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Michael Porter Jr.

Brooklyn Nets · #17 · Plus starter
SF6'10"218 lbage 277 yrs expMissouriColumbia, MO
1st best of 14 on BKNworth +4.2 wins to the rotation
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High-level scorer & rebounder
BKN
Brooklyn Nets
Eastern · Atlantic · proj. 26-56 (▲+5.8)
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Brooklyn's lead scorer and a prototype size shooter at small forward, putting up 24.2 a night on a clean 59.5% true shooting with 36% from deep and 86% at the line. He's a high-usage bucket-getter and good defensive rebounder (7.1 boards), but the playmaking (3 assists) and defense remain afterthoughts rather than strengths.

24.2
PPG
7.1
RPG
3
APG
1.1
SPG
0.3
BPG
GP 52MPG 32.5FG% 46.33P% 36.3FT% 85.9TS% 59.5USG% 30.5PER 19.9BPM +3VORP 2.1EPM +1.8
2025-26 regular season · bars are percentile at his position

NBA player ratings

0–99 · 2025-26 form
Scoring90
Rebounding90
Shooting86
Inside finishing78
Playmaking76
Perimeter defense70
Rim protection58

Skill ratings are 2025-26 per-game and advanced stats (Basketball-Reference) ranked 0–99 within position (guards vs guards, bigs vs bigs). Overall is anchored to EPM impact on a non-linear curve, nudged by these skills; Offense and Defense come from box plus-minus. A player who missed the latest season is shown from his most recent one.

Career

2019-20 to 2025-26 · 7 seasons
17.3
PPG
6.5
RPG
1.6
APG
397
GAMES
Points 6,856Win Shares 29.4Starts 343Best season 2020-21 · 19.0 ppg
Games played, last three seasons85%

Regular season, 2003-04 onward (Basketball-Reference). Averages are weighted by games played; honours count awards won, not finishes. “Current players” means the 802 who played in the last three seasons.

Trajectory

2023-24 → 2025-26 · age 25 → 27
▲Rising

Michael, at 27, is on a clear upward trajectory — 3.6 → 5.1 wins of value over the window.

Age curve▲ Ahead of curve
Developing faster than a typical player his age.
2026-27 forecast▲ 5.5 wins (+0.4)
Assumes a normal season; he played 52 games last year. Range 4.2–6.9 wins.
Production (BPM)+0.1 → +3.0+2.926-27 forecast +1.2
His per-possession game has clearly sharpened.
2023-24: +0.1 · 81 games2024-25: -0.1 · 77 games2025-26: +3.0 · 52 games2026-27: +1.2 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Value to team (wins)3.6 → 5.1+1.526-27 forecast 5.5
He's worth more wins to a team than he was.
2023-24: 3.6 · 81 games2024-25: 3.4 · 77 games2025-26: 5.1 · 52 games2026-27: 5.5 (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Contract value2026-27: worth $21.2M vs $40.8M salary−$19.7M
He is paid more than his play is projected to be worth.
$40.8M salary2023-24: $8.5M · 81 games2024-25: $7.9M · 77 games2025-26: $17.5M · 52 games2026-27: $21.2M (forecast)23-2425-2626-27
Current deal: $40,806,150 cap hit · through '27. On the contract row the flat dashed line is this salary, so the gap to the 2026-27 forecast is the surplus.

Seasons from Basketball-Reference (2023-24 → 2025-26). Production is box plus-minus, a per-possession measure. Value is VORP-based wins, so it also counts games played. Contract value is what each season’s play would fetch on the open market. The dotted 2026-27 point is a forecast: his established level, a year older, assuming a normal season.

Contract

2026-27
$40,806,150Guaranteed
25% of the club’s payroll · 1st of 15 priced deals
Runs through1 season
Est. market value$21,152,000 /yr
Surplus−$19,654,150
ABOVE VALUEpaid above his on-court value

Market value is an estimate, not a reported figure: what his play is forecast to fetch on the open market in 2026-27 — his current rating, a year older. Cap thresholds are projected for 2026-27 until the league sets them.

Plays like

same position

Nearest skill profiles across the seven rating axes — who he plays like, not who is as good. The rating beside each name answers that second question.