is to win, which we all know it is, then I’d love to make this my home, and that’d definitely be a cool thing for sure.”

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“We spoke a little bit in the exit interview, me and Andy [Birdsong, assistant GM]. And me and Sean had a phone call,” said Porter. “But my job is to just make it clear I want to be here and let those guys know. And from there, it’s on them, whatever’s best for the franchise. Either way, they can let me know what’s going on or not. I have no hard feelings. “I always feel grateful and blessed to be given an opportunity to play for a lot of money. And I think that Sean and them will be transparent with me. But I don’t think they owe me that. Obviously as a player I would appreciate it, and I’d like to know what they’re thinking. But things happen quick in the NBA; deals come up and things move pretty fast. So just got to take it in stride and see what happens.”

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Cap expert Yossi Gozlan of The Third Apron mentioned a four-year, $194 million extension, but suggested the Nets could get Porter for less. He’d earlier opined four years, $160 million. Both Gozlan and ESPN Insider Bobby Marks said the Nets could use some of their $30 million in cap space to renegotiate and extend Porter, giving him a raise next season and then up to a 40% pay cut in the first year of the extension.

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Erik Slater: Michael Porter Jr. on his future with the Nets: "If it was up to me, I'd love to sign an extension with this franchise... I would love to spend many, many years in Brooklyn and make this my home and watch this franchise take off."

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Michael Porter: Michael Porter Jr. said he's had brief conversations with #Nets GM Sean Marks and assistant GM Andy Birdsong at his exit interview, but hasn't yet had substantive extension discussions and doesn't have clarity on Brooklyn's long-term plans yet. #NBA

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