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Michael Porter Jr. #17 of the Brooklyn Nets and Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors reach for the ball during the third quarter at Barclays Center on December 29, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
There’s been a lot of chatter recently about potential Golden State Warriors trade interest in Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr.
ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel provided an update on the Warriors possibly pursuing the veteran sharpshooter ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline.
“I haven’t been told that there’s anything brewing in terms of Michael Porter Jr. going to the Warriors,” Siegel reported on the “Clutch Scoops” live stream on Tuesday.
“It would take a lot of contracts to get him, and they’ll have to sacrifice draft capital because of how well he’s playing,” Siegel said of Warriors trade buzz around MPJ.
To Siegel’s point, Porter makes $38.3M this season and another $40.8M in 2026-27, meaning the Warriors would have to give up several players in a potential deal. While Siegel ruled out possible Warriors trade interest in MPJ, he noted that the franchise has inquired about Nets center Nic Claxton, as they scour the league for athletic big men.
Draymond Green Praises MPJ
Porter Jr. has averaged career-highs across the board — points (25.8), rebounds (7.5), assists (3.3) and 3PM (3.8) — since landing in Brooklyn. And they haven’t been empty colorie stats, with the Nets going 7-4 in December, while maintaining the No. 1 defensive rating in the league (105.4) and the fourth-best points-differential (7.3).
On Monday, the Nets suffered a rare December loss to the Warriors, but Porter Jr. was his usual efficient self with 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting and 5-of-9 from three. After the game, Draymond Green heaped praise on MPJ for shining in the role of the primary scoring option after being an ancillary piece for years with the Denver Nuggets.
“It’s different,” Green said about facing the Nets version of MPJ, via BasketNews. “He didn’t have as much freedom in Denver. He didn’t have the ball that much in Denver.
“He’s showing that he’s the player that everybody thought or knew he was coming out of college. He’s finally getting to show that.”
Potential Warriors Trade Pitch
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is among the analysts who have floated the idea of a Michael Porter Jr. to Warriors trade ahead of the Feb. 5 deadline.
“I was thinking about a Porter-Warriors kinda match, which I know [people have] floated around out there,” Simmons said. “From a money standpoint, it gets a little tough, because it would have to be, like, a three-for-one, and the Nets already have 100 players.”
“But conceptually, just putting Porter in that [Jonathan] Kuminga spot — somebody who’s been in big games, somebody who’s a streaky scorer, which I kinda feel like the Warriors need.”
In light of the rumors, Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley floated the following Warriors trade pitch that would land Stephen Curry a potent second scoring option.
Warriors would get: Michael Porter Jr.
Nets would get: Jonathan Kuminga, Moses Moody, Buddy Hield, a 2026 first-round pick (top-four protected) and a 2028 first-round pick swap
Unfortunately for the Warriors, the Nets may not have interest in acquiring Kuminga, per ClutchPoints’ Siegel. They may have to involve a third team with interest in the Congolese forward to potentially swing for a deal. For what it’s worth, the Sacramento Kings still hold interest in a Kuminga trade, per The Athletic’s Sam Amick.