11-25-2021, 06:05 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-25-2021, 06:09 AM by KillerLeft.)
(11-25-2021, 05:27 AM)meistermatze Wrote: So we are obviously not on different pages about the facts, just on how we perceive them. By this I mean I look at your post and am like "yes, that's what I am saying, very FEW players are, overall, better than KP so he can't be terrible" and you're like "nah, he's terrbile but so is almost everybody else".
This isn't what I mean at all. I gave you three examples in the first sentence, just off the top of my head. To use your example, I would MUCH rather have Gobert than KP. It's not close.
I think Porzingis is one of the VERY worst 5's getting minutes in the NBA right now when it comes to moving his feet on defense and defending pick and roll stuff. Significantly below average, imo. I also believe there's a correlation between teams better than the Mavericks and solutions to this problem.
I do think he's doing SOME things very well on defense (lately).
I do not think his offense justifies his salary, which leads to a roster situation wherein he MUST be played when things matter, even when he's playing the way he has lately. Even when he's playing "well" I wouldn't call him efficient. I love the deep paint catches (though this is a new development, and we'll need to see how consistent it can be) and I love the downhill, short roll catches he gets from Luka/Brunson (though for whatever reason, this isn't utilized much) and I of course love the pick-and-pop stuff. But LITERALLY every time they throw it to him at the extended free throw line I wish they were doing something else, even when he makes the shot. It's so obviously not something that winning is built on. It doesn't remotely approach the kind of efficiency we used to see from Dirk in that area.