What to look for in Michael Porter Jr.’s NBA Summer League performance

Michael Porter Jr. has Denver Nuggets faithful reasonably excited. He is finally going to take the floor in a semi-competitive setting (NBA Summer League) after missing his entire rookie season due to injury.

We have gotten little information on Michael Porter Jr. throughout his recovery, outside of the fact that he will play summer league in a leg brace, and the occasional clips of MPJ droppin’ buckets on Nuggets staffers. Matching up against some of the top players from the 2018 and 2019 draft classes will finally give us a chance to evaluate Porter against some real NBA talent.

Summer league as a whole is of course not a representation of NBA level competition, but the young players who have developed into stars (and even just solid scorers) have usually performed well in these games. When Porter takes the floor for NBA summer league, there are a few specific statistics fans should look at to gauge where he is confidence wise.