2 days ago Michael Porter Jr. Has played just four games so far this season. DENVER (AP) — The struggling Denver Nuggets are expected to be without Michael Porter Jr. Michael Porter Jr. Was born on June 29, 1998, and is 22 years old as of September 2020. Porter attended Father Tolton Regional Catholic High School in Columbia, Missouri, and later went to the University of Missouri to play for their basketball team. Dec 29, 2020 Michael Porter Jr. Of the Denver Nuggets drives the ball against Danny Green of the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on September 26, 2020. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images).
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Michael Porter Jr. Of the Denver Nuggets drives the ball against Danny Green of the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2020 NBA Playoffs at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on September 26, 2020. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images). Nuggets small forward Michael Porter Jr. Won’t be available for Friday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns due to contact tracing from the league’s health-and-safety protocols.
The Denver Nuggets are set to get a missing piece back in the lineup ahead of Thursday's game against the Dallas Mavericks.
Mike Singer of the Denver Post and other outlets reported on Wednesday that forward Michael Porter Jr. will end his quarantine by the end of the night and is expected to be available for Thursday's contest.
The 22-year-old entered a seven-day league-mandated quarantine period last week following COVID-19 contact tracing protocols. Porter missed a contest against the Phoenix Suns and back-to-back games versus the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Denver won two of those outings to improve to 3-4 on the season.
Porter started in each of Denver's first four games and is third on the team with 19.5 points and second with 6.8 rebounds and a 26.60 player efficiency rating. In his last appearance before entering quarantine, he scored 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 125-115 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Dec. 29.
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'We’ve seen it in the NFL, the NBA, college sports,' Nuggets coach Michael Malone told reporters about the league's coronavirus protocols last week, per Singer. “These are real protocols. They’re in place for a reason. Hopefully, we can learn from it. Every game that one of our players misses, especially a starter, obviously is going to have an impact.'
Malone continued:
“The NBA has consulted with the CDC and the best doctors in the country to make sure that we are following those protocols and that we’re disciplined with those protocols. Unfortunate, but this is the current situation that we’re in.”