C.J. Holmes: Michael Porter Jr.’s four-game dip doesn’t rewrite season with Nets

Michael Porter Jr. has looked like two different players on either side of the All-Star break, and the numbers don’t need much help telling the story. Before the break, Porter was building the kind of season that usually earns you a real All-Star conversation. In 41 games, he averaged 25.0 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists while shooting 47.7% from the field, 38.5% from 3-point range and 85.3% at the free-throw line. That wasn’t a hot week. That was a half-season of production, the kind that puts a scorer in the room even if he doesn’t end up getting the call. Since the break, it’s been a different picture. In four appearances, Porter’s averaging 20.0 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists,...