The Brooklyn Nets spent most of this offseason adding five young players in the 2025 NBA Draft as the team continues its youth movement amidst a rebuild. Along the way, Brooklyn addressed some of the flaws on the roster by trading for Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. and Atlanta Hawks forward Terance Mann for understandable reasons.

“We’re transitioning our roster, of course. We’re going to play a lot of young players. But we need some vets to balance that. And, of course, we need to score some points,” a Nets front-office executive said of adding Porter and Mann, per Spotrac’s Keith Smith. Brooklyn traded forward Cam Johnson to the Nuggets for Porter and a 2032 first-round pick after acquiring Mann from Atlanta in what amounted to the Nets taking on Mann’s contract.

“Porter will help us a ton there,” the Nets front-office executive continued, per Smith. “I’m not saying he’ll win the scoring title, but I think it could be close. And Terance will help with everything. He’s such a good connector. He’s going to help our young ball-handlers a ton with learning the NBA.”

To the anonymous Nets front-office executive’s point, Porter and Mann will most likely soak up plenty of playing time over the course of their time in Brooklyn due to their ability to contribute immediately. Porter appears to be set to start at one of the forward spots for Brooklyn while Mann’s spot in the starting lineup still is left to be determined until training camp and the preseason begin.

Porter, 27, is coming off a 2024-25 season in which he averaged 18.2 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game while shooting 50.4% from the field and 39.5% from three-point land. Mann, 28, is coming off a 2024-25 campaign between the Los Angeles Clippers and Hawks in which he averaged 7.7 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per contest while shooting 49.6% from the floor and 36.8% from deep.

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