Speaking to reporters ahead of tonight’s matchup against the Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernández announced that Danny Wolf and Michael Porter Jr. will miss the remainder of the 2025–26 season.
Wolf was shut down with a left ankle injury, while the team opted not to rush Porter Jr. back before the season’s conclusion as he deals with a left hamstring injury. Including tonight’s matchup
against Atlanta, Brooklyn has just six games remaining on their calender.
In addition to MPJ and Wolf, the Nets have already lost Egor Demin (plantar fascia), Day’Ron Sharpe (thumb) and Grant Nelson (knee) for the season.
In his first year with Brooklyn, Porter Jr. appeared in 52 games and delivered the most productive season of his career in multiple statistical categories. He averaged 24.2 points, 7.1 rebounds, and a career-high three assists while sdhooting 46% from the field and 36% from 3-point range.
Due to those numbers, many believed he was snubbed by voters who chose the league’s All-Star game participants.
Starting July 6, he’ll be eligible for an extension of up to four years and $234 million. On one side, he looks like a cornerstone piece for a team like the Nets in need of high-end talent. Most pundits believe MPJ, who turns 28 in June, is unlikely to get those numbers but he will earn $40.8 million next season on an expiring.
Yossi Gozlan of capsheets.com has said he’s more likely to get around $44 million to start his next deal. That would work out to somewhere around $160 to $170 million or so, depending whether they want to front-load his deal as they did with their last three big restricted free agents: Joe Harris, Nic Claxton and Cam Johnson.
As for Wolf, his rookie season is now in the books. Throughout 57 games (15 starts) with Brooklyn, the 27th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft averaged 8.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while converting 40.5% of his field goal attempts and 32.2% of his tries from beyond the arc.
Like fellow rookies Drake Powell and Ben Saraf, the Michigan product flashed intriguing upside, although it wasn’t sustained over long stretches.
Still, there’s plenty to like and for fans to be optimistic about heading into Year 2 of his professional career.
With the season winding down, all eyes will quickly shift to the NBA Draft Lottery on May 10.
