Mavericks trade Kristaps Porzingis to Washington

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by BigDog63

Food for thought:

Kristaps Porziņģis is the 68th player in the NBA with the most games missed this season, has played more games than DeAndre Ayton, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler, Damian Lillard and many other big name stars. KAT has also missed more games since KP joined Dallas.

Unless the med staff told the FO something we don't know about, this seems like a pretty massive overreaction by the FO. Big men miss games. They just do. The bigger they are, the more games they tend to miss. Lots of stress on their bodies/joints/etc.

Food for thought:

Unlike those people listed, KP isn't a star when healthy. Stars impact the game. Lillard takes over and wins games. Davis (at least the Anthony Davis of 3-4 years ago) dominated games. KP does not change the game and he doesn't even put up the numbers he puts up efficiently.

Since KP was a rookie, he was always billed as a future star. Six years in and he's still not a star. How long do we keep billing him as a star before we realize that he's just a decent player.

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Food for thought:

Unlike those people listed, KP isn't a star when healthy. Stars impact the game. Lillard takes over and wins games. Davis (at least the Anthony Davis of 3-4 years ago) dominated games. KP does not change the game and he doesn't even put up the numbers he puts up efficiently.

Since KP was a rookie, he was always billed as a future star. Six years in and he's still not a star. How long do we keep billing him as a star before we realize that he's just a decent player.

Anthony Davis hasn't been a star the last two years. In fact, he's already proved he can't carry a team. Lakers fans are just as down on him as Mavs fans were with KP.

And as for KAT you could argue he puts up #'s but prior to this year those #'s weren't really leading to any wins.

They are both talented players, but I think both guys are a bit overrated in terms of their impact to actually winning games.

[Dallas41]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Food for thought:

Unlike those people listed, KP isn't a star when healthy. Stars impact the game. Lillard takes over and wins games. Davis (at least the Anthony Davis of 3-4 years ago) dominated games. KP does not change the game and he doesn't even put up the numbers he puts up efficiently.

Since KP was a rookie, he was always billed as a future star. Six years in and he's still not a star. How long do we keep billing him as a star before we realize that he's just a decent player.

Found this to be very interesting about Anthony Davis

He's missed 56 of his last 130 games.

In the last two years the Lakers are 36-38 with Davis and 28-28 without him.