While Nikola Jokic dances the carmagnole between two liqueurs and Jamal Murray does what he wants to do (that’s news), Michael Porter Jr. continues his fight against time, his fight against his body. The latest news is good, so we touch wood and cross our fingers, hoping to see a full-fledged MPJ again at the start of the school year, even if 29 defenses do not agree.
Four seasons in the pros for Michael Porter Jr. since his Draft in 2018, and only two of them to put on shorts, or something. A blank first season to repair an already bruised body, especially because we can easily say that MPJ has his back full, what a sense of humor. After two relatively solid seasons, however, the Nuggets winger confirms his immense offensive potential and even ends up becoming a player who counts in defense, thus approaching the lethal weapon imagined by his franchise during his draft. Unfortunately, in the fall of 2021 Michael Porter Jr. becomes Jakeul Morteur Punior again and gets injured by… missing a dunk on his own on the counterattack. We don’t know it yet but the season of the little genius is over when it has barely begun, and the one who is sometimes compared to Kevin Durant because of his measurement / shooting / talent combo joins Jamal Murray at the Nuggets infirmary until further notice…
Almost a year later? The return. Finally. Nikola Jokic has since become a double-MVP and pushed the Nuggets to be much more competitive than expected without two of their top three playersand we should therefore rediscover at the start of the school year what gives this entire team since if Jamal Murray is in the process of re-explosion, his young teammate announced yesterday that he felt in full swing, rather reassuring for the Colorado fans (it does not is not said):
“I think I’m back to 100% of my abilities. I feel good and it’s a real blessing. I am very excited at the idea of pushing back the floors and playing basketball again”.
For the originality of the statement we will come back, but the simple fact that it comes from a 24-year-old kid who has already had his lower back operated on three times is enough to take on the magnitude of the news. We are still talking about a guy who was familiar with the 20 average pawns with ten NBA games in his legs, indefensible for many because too long and too skilfuland we are literally talking about a player capable of bringing his team into another dimension if he takes his premium subscription to the lattes and not to the doc.
Very good news from the Rockies, but news that we will still take with a grain of salt. The trifecta in the order Jokic / Murray / MPJ is perhaps for very soon in Denver, and good luck to the NBA defenses to find the parade to such a set of aces. We can’t wait, so much, but take it easy anyway, you never know.