What happened to Kristaps Porzingis ?

[steph_harden]

7'3 athletic big men get alley oops, put backs and dump downs from competent guards and wings that can break down defenses and run an effective pick and roll while being a threat to get to the rim or shoot
the most explosive guard on the knicks roster hasnt played in a month.
jarret jacket cant beat a big man on a switch or command enough attention to give KP more room to operate in the pick and roll/pop for KP(which is why the nikka shoots like 5 floaters a game cause the defense doesnt respect him)
neither can frank (as of yet)
watching courtney lee run the pick and roll is hilarious.
You an explosive guard to pair with KP..taking contested jumpers isnt gonna work forever.
teams have adjusted to the predictability of the knicks offense....and they just dont have someone that can provide unpredictability. now tim hardway is a flawed player but he's the second leading scorer for a reason and has played well.
I'm not worried too much about it...it's a slump but its not something that is completely unbreakable.
While kp is extremely talented, he's still 7'3 and cant do ALL the things guards do to create offense.

Saying the team would look better with a Dennis Smith Jr right now

 

[Stick Up Kid]

He’s still only 22yrs old. No legit 2nd scoring option since timmy went down. No competent PG to make life easier for him.

Nothing to see here

Naw he's an overrated Cac..

Media was quick to crown him cuz they were happy to get rid of Melo..

If he was only 6'6 he'd be playing back in his hometown in Lithuiana with the Ball brothers

 

[pimpineasy]

heavy is the head that wears the crown

 

[Makavalli]

Heat bout to feast on that ass tomorrow


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[O.G.B]

Naw he's an overrated Cac..

Media was quick to crown him cuz they were happy to get rid of Melo..

If he was only 6'6 he'd be playing back in his hometown in Lithuiana with the Ball brothers

Porzingis definitely isn't a superstar as some in media were hyping him up to be but he's a pretty with decent player with all star potential.

 

[ikbm]

Saying the team would look better with a Dennis Smith Jr right now

the knicks and the mavericks would look better with donovan mitchell.

but you dont get doovers.
im ok with the second youngest player in the league being a defensive savant and having excellent vision.

 

[Deep_Black_Conscious]

He's learning how hard it is to be the #1. No Melo to protect him from the fans and the media. Melo made it look easy even when he was playing with shyt around him. Melo had to play with much worse talent than KP is playing with right now in NY yet people were ready to blame him and shyt on him for everything. People didn't want to hear excuses for Melo so I better not hear excuses for KP.

 

[Mensch Fontana]

hes a soft eurocac

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Saying the team would look better with a Dennis Smith Jr right now

They had a "over the hill scorer" that was taking shots away from him, plus Frank Ntlilikna or whatever his name is was a "better pick" for them than Dennis Smith Jr. To be fair though, I don't think anyone thought Donovan Mitchell would be this good, this quick. That kid is a BALLER.

I like KP, but people were rushing to make the #1 man. Now he has to put on his big boy pants & man up.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

He's learning how hard it is to be the #1. No Melo to protect him from the fans and the media. Melo made it look easy even when he was playing with shyt around him. Melo had to play with much worse talent than KP is playing with right now in NY yet people were ready to blame him and shyt on him for everything People didn't want to hear excuses for Melo so I better not hear excuses for KP.

I was saying that in the Knicks season thread for the past 2 years, and was looked like I was crazy.

 

[Armchair Militant]

Naw he's an overrated Cac..

Media was quick to crown him cuz they were happy to get rid of Melo..

If he was only 6'6 he'd be playing back in his hometown in Lithuiana with the Ball brothers

He's from Latvia breh

 

[ALonelyDad]

He needs to play center and Knicks need to go get a pf, I have found their solution

NBA Trade Machine - ESPN

 

[Stick Up Kid]

He's from Latvia breh

 

[Kings County]

bu bu bu melo was holding him back

 

[OneManGang]

Wow these might be the shyttiest hot takes of the season so far

He's just another soft EuroCac now huh?...Im waiting for the "He makes Andrea Barnagni look like a prime Arvydas Sabonis"

Will up this when the time is right