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Porter Jr. leaves the team? Next home, Huyong is on the list. Is there any hope to sign with the Warriors Kuming?

12:03am, 22 May 2025Basketball

Gordon, Porter Jr. and Murray appeared with injuries but ultimately failed to help the Nuggets defeat the Timberwolves. For the Nuggets, their former championship lineup seemed to have reached a crossroads. Since winning the championship, the team's lineup has declined. In addition to the departure of many key players to reduce the strength of the substitute lineup, the decline in the state of many players in the starting lineup, including Murray, is also one of the factors that the team's lineup has declined. There are many problems with the Nuggets during this playoff trip, and they will inevitably need to usher in a considerable adjustment during the offseason. Porter Jr. leaves the team? Next family Huyong is on the list, is there any hope of signing with Kuming?

In this playoff trip, Jokic certainly performed well, but the team's too short rotation and the depth of the players on the bench were not enough, which caused the core players to play too much playing time, which also led to their multiple core players playing with injuries in the second round, and eventually lost to the Timberwolves and was eliminated. Players such as Porter Jr. and Murray who performed poorly are even more controversial. Nugglove mentioned Michael Porter Jr., who believed that Porter Jr. may have finished the last game of his Nuggets' career. This also caused discussions about Porter's next home.

Potter's full-size height and good outside shooting once made him an excellent puzzle in the Nuggets' starting lineup, and it was also an important part of the team in the championship season. But it is obvious that he has not been able to go further in the past two seasons. He is about to enter the 27-year-old season and is approaching his career maturity, but his condition has fluctuated significantly. At the same time, the ball control and organizational ability have almost no improvement. Defensive and rebounding abilities also stagnated, making him a fairly single-dimensional player.

But the contract amount on him is quite large. His salary this past season has been around $36 million, and he has risen to $38.3 million next season. The next year was more than $40 million. The players who are at this level of salary should not be just like this. Although he was struggling with injuries this season, his sluggish playoff performance made his future in the Nuggets unclear. Nugglove pointed out that Porter Jr.'s contract has become unbearable for the Nuggets.

Nuggets must somehow get rid of this contract. But for the moment, Porter Jr.'s trading value is not high, but the Nuggets need to free up salary space to convert it into multiple role players to enhance the depth of the lineup. According to the disclosed information, Porter Jr. has many potential teams, and the top three are the Warriors, Bulls and Lakers. The Warriors are also looking for lineup adjustments, especially the question of Kumingga's stay or not, which has allowed many people from the outside world to see whether the two teams may seek switching and adjustments for Porter Jr. and Kumingga.

It is not very likely that this kind of possibility is not great. First of all, for the Warriors, they do not need Porter Little. Although Porter has a good size and excellent outside projection, it can supplement the lineup for the Warriors and have the possibility of improving their strength. But the salary here is a big burden for the Warriors who are under great salary pressure. In addition, Porter Jr. is currently frequently trapped, injured and fluctuating, and attendance rate need to be included in the scope of transaction discussion. Obviously he is not suitable for the current Warriors.

For the Nuggets, if they want to send Porter away, they will inevitably attach a draft pick in the transaction. After all, Porter Jr. can be said to be a negative asset now. At the same time, they are facing salary pressure. Many media said that Porter Jr. is the most likely player in the Nuggets this summer to leave the team. Where will Porter Jr. go in the future? We have to wait for the offseason to arrive. Do you think the Nuggets will send Porter away? Where would he go if he left the team?

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