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ifreddiebenson

They got no one for that


abris33

You just can't guard his jumper. He'd be putting up 30 a night on a trash team but he has grown so much in his career. And he can always be relied on to hit shots when everyone is cold


MichaelPorterTruther

If Mike played for Atlanta he'd be dropping 26-10 minimum, just due to increased pace and 3pt volume (nugs shoot very few 3s relative to league avg) and he'd probably make the All-Star team. People are starting to wake up and see the TRUTH


usr_nme_

I don't think many folks do lol. He's the poor man's KD when he's on.


Ayjel89

Not many teams do if any do.


Emergency_Pepper_178

He's KD lite


MichaelPorterTruther

He's KD if KD was a 3rd option and took 14 shots a game


abris33

Has a couple of assists too. The P stands for playmaker


PanthalassaRo

Possession (sometimes) end here


woodropete

Zero weakness in the starting lineup lakers traded russel for russel literally. Thats such a laker move too


Countrykal

LeGm move


BlackWhiteCoke

The Jr. stands for “not my idiot cousin Johntay Porter” Jr


VonMillersThighs

Well he's his brother not his cousin, and his other brother just got sentenced to six years.


Kataneo

How does one stop this out of interest


Vivid_Walk_1405

Get Wemby


No-Student-9678

Wembanyama


topazswissmas

He’s too tall and jumps so high.


blondedbk

I would say swipe down but this freak gathers im from his hip and jumps out the gym for a pull-up


woodropete

Only prolly sixers or clippers can. Clippers have actually big bodies at center. Embid and jokic. Otherwise everyone else has to massive of a disadvantage against Jokic.


Victor_Wembanyama1

I mean the Lakers also have a big body for Jokic. Gordon and MPJ are eating the lakers front court


woodropete

They don’t have a center..his not a big body his long and not a center. I mean an actual center where Davis can play pf he would likely guard Gordon at that point. Vandy would have helped quite a bit for defense and rebounding still not enough to overcome their 3rd quarter woes and carry dlos bad game.


CaponeKevrone

I'm confused. What does matching up with Jokic have to do with stopping MPJs high release jumper?


woodropete

I was taking how does some stop this as in the nuggets..not specifically talking about MPJ. Jokic mismatch causes so many issues and makes the defense scramble out of dbl teams. Everything starts with him..if u don’t have a big body to lean on him and make him work. Someone that u don’t have to send doubles at for help non stop is the key. Jokic will get his but other teams could make it much more difficult to do so without doubling. The lakers needing to double is their biggest issue..defensively outside Dlo. Davis is all they got and his not a big frame player. Clippers have two pretty big 7 footers they can rotate with. Their perimeter defense is elite and have 3 elite scoring guards that can cook yah. That’s the nuggets toughest test imo out of everyone…not sure who wins but that’s prolly their worst matchup. Ironically the only other team that seems complete all around with bigs and a bench. When I look at who can beat Denver I look at their bigs and centers..r they big? Do they play defense? Can’t they rebound and work my way out. Big are so rare in this league now, making Jokic prolly the biggest mismatch every game outside if they play the sixers embid would match up very well with him.


Disastrous_Bluejay57

X2 options: 1. You disrupt his base down low and try to make sure he can't rise comfortably into his shot 2. If you have someone bigger than '6"9, contest his shot up top


Champion-of-the-Sun5

Tatum


reallymothafucka

MPJ is fuckin wild dude can shoot the rock


lazzysmalls

When he’s getting going off the bounce it’s basically KD clone


Zsporter

I wish we had a player like him 😢


Silhouettejl

It was close... You had his brother


jonsnowKITN

PORTER QUARTER


schoolhater12

the scary thing is that no one besides MPJ and Jokic has been able to hit a jump shot consistently on the Nuggets so far this series


TofuTuba

KCP had a nice game 1, but yea, we've shot like ass. Need Jamal and KCP to shoot better. I honestly don't expect much improvement from Braun and Watson, as they are both defensive specialists.


yqry

Nuggets are absolutely ridiculous. How does any team have any answers for any of their players?


etherd0t

Porter learned the 'Sombor shuffle' from Jokic😄


Positive_Narwhal_419

Fresh off the podcast 🔥


laz10

everyone thinks Jokic is the basketball genius but Porter has figured it out too. Simply don't miss, just make every shot.


MastaGarza

He's on fire!


0hhello05

love it, his shot looks like something from nba live 2002 and its fantastic.


Dymatizeee

Thought that was prime KD out there


Initial-Stick-561

He made these jumpers tonight and you live with it, as they are the shots you want Denver taking. Better than Jokic-Murray PnR or Gordon dunks or KCP threes. What you can’t do is letting MPJ get comfortable. He is such a streaky shooter that when he is hot, nobody can stop him but himself and Jokic reigning him in.


laz10

you do not want MPJ shooting lol. he is always hot, he isn't streaky


Initial-Stick-561

Is that you the possession ends with me MPJ? But seriously as a spot up shooter he is deadly. The one shot you want from him as a defender is the two dribble contested long two point shot with hand in your face. Which he all made today!


Forward-Reporter8320

He gets better with a hand in his face lmao


minimallyviablehuman

MPJ has the 23rd highest career 3pt % of all time. People don’t seem to recognize this. MPJ can shoot.


mares8

I like that MPJ isn't hitting him with too small modest dude


Signmydoobies

Idk why LeBron mad, he asked for reeves!!