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Fans Roast Michael Porter Jr. After He Misses Wide Open Layup

Nico Martinez
Nov 6, 2021
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All around the NBA, players are having trouble finding their groove. Damian Lillard is having the worst stretch of his career in Portland while Steph Curry is having one of his least efficient shooting seasons in years.

Unfortunately for the Nuggets, Michael Porter Jr. finds himself in similar territory to start this campaign.

Through 8 games, the guy is averaging 10.9 points per game (down from 19 a year ago) on a career-low 36% shooting.

That much is bad enough on its own.

But things got worse for MPJ on Saturday night, when he blew a wide-open, fast-break layup in front of the home crowd.

Michael Porter Jr. really missed this layup 😳 pic.twitter.com/kFlZ2zvUau

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 6, 2021

The clip went viral online, which sparked criticism and trolling by both fans and haters.

https://twitter.com/dehzifys/status/1457095742422618112

Y’all said this man better than KPJ ?????

— Confused Houston Fan 🙃😕😐 (@Snyphe) November 6, 2021

MPJ after the nuggets gave him 207 million: pic.twitter.com/pWnEm4sJBV

— Zeke 💫 (@Zeke2Smooth) November 6, 2021

More importantly, he just looked down and walked back after doing so. Missing layups happen, it’s what you do after you miss that matters.

— NerdyKathy (@kathy_nerdy) November 6, 2021

MPJ counting up all that cash after fleecing the Nuggets: pic.twitter.com/wQELEfeSJ4

— Matt🇲🇽 (@Mattfm8) November 6, 2021

Dude really got that bag and said I’m done getting better

— 🦇 (@EasyCantMiss) November 6, 2021

Ngl This gotta be the worst open layup I’ve seen

— Baby Glove (@KrisDunnStan1) November 6, 2021

Remember guys, they’re paying this man $200 MILLION… 😂😂😂😂 might be the worst contract in the league

— EJB⚡️ (@TheEJB15) November 6, 2021

This man is averaging 10ppg and shooting 36% from the field 21% from 3 and 55% from the line

Nuggets aren’t punching the air right now they are sobbing tears

— Stix (@Stix617) November 6, 2021

https://twitter.com/Schnibbywhips/status/1457098099831152640

In fairness to Porter Jr., it’s not the first time a player of his caliber has missed a wide-open layup. It’s really not as uncommon as you might think.

More notably, however, is that MPJ did exit leave the game with an apparent quad injury, which may have been sustained during or after the play.

 Either way, it was a rough miss and not a moment that he’ll be forgetting anytime soon.

For the Nuggets, things haven’t been much better. They’ve been struggling without Jamal Murray and are just 4-4 on the season. Even before the first game, there were some alarm bells ringing.

“It’s everything,” Malone said when asked what the Nuggets need to work on and improve heading to the 2021-22 season. “We’re just not a very good team right now. No organization, too many blown sets, too many blown coverages, lack of communication, too many turnovers, sloppy, throwing the ball all over the place, starters got beat today because they had 15 turnovers and the other team only had five.”

The sliver of hope in all of this is Nikola Jokic, who is playing some of the best basketball of his career right now.

The bottom line is, if the Nuggets want to make a deep run in the Western playoff bracket this year, they’re going to need MPJ to step up and play like the guy his team believes he can be.

Porter, 23, signed a five-year, $172 million extension over the summer.

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Nico Martinez is a veteran staff writer for Fadeaway World from Brooklyn, New York. He joined Fadeaway World in 2016 and is currently residing in Columbia, South Carolina. Nico holds a degree in Sports Management from Columbia International University where he built a strong foundation in the inner workings of sports media and management. Nico's contributions have significantly enhanced the credibility and depth of Fadeaway World's content, earning him recognition across the sports journalism community. His work has been discussed in prestigious publications like Sports Illustrated. A dedicated follower of LeBron James, Nico often leads coverage on news related to the basketball star. With nearly a decade of experience in sports journalism, Nico consistently provides comprehensive and timely basketball news, engaging a wide audience of basketball enthusiasts.Nico's most desired player to interview, past or present, is Kevin Durant. He is particularly keen on asking Durant if he has any regrets about his career, especially concerning his departure from the Oklahoma City Thunder, and why he engages so much with fans on social media. 
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