The Nets can extend Michael Porter Jr.’s expiring $40.8 million contract right up to next July’s free agency. There’s no real deadline, but Tuesday may offer a signal as to the Nets thinking on the 28-year-old who put up 24/7/3 last season, a career high, as the Brooklyn rejected trade offers at the February deadline.
As Brian Lewis explained Saturday:
The upcoming season’s deadline is expected to be Feb. 11.
Due to the quirks of the CBA, that does make this Tuesday worth watching.
If Porter gets an extension — with a raise of 5 percent or more than two additional seasons — then he can’t be traded for six months.
And if the Nets renegotiate his…
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