Michael Porter Jr. is thinking more about progress than the All-Star Game
In the east, players more prolific than him offensively can be counted on the fingers of one hand. In order, we find Tyrese Maxey, Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Brown, Jalen Branson and Cade Cunningham. Straight ahead Michael Porter Jr SO.
With his 25.7 points on average, he ranks 14th in the overall ranking of the best scorers of the championship. Could these individual stats alone open the door to the All-Star Game?
« This would truly be a dream come true. When I was a kid, I had in mind to join the NBA, but not only to be there, but to be one of the best players in the NBA. The All-Star selection shows that progress is happening », reacts the offensive leader of the Nets.
When he played in Denver, the winger never had the chance to mingle with the stars. It was all the more difficult for him to achieve this because ahead of him in the Nuggets hierarchy, Jamal Murray has never (yet) received his first star.
Let the results come
But since being traded to Brooklyn for Cam Johnson, Michael Porter Jr. has taken on another dimension. Now the first option of his training, the 27-year-old appears to be flourishing. But it is not easy to be invited to the top of the league with a meager record of 7 wins and 19 losses for your team. But if it is not the hell that many promised him before hostilities.
« Clearly that’s not what I mean. I’ve always tried to take a process-oriented approach, doing the right things day in and day out, from match to match, and let the results come by themselves “, said the native of Indianapolis at this all-star game that will take place in Los Angeles.
Michael Porter Jr. believes that if you try too hard to aim for the goal, the result will “ can escape » to the person in question. “ So, I’m just trying to stay focused on each match with the group we have, and continue to improve, to get more wins. Then what happens happens. If I make the team, great. Otherwise, I’m going on vacation. So I don’t really worry about it, whatever. »
| Michael Porter Jr | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2019-20 | IT | 55 | 16:25 | 50.9 | 42.2 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| 2020-21 | IT | 61 | 31:21 | 54.2 | 44.5 | 79.1 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 19.0 |
| 2021-22 | IT | 9 | 29:27 | 35.9 | 20.8 | 55.6 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 9.9 |
| 2022-23 | IT | 62 | 29:00 | 48.7 | 41.4 | 80.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 17.4 |
| 2023-24 | IT | 81 | 31:40 | 48.4 | 39.7 | 83.6 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 16.7 |
| 2024-25 | IT | 77 | 33:41 | 50.4 | 39.5 | 76.8 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 7.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 18.2 |
| 2025-26 | BKN | 21 | 32:37 | 49.7 | 39.9 | 81.3 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 25.6 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / 3 points in an attempt; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
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