​Although he might also become one of the most exciting stories to watch mid-season as he could emerge as one of the most sought-after trade candidates this season. “I would just say that one player to watch this year just in general is Michael Porter Jr.,” NBA insider Brian Windhorst reported on The Hoop Collective podcast. “There’s been a lot of attention paid to whether Karl-Anthony Towns got a contract extension which naturally why wouldn’t there be, the man’s a champion. Porter has not gotten a contract extension, he’s in the last year of his contract and he had a pretty good year last year after getting traded there by Denver and you know if a guy’s not in the contract extension you think about you see a possible trade candidate.”BasketNewsThis article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: “I would just say that one player to watch this year …