In a lengthy discussion of the Golden State Warriors, Shams Charania dismissed the possibility of the Brooklyn Nets trading Michael Porter Jr. to the Warriors, writing specifically Golden State has never
been interested in MPJ.
As of this week, the Warriors hadn’t talked to the Brooklyn Nets in more than a month and have never shown real interest in a trade for wing Michael Porter Jr., league sources said. They’ve been fond of Trey Murphy III in the past, but the New Orleans Pelicans are rebuffing calls about all of their young wings, league sources said.
If the right star player is made available, the Warriors would be willing to move multiple first-round draft picks, team sources said, though they are more protective of their first-rounders in 2028 and beyond than their 2026 pick.
The definitive comment seemed to be in response to a spate of rumors that the two teams have interest in a deal, with Jonathan Kuminga and either one or two first round picks headed to Brooklyn. And although he didn’t say whether the Nets are planning to keep Porter, other reporters have. Indeed, Michael Scotto, Marc Stein and Jake Fischer have all reported within the last two weeks, with increasing confidence, that the Nets apparently want to keep MPJ as they plan on making “big moves” next summer to move them from rebuilding to contention.
One of those reporters, Scotto, followed up the ESPN reporter’s comment by retweeting his comments to the YES Network last week, in which he warned Nets fans to temper their expectations about any Porter trade…
Scotto, like Shams, has said that the Warriors discussions about Porter have been limited to internal discussions. The Hoopshype writer — a Brooklyn native and resident — has also said that he doesn’t see the Nets moving Nic Claxton either, believing that the Nets see him as a long-term piece as well.
As we’ve noted, the Nets go into the trade deadline with enormous flexibility having $15.3 million in cap space, still most in the league, as well as 33 draft picks: 13 firsts, 10 of which are tradeable, and 20 seconds (now that ESPN has reported the Nets are likely to have three seconds.)
No word on what’s going on with Cam Thomas who along with MPJ and Claxton has been the most-rumored player on the roster ahead of the deadline.
