12-04-2019, 12:03 AM
Cuban on KP:
“I think the most underappreciated change has been K.P,” Cuban said of Kristaps Porzingis. “I don’t there’s ever been a max-out player like that, who has changed his game to fit what’s needed for the team, as quickly as K.P. has. Literally starting with the Toronto game.”
The Nov. 16 home win over the Raptors started this nine-game run in which Dallas has outscored opponents by an average of 16 points per game.
After the Mavericks opened this trip with a win at Phoenix, a game in which Porzingis scored only two points but contributed 13 rebounds and three blocks, Cuban made a point to find his $158 million power forward.
“I went up to him and said, ‘Thank you. I’ve never seen as much impact, as much of a changing of a game, from someone who just scored two points,’ ” Cuban said. “And he’s doing it all the time.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/maveri...porzingis/
For reference, the Toronto game was the first game after the second NY debacle. So it sounds like Cuban attributes a big chunk of the improved Dallas play to KP accepting a new role. He clearly still has a ways to go offensively, but I love to hear this type of positive news about the chemistry behind the scenes.
“I think the most underappreciated change has been K.P,” Cuban said of Kristaps Porzingis. “I don’t there’s ever been a max-out player like that, who has changed his game to fit what’s needed for the team, as quickly as K.P. has. Literally starting with the Toronto game.”
The Nov. 16 home win over the Raptors started this nine-game run in which Dallas has outscored opponents by an average of 16 points per game.
After the Mavericks opened this trip with a win at Phoenix, a game in which Porzingis scored only two points but contributed 13 rebounds and three blocks, Cuban made a point to find his $158 million power forward.
“I went up to him and said, ‘Thank you. I’ve never seen as much impact, as much of a changing of a game, from someone who just scored two points,’ ” Cuban said. “And he’s doing it all the time.”
https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/maveri...porzingis/
For reference, the Toronto game was the first game after the second NY debacle. So it sounds like Cuban attributes a big chunk of the improved Dallas play to KP accepting a new role. He clearly still has a ways to go offensively, but I love to hear this type of positive news about the chemistry behind the scenes.