The Nuggets bet not only on modern science and their own medical staff, but on a player who could never stay out of the gym. Porter is the sort to pick up and fly across the country just because he heard about a good run on a college campus somewhere. “I don’t know what all the other coaches would say, but out of the 15 guys in their locker room, how many truly love the game?” asks Nuggets coach Michael Malone. “Michael Porter loves the game of basketball.”