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NBA World Reacts To Nuggets-Nets Trade

Originally posted on Fastbreak on SI | By Ben Stinar | Last updated Jun 30, 2025 8:18 PM ET

On Monday night, 2025 NBA free agency began.

The Denver Nuggets and Brooklyn Nets reportedly agreed to a trade that no one saw coming.

Via ESPN's Shams Charania: "JUST IN: Nuggets are trading Michael Porter Jr. and a first-round pick to the Nets for Cam Johnson."

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@UnderdogNBA: "Cam Johnson last season:
18.8 PPG
2.8 3PG
39% 3FG

Michael Porter Jr. last season:
18.2 PPG
2.5 3PG
39.5% 3FG

Traded for each other."

Cam Johnson last season:
18.8 PPG
2.8 3PG
39% 3FG

Michael Porter Jr. last season:
18.2 PPG
2.5 3PG
39.5% 3FG

Traded for each other.
— Underdog NBA (@UnderdogNBA) June 30, 2025

Gerald Bourguet: "Nuggets fans, you’re getting a great one in Cam Johnson. Genuinely one of the more wholesome, likable, cerebral basketball minds I’ve covered in the league, and even if you care about none of that, his elite movement shooting next to Nikola Jokic will be downright unfair"

Nuggets fans, you’re getting a great one in Cam Johnson. Genuinely one of the more wholesome, likable, cerebral basketball minds I’ve covered in the league, and even if you care about none of that, his elite movement shooting next to Nikola Jokic will be downright unfair
— Gerald Bourguet (@GeraldBourguet) June 30, 2025

SLAM: "Michael Porter Jr won't be playing for the Nuggets anymore, but he's always gonna be good at 5,280 feet."

Michael Porter Jr won't be playing for the Nuggets anymore, but he's always gonna be good at 5,280 feet. pic.twitter.com/nFFnP4N5Vv
— SLAM (@SLAMonline) June 30, 2025

Anthony Puccio: "Nets-Nuggets trade is great value for both sides — Brooklyn lands a good wing + unprotected pick to their stash."

Nets-Nuggets trade is great value for both sides — Brooklyn lands a good wing + unprotected pick to their stash.
— Anthony Puccio (@APOOCH) June 30, 2025

@MikesMajorTakes: "Damn bro…. MPJ is a Brooklyn Net. I’m lowkey so sad, but I think this is gonna give us a much larger championship window. This is insane."

Damn bro…. MPJ is a Brooklyn Net. I’m lowkey so sad, but I think this is gonna give us a much larger championship window. This is insane.
— Jokic Burner (@MikesMajorTakes) June 30, 2025

@jbondwagon: "This is crazy to me. MPJ is the better player and yet he’s traded + a pick to Brooklyn wow"

This is crazy to me. MPJ is the better player and yet he’s traded + a pick to Brooklyn wow
— JBond (@jbondwagon) June 30, 2025

Bill Simmons: "The Nuggets just got Cam Johnson and Bruce Brown and ESPN’s TV producers are like, “Yo, can you guys do a second Lakers segment?” "

The Nuggets just got Cam Johnson and Bruce Brown and ESPN’s TV producers are like, “Yo, can you guys do a second Lakers segment?”
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) June 30, 2025

The Nets missed the 2025 NBA playoffs, while the Nuggets lost to the OKC Thunder in the second round.

This article first appeared on Fastbreak on SI and was syndicated with permission.

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