The worst was to be feared when we learned that he was suffering from his back again, and unfortunately, Michael Porter Jr. is going to have his back surgery again! According to his agent, the young Nuggets winger will undergo lower back surgery, and he will be out until further notice. The duration of his unavailability will be studied after the operation, but we would not be surprised if he was absent for six to nine months, and we should therefore see him again next season. According to The Athletic, his season is already over, and the franchise is already thinking about next season.
A serious candidate for the title of Most Improved Player at the start of the season, Porter Jr. had just signed for the maximum with Denver, and he will therefore undergo a third back operation, at only 23 years old. According to his agent, the winger should fully recover after this operation. But the two relapses in three years are necessarily pessimistic.
For Denver, this is a huge blow. One more after the serious injury of Jamal Murray, who should not replay before the possible next playoffs, but also the various glitches that affect Nikola Jokic or Will Barton.
A start to the season to forget for a franchise that finished at the top of the Western Conference last season.
| Michael Porter, Jr. | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2019-20 | THE | 55 | 16 | 50.9 | 42.2 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| 2020-21 | THE | 61 | 31 | 54.2 | 44.5 | 79.1 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 19.1 |
| 2021-22 | THE | 9 | 29 | 35.9 | 20.8 | 55.6 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 9.9 |
| Total | 125 | 25 | 51.8 | 41.9 | 79.5 | 1.3 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 14.1 | |
