Like millions around the world, Michael Porter Jr. didn’t initially understand the severity of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) when reports began to emerge of cases on U.S. soil. The rookie fully expected the NBA season to carry on as normal. Everything would change on March 11 when the Nuggets faced the Mavericks in Dallas.
“We were playing in Dallas. We were supposed to be on a three-game road trip so it was going to be a pretty long road trip. Halftime at that Dallas game, we'd heard rumors but we didn't think it was anything serious,” Porter Jr. told Nuggets.