Michael Porter Jr. is as excited as he’s been in years and with good reason.
“I haven't felt this good since my sophomore year in high school [before] I took that fall, that hard fall on my back,” the Denver Nuggets rookie told Altitude’s Chris Dempsey this past Tuesday.
Porter Jr.’s work to get back on the court has been well-documented. He was rated the nation’s No. 1 recruit coming out of high school by Rivals in 2017 before several setbacks caused the forward to slip to the No. 14 pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. After a year focused on recovery and making sure he was back to full strength, there are no more physical restrictions for the now 21-year-old.