"They took a chance on me on that day" - Michael Porter Jr. shows heartfelt gratitude to the Nuggets after the trade originally appeared on Basketball Network.

Michael Porter Jr. sent a subtle shot at the Denver Nuggets in his first comments since being traded to the Brooklyn Nets.

Porter, whom the Nets traded for Cameron Johnson, expressed excitement to "expand his game" in Brooklyn, but assumed he was staying with the Nuggets after conversations with Jonathan Wallace, the franchise's newly-appointed executive vice president of player personnel .