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Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on if Michael Porter Jr. could play this season: "So, 2 or 3 weeks and then obviously there's a ramp up to go back to a competition level. We cannot predict but it'll be close. So we're going to go through these 2, 3 weeks, put the work in and then we'll see where we are." #Nets
Ian Begley: Nets say forward Michael Porter Jr. has been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain following an MRI performed on Wednesday. Porter Jr. will be reevaluated in two to three weeks.
Pettis was then asked if she would be open to being a "basketball wife," which prompted her to talk about her previous relationship. "My ex is now in the NBA. He wasn't when we dated. He was, like, in high school and college," she began. "I broke up with him before he was in the league because he was a psychopath." Pettis did not name Porter, but the two publicly dated from 2016-17, before Porter was drafted 14th overall by the Denver Nuggets in the 2018 NBA Draft. "I do think a lot of athletes are not great partners, but I wouldn't rule it out because I do love what they do," she continued. "So, I would have respect for them and love to talk to them about, you know, their passion."
Former Disney Channel star Madison Pettis said she broke up with Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. “because he was a psychopath.” During an appearance on the “In Your Dreams With Owen Thiele” podcast last week, Pettis explained her nighttime routine and what she does to unwind, and brought up her ex. “I’ll have a glass of wine and I’ll probably watch a basketball game,” Pettis, 27, said. “I’m really into sports… that helps me unwind a little bit.
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Austin Krell: The Brooklyn Nets have ruled OUT the following players for tomorrow afternoon's game in Philadelphia. Nic Claxton (rest) Egor Demin (left plantar fascia; out for season) Drake Powell (left knee) Day'Ron Sharpe (UCL tear, left thumb; out for season) Michael Porter Jr DOUBTFUL
Michael Porter Jr: “ I'm enjoying my time here. It's obviously different than Denver, but um, you know, I'm 27 now. And to have this time of my life to embrace this different opportunity. I'm I'm all about it. So, I'm excited um for not only the remainder of this year, but going forward hopefully with Brooklyn.”
Michael Porter Jr: It's the first time in my life that I've ever like consistently lost. And so the goal right now is to not get like apathetic to, you know, to to losing. I want to continue to feel that that that hurt and not just kind of become numb to it cuz that's not me. I've always been a guy that loves to win and loves to um you know lead my team and things like that.”
Michael Porter Jr: “They’ve got to do something about this tanking situation. I don’t like how teams are deliberately trying to tank to get a good draft pick. I think throwing full NBA seasons down the drain is not the way to go. It’s not very ethical to the game, and people pay a lot of money to watch the best players in the world compete. You want to see teams competing to their fullest ability every single night. When teams are doing some of the stuff they’re doing nowadays, it can be tough. I’ve seen people share different ideas about how that should change, but the thing is, you may tank for a whole season and still not get the draft pick you want. Even if you do get the draft pick you want, that player might not pan out the way you thought he would, and now you’ve set your program back years and years.
Dillon Brooks gives his opinion on the players ranked above him in the NBA top-50 Joel Embiid: "No, he's too hurt you can probably go to sleep for a straight week and he's probably hurt again" Austin Reaves: "Man a foul baiter" Shaedon Sharpe: "I'm not rating him" Julius Randle: "One of the biggest complainers, he wants all the calls because he plays the most physical him, Zion Williamson and Giannis play so physical" Paolo Banchero: "Down year for Paolo, could be way better he's supposed be LeBron status" LeBron James: "He ain't having a better year than me" Josh Giddey: "Hell no" Rudy Gobert: "Nah" Michael Porter Jr: "He having a good year" Desmond Bane: "That's my young boy" Kon Knueppel: "He's having a good year" Bradon Ingram: "I rate his game all the way" Diontae George: "He's having a great year but he's SOFT" Amen Thompson: "That's my guy" Cooper Flagg: "I rate him.. not a better year than me because if I was with the Mavs would be in the playoff hunt"
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While he would be ecstatic about seeing his former teammates making it back to the mountaintop, the current Brooklyn Nets star also admitted that he would feel bitterness for not being a part of their title rally. “I’d love it, and hate it, if Denver won. I’d love it because those are my friends. But I’d hate it because that means they got better without me," Porter Jr. said while smiling in his appearance on The Emily Austin Show. "I’m like a toxic ex. "I would love it for all my individual teammates, but selfishly, that human nature part of me is like, dang, they shipped me off and then they got better and won a championship."
The Nuggets have battled injuries all season long, but they remained competitive as one of the top teams in the league, led by three-time MVP Nikola Jokic. "I'm going to say my prediction is that if everyone gets healthy on the Nuggets — Peyton Watson broke out this year and Aaron Gordon is a difference maker — once they get healthy for the playoffs, it's going to be really, really hard to beat them in seven games," Porter Jr. claimed. "I'm going to go with Denver."
For quite some time, the NBA star has been in the news for his rumored relationship with Ice Spice. In his recent appearance on ‘The Emily Austin Show,’ Porter Jr. was asked about his relationship status with Ice Spice. Much to everyone’s surprise, the 2023 NBA champion denied any romantic interest right away. “Um, am I? No, we, un, she’s the homie. Yeah, she’s the homie. She’s the homie. We met at some event and, uh, nah, she’s the, she’s the homie. An amazing person, an amazing, uh, obviously very talented person, um, great person, but we’re just homies,” replied the Nets star.
Brian Lewis: Michael Porter Jr. will sit out tomorrow's #Nets game, being rested. Ben Saraf is probable vs. the #Grizzlies with back tightness, while Egor Dëmin is out again with left plantar fascia injury management. #NBA