HOLY KRISTAPS: All Things Porzingis | TRADED to WAS

[SleepingHero]

Stockholm syndrome?

I can see that.

I also see in a lot of other Mav forums like Reddit where people are hellbent to "win" the trade. It's not enough for Dinwiddie and Bertans to do well, but also KP has to fail.  As if that seemingly justifies the trade even more. 

Of course I don't think anyone here actually subscribes to that idea. But it is pervasive and easy to fall into. 

I loved KP. I was a huge fan. I was an ardent defender of his for a long time. But even if I was the self proclaimed captain of KP island, I wasn't so blinded to his injuries. For him to make sense he had to stay healthy this season. It was the best case scenario. No prior injury rehab, a coach playing to his strengths, and ample rest, yet he still missed significant time. I'm not blaming him for getting COVID, but even still he's missed 22 games (and counting with his mystery knee injury) taking out the 7 he missed for COVID.

So that's why I was totally fine with the trade. Despite all of this he's still a really good, albeit flawed, player. I hope he does well for Washington and I hope he finally kicks the injury bug. I don't have much confidence in the latter but I still hope.

I didn't initially mean to write/rehash the same KP talking points when I started this. But nonetheless those are my thoughts and I hope we can move past the KP era.