HAWKS 113, MAVS 87

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As for Porzingis, I really don't understand how short memory people have. KP was allowed to post up a lot last season and only after proving it time and time again that he is not good at it, Carlisle stuck him in the corner after first couple of Clippers games in that series. The game yesterday just confirmed that. Personally I have zero hope to ever see consistent efficient KP creating for himself. And that is not a slight against him, coach (and him) just has to accept what he is and put him in a position where he can succeed. Imho, there are only two options - either he is the PnR partner (which means Powell can't play with him and clug the paint) or he is spreading the floor.

Unless the plan is to inflate his numbers, even if inefficient, to move him. Unfortunately even this part failed.

We all agree that posting up KP is not the best option. However IMO there is a middle ground between posting up KP and just asking him to hang around the 3 pt line. I am not even blaming RC anymore because as news came out at the end, I am not sure if RC really had as much clout as we thought anyway. . 

To me it is not even about KP. He might be traded at some point. It is not even about a 5 out offense. I am fine with that. The issue was that too often last year the movement off the ball was lacking. 5 out does not mean all camp out there while one guy over dribbles. That was frustrating to watch. That needed to change. That’s why I am willing to give this new coaching staff a lot of leeway. Let us give them some time. Plus no matter what you glean watching from the outside, Kidd will need to go through some things to formulate his own conclusions too about how best to utilize each player.