11-30-2019, 03:44 PM
(11-30-2019, 03:21 PM)Fuerza1 Wrote: I guess everyone is still infatuated with "potential." I prefer results.
And mental seems like a good excuse for any player struggling. Thanks, I'll start using that one more often.
You might want to apply the first of those perspectivally and the second rhetorically when it comes to Brunson. Why does a small sample size excuse Brunson (and even make us all willing to forgive THJ) but not Porzingis?
Don't forget that KP was quite decent (if rather raw) offensively prior to his injury. He has a solid history of decent, max-contract-worthy-when-combined-with-his-rim-protection offensive play. Based on that, his problems are either 1) physical (in which case he needs to see the team physician), 2) mental (in which case he needs to see the team sports psychologist), or 3) rust (in which case he needs to hit the gym).
Mavs fans aren't writing off KP because that would be extremely stupid. Nearly every national pundit has chimed in that he will get better, but that it might take him up to a full season. In other words, patience is the choice not to be foolish. Moreover, the Mavs couldn't trade for KP without the willingness to give him that max deal, but there were several other league execs who groused that they didn't have the opportunity to beat Dallas's deal (meaning they would have given more for him than the Mavs did, and meaning that they would have been just as willing to give him that big contract).
Luka and KP are the future. I don't say that as a KP homer; I say it as a Mavs fan. We will see who else on the current roster is still here at the beginning of the 2021-22 season. Guess what the answer to that question might be.