Welcome to Boston, Kristaps Porzingis - aka KP Appreciation Thread (Traded to ATL 6/24/25)

[Jellybeans]

Legit question... why did no other team go after KP? No one else had salary to match? All it took was an early 2nd rounder...

There was report about Raptors. Dont know if it hat any legs but clearly KP wanted Boston so he opted in. He was holding all the cards in the trade.

[zoyathedestroya]

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Hand-offs, give-and-go, pick-and-pops... He can stretch the floor like Horford (has more range actually) and can role and finish above the rim like Timelord.

[Ed Pinkney]

Two big or one big starting lineup? Is Horford ready to come off the bench? It will be interesting to see what they do with Porzingis/Williams/Horford if there are no more significant trades.

[zoyathedestroya]

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[Larry_Russell]

Gutted

According to some of you bastards this guarantees a chip this year.

Whose fault will it be when we lose games this year?

[Afam]

Welcome to the team

[exculpatory]

[quote="Larry_Russell”]

Whose fault will it be when we lose games this year?[/quote]

7 if we unfortunately keep him.

And Bubbles the Moron.

[jirrit]

I can't believe I'm reading this. Hello Boston, I guess.

welcome

[Romeiro Celtic]

Christ I’m gonna miss Smart so bad man, so bad… I think the whole team will miss his presence and his intangibles

[steefP2]

For those wondering if porzingis can play with rob; last year when zinger played the 4 with gafford at the 5; the wizards were + 5.6 per 100 possessions.
For context the wiz overall were -1.7 and + 1.8 with zinger on

[NYCelticsfan136]

I am hearing somewhere that the deal fell apart.

[BK_2020]

I am hearing somewhere that the deal fell apart.

bruh

[Fierce1]

I am hearing somewhere that the deal fell apart.

Memphis to the rescue!

[Jammer]

I like this trade even better than the version with Brogdan to the Clippers

as long as Brogdan doesn't wait until training camp to realize he needs surgery.

[cloverleaf]

I'm thrilled. If healthy, Porzi is better than Brown and the C's 2nd most valuable player.

I'm not sorry to see Smart go and am glad to get the pick and swap.

[zoyathedestroya]

I was just gonna say, put Kristaps in bubble wrap until training camp. No luck. He'll be playing in the upcoming FIBA World Cup. No Gallo repeat please!!!

https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/news/qualified-team-focus-latvia-porzingis-and-co-ready-to-storm-the-world-cup-for-first-time

[darrendaye]

For those wondering if porzingis can play with rob; last year when zinger played the 4 with gafford at the 5; the wizards were + 5.6 per 100 possessions.
For context the wiz overall were -1.7 and + 1.8 with zinger on

Timelord's assists are going to skyrocket!

[BK_2020]

I was just gonna say, put Kristaps in bubble wrap until training camp. No luck. He'll be playing in the upcoming FIBA World Cup. No Gallo repeat please!!!

https://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2023/news/qualified-team-focus-latvia-porzingis-and-co-ready-to-storm-the-world-cup-for-first-time

Hopefully Latvia gets blown out every game so he doesn't play many minutes.

[philing00]

I hope he’s not gonna try get his, with this being his contract year. We dont want a ball stopper after trading away a pass first PG. White better be the distributor because I don’t see the Js feeding him in the post.

[Fantaxp7]

Love him as a third best player. Clearly didn't out as a number one, went to a couple teams as a number two...but third should be good given his injury concerns.

We sorta had a new third best player ever game based on whomever was hot.