The 21-year-old Nuggets rookie had the look of a player who just logged a career-high 28 minutes and sported the physical evidence to prove he had been in the fight. Porter had just offered another window into his otherworldly talent in a 100-86 win over the Hornets, scoring 11 of his team-high 19 points in a span of just three minutes in the second quarter. But as Porter soaked his muscles and took an extra moment at his locker, his grin extended beyond another feel-good performance in a growing list of them. Told his rookie season was one game from reaching the halfway mark, the 6-foot-10 forward turned reflective.
The 21-year-old Nuggets rookie had the …
