HOLY KRISTAPS: All Things Porzingis | TRADED to WAS

[Tyler]

BTW, I also think Nick's explanation for KP's outburst at the end of the game completely ignores the context of what happened in favor of some invented narrative of KP not being happy about being missed on offense. Here's what immediately preceded the moment in question:

1. Powell was already at the scorers table to sub in for KP who was at 28 minutes of a 30-minute restriction. 
2. SGA dunked on KP after completely blowing by THJ and putting KP in a bad position defensively. He was a little slow to rotate, but it never should have gotten that far.
3. Kidd immediately called a timeout, and someone on the bench made a comment (I'm guessing, based on KPs comments and the circumstances) about the dunk.

So KP (a competitive dude) knew he was getting pulled for a minutes restriction, was left out to dry defensively by a teammate, and got snippy with a comment about the dunk after he had played awesome defense the entire game. 

I get it. And IMO it's really not a big deal. The fact that media guys would ignore those circumstances and instead cherry pick examples that make KP seem unhappy about the offense tells me more about them than about him.