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Uncertain
0%
0 of 32 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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But they don’t sound urgent or anywhere close to bearing fruit.
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they → sound → fruit
Porter was Brooklyn’s leading scorer last season amid a career year.
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Porter → lead → year
But he’s set to be an unrestricted free agent after the season, and despite being extension-eligible since July 6, neither side seems to be in a hurry to hammer out a deal.
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side → set → deal
“Yeah, I’ll leave the negotiations internal,” Nets GM Sean Marks said.
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Marks → leave → negotiations
“That’s obviously between the Nets and Mike and his agent.
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That → ’ → Nets
But they’re ongoing.
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they → ’re → ?
I don’t think he’s in any particular hurry either.
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he → think → hurry
“If there’s a meeting point that we feel like, ‘Hey, this works for both sides,’ then that’ll happen.
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that → ’ → sides
But as we’ve mentioned before, this is not something that there’s an expiry date on it in the next couple of months either.
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this → mention → months
So we both have time.
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we → have → time
Both sides have time to figure this one out.”
Porter, 28, will surely have his name come up in rumors before the trade deadline.
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name → have → deadline
But the forward — on a $40.8 million expiring deal — can extend at any point this season.
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forward → expire → point
While Porter was never going to get the full four years, $234 million he’s eligible for, how much will he and agent Mark Bartelstein demand?
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he → go → much
“I have a great agent and I know him and Sean, they’ve been speaking some.
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they → know → him
But for me, I’m just excited to play basketball,” Porter said.
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Porter → ’m → basketball
“I never was a dude who played for a big contract or for the money.
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who → play → money
So for me, I’m just excited to play with these guys and be in Brooklyn and build this organization as one of the leaders.
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I → ’m → leaders
“I’ve voiced that I’d love to be in Brooklyn and that I’m enjoying playing with these guys.
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I → voice → guys
And I think we’ll be a lot better this year, obviously. …
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we → think → ?
The way these young guys have gotten better just in one year, I’m excited to see what we can do.
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we → get → what
So that’s where my mind is at and I’m not even thinking about anything else.
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I → ’ → anything
Porter averaged 25.6 points on 48.2 percent shooting and 39.8 percent from deep through January, but took his foot off the gas after getting snubbed for the All-Star Game and fell off to 20.5 points on 40.9 percent shooting (including 25.6 from 3) in his last 14 appearances.
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Porter → average → appearances
“For Mike to come in here, to own that opportunity that he had, have a great year, for us we’re looking for consistency from him,” Marks said.
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Marks → come → him
“We’re looking for him to take another step on the defensive end of it, rebounding.
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him → look → it
The other one is what can you do [with] the intangibles.
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you → do → intangibles
That’s important for us in the locker room.
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That → ’ → room
“Not just Mike — this goes for all the guys, specifically the guys who are a little older, who’ve seen it, been around.
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who → go → it
What’s their leadership look like?
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leadership → look → What
Can they take another step in that category?
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they → take → category
And Mike knows that.
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Mike → know → that
We’re expecting big things from not only himself and Moe [Wagner], and Keon [Ellis] and Julius [Randle]. …
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We → expect → himself
We’re asking them to lead by example, both o
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We → ask → example