Trade Radar · open rumor · Saturday, October 31 · 5 d ago

Nets Notes: Randle, Porter, C. Johnson, Fernandez, Brown

Reported by Brian LewisRead the original report ↗

The Nets need a heavy dose of veteran leadership from Julius Randle and Michael Porter Jr. to recover from their 0-5 start, writes Brian Lewis of The New York Post. After going to overtime at Boston on Tuesday, the team fell flat in Friday’s NBA Cup opener, losing at home by 16 points to Detroit. […]

Confidence

45%

Reporter starting tier	50	editorial tier, not a measured record
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−5	5 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Julius Randle

Nets · F-C · 21.1 pts · 6.7 reb · 5.0 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $33.33M · next season $35.80M

Michael Porter Jr.

Nets · F · 24.2 pts · 7.1 reb · 3.0 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $40.81M · expiring

Brooklyn Nets

$160.1M · under the cap · 15 contracts · cap sheet

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