Michael Porter Jr. and Cam Johnson swapped teams this offseason, and they might end up swapping homes as well. In a video uploaded on his Curious Mike YouTube channel, Porter revealed he and Johnson have spoken about potentially staying at each other’s former homes.
“It’s crazy cause Cam and I are actually boys,” Porter said. “We’re pretty cool. We’re even having talks of swapping homes. He might stay in my crib in Denver. I might stay where he lived in Brooklyn.”
Porter had spent the first seven seasons of his professional career with the Denver Nuggets after they selected him with the 14th pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. He had played an integral role in the franchise winning its first championship in 2023, but has now been shipped out of town two years later.
The Nuggets sent Porter and their 2032 first-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets for Johnson. They managed to get a quality player in return at a much cheaper rate. Porter will be paid $79.1 million over the next two seasons, while Johnson is only owed $44 million in that time.
Porter has finished his Nuggets career with averages of 16.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.6 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game. The 27-year-old’s tenure ended on a bad note as he struggled massively during the 2025 playoffs (9.1 points per game on 39.2% shooting from the field) due to a shoulder injury.
You wonder if the Nuggets would have kept Porter had he played up to his standards. The injury and his resulting poor play made him the obvious candidate to be traded. Porter wasn’t feeling too down when he got the news, though, as he shared his reaction to the trade with reporters on Sunday.
“I flipped the script in my head pretty quick,” Porter said. “Honestly, I’m not like a super anxious guy or anything like that. So on the plane, when I found out, I kind of just like, ‘Well, I’m traded,’ and kinda just took a nap afterwards. I’m excited to be here, though. I love Denver, I love my time there, but I’m excited for this new chapter.”
Porter is also reuniting with one familiar face in Brooklyn in head coach Jordi Fernandez. Fernandez was an assistant coach for the Nuggets from 2016 to 2022, and that should make the transition easier.
As for Johnson, he’ll now get to play on a contender for the first time since his tenure with the Phoenix Suns. The 29-year-old averaged 18.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game for the Nets in 2024-25.
Johnson has shot 39.2% from beyond the arc for his career and will be a good fit on the Nuggets. They have also acquired Jonas Valanciunas via trade and landed Bruce Brown Jr. and Tim Hardaway Jr. in free agency.
With these moves, the Nuggets look set to be one of the biggest challengers to the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2025-26. They took the Thunder to seven games in the Conference Semifinals this year despite battling injuries and would be fancying their chances to topple the champions should they meet again in the playoffs in 2026.
