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The NBA trade deadline isn’t for another three weeks, and Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. is going to have an outsized impact on the market.
That’s bad news for anybody looking for a flurry of decisive moves — from league general managers to fans toying with trade machines — because Nets GM Sean Marks has a penchant for patience. Perhaps to a fault.
Oh, Marks loves to deal. But his moves have a couple of things in common. They usually happen within hours of the NBA draft, not at the trade deadline — in June, not February. And he’ll stubbornly wait for his pitch looking for a home run rather than chase in hopes of looping a single.
That means tank-happy Nets fans looking to purge Porter off their roster in pursuit of every single loss — and better lottery odds — may have to settle in and wait.