Tuesday will be an important day to watch in the Nets‘ extension negotiations with Michael Porter Jr., writes Brian Lewis of The New York Post. As we noted earlier this week, August 11 is exactly six months from the 2027 trade deadline. That prospect is risky when he talks about retiring early, Lewis notes, as he did this week during an appearance on the “Girls, Disrupted” podcast. “When we start having kids, I don’t want other people really raising my kids,” Porter said. I want to raise my kids.”