HOLY KRISTAPS: All Things Porzingis | TRADED to WAS

[TXBamanut]

I'm seeing what a lot of you are seeing.  Terrible chemistry between KP and Luka.  During the game and post-game.  To me, the tell-tale sign is Luka all but force-feeding Melli the ball for him to shoot.  But ignoring KP to the point that KP is wailing his arms at the top of the key when he is wide open. 

KP is going to demand a trade, if he has not already. 

And Luka's post-game comments "isn't anyone entitled to a bad game?" is really off-putting.  He is deliberating freezing KP out, it's not like Luka is working for great shots and it just isn't falling when he's the best option.

I saw SBJ respond to this and I had to respond ALSO.

That is EXACTLY what I'm talking about.  The other night, it was like Luka was on a mission to get Melli a bucket....but KP, not so much.  When KP is standing there with his defender off of him by 8-10 feet at the FT line and Luka looks him off and does a dribble-dribble contested stepback...WHY????  I'd be mad if I were KP. 

It is REALLY showing.  I've heard Luka asked about KP early in the season or last year, and it was all "KP this" or "KP that" and if he was asked that question about KP getting involved in the 4th last year, he would have been "Yes, KP is a great player and I need to do a better job of getting him in his flow", but now...not so much.

I had a convo on Twitter with some dude who's handle is LD777fan and he was putting it all on KP, like KP wasn't open for the last 7 minutes of the game in the 4th except one time and that was when Luka threw him the ball and he got stripped out of bounds and the Mavs got the ball back..  I went back and watched the last 6 minutes and in the two of the first three possessions that KP is back in, he's sitting there with his defender 8 feet away from him, WITH HIS BACK TURNED TO KP, as Luka takes on 3 guys or jacks up a crazy shot.

I pointed that out and he's like "all you can come up with is 2 examples?  You are creating a narrative."  I was like "Dude, when you say 'he's not open in the last 7 minutes' and in the 2 of the first 3 trips down the floor it's just like I said, what do you need?"

Some people have their narrative.  I don't like KP and a lot about his game, but I'm practical.  If he's on this team, as this team is constructed, you HAVE to work the offense to get him the ball and treat him like he's Robin to Batman...if you don't, you should trade him and get someone else, because the simple fact is this will ALWAYS be a problem, if your second best guy is a big man and you don't pass him the ball because you don't like him, you are ALWAYS going to be in a problem.  It's just reality.