Not adding much to your post, but I’m blown away by how sophisticated his grasp of English is. And, of course, he speaks Spanish with Al. So impressive.
estimates were for 2yrs at $77MM
From your lips….
that was his max, not sure why but people really clung to the idea that he was going to get his max without much evidence
just the fact that he signed immediately & didn't demand his max amount after coming off a career year is a nice sign
This vs the “we get no calls” is going to be like an unstoppable force vs an immovable object. Can’t wait for the game threads.
Agreed.
What’s the source of your disagreement? It’s a business. Does he not get the benefit of the nature of the particular business relationship?
This will be the interesting part....how does he fit with Tatum and Jaylen? Will he replace Horford as the stretch while spending the majority of his time high-screening and shooting 3's as he did under Carlisle in Dallas or be used more similar to Kornet in the midrange and out? We know the talent...the big unknown is the fit.
I want to see my team win a title without having one of its key pieces being hurt all year, like what happened last year with Gallo, who also went to play in an unnecessary tournament overseas right after being acquired. They probably beat the Heat with him. And I'll admit it: I'm selfish. But, as I said, I'd say the same thing if it was Tatum going to play with Team USA for the summer.
Brad seemed to suggest that they want to use him more like he played in Washington: getting to the post a lot against switches, rather than just popping. Using him as Horford+ is probably not optimal.
Someone brought this up to Haralabos on Twitter in being critical of Carlisle "turning him into Channing Frye" who then countered with the fact that using KP this way resulted in Dallas having the #1 offense in the league despite a limited offensively skilled roster.
But your whole point was that this is a business and that anything that does not achieve the goal of the business should be quashed. Business, business, business. The business signed a contract. The contract has terms. Why should the party to the contract with way, way less money throw the business a freebie?
To a degree sure....but a team must create their identity together of what they are and what they do best. The player has to know and understand his role especially one coming into an already established environment.
Look, man, I don't know what you are looking for from me here. I have clearly stated that it's my opinion and why I hold it. You disagree, which is fine. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter, because he's going. If he gets hurt and they fail to win again, at least he'll be here for two more seasons, unless they trade him away in the next attempt to get that one missing piece in what has seemingly become an endless cycle of "we got the guy we needed" to "if only he'd been healthy."
So, I get the reasoning behind this sentiment. You're not "wrong" for feeling this way. I'd be very bummed if he comes back from the World Cup gimpy.
There's also no point in putting two guys in pick and roll who are roughly the same size. Getting KPs man on Tatum has value. Getting Brown's man on Tatum generally wouldn't, at least not the last couple of years, since it doesn't really create a physical advantage. KP being both a threat and super tall is a great thing. And if teams play smaller to manage that PNR, even better.
Christ, even when Brown or Tatum managed to get into a mismatch bringing the ball up the court, that PnR would still get set up and they'd switch into a worse matchup anyway.
Yeah some of that is awareness and having weak coaching depth, but there's just not generally going to be much of a matchup advantage to be gained either way. Brown and Tatum are obviously very different players, but most of the guys that cover one can cover the other. The whole point of PNR is to get bigs on smalls or vice versa, not wings on wings.
This helps Tatum, in particular, since teams often try to play with with smaller strong guys who can get up into him on the perimeter. KP just takes those guys in the post and shoots over them like they're not there.
Even in a mismatch it's hard to go one on one against NBA players. There's a reason teams spam pick n roll and it's not just to get mismatches.
We knew this was the risk when the trade was made but, damn, we couldn't even get through the summer. Hopefully he is ok and can play 50-60ish games this year. Don't think it's realistic to expect anything more. Does suck as a fan always waiting for the other shoe to drop on guys like TL and KP.
Did you read the article? I've had it to too, and those don't sound like the classic symptoms.
I haven't had it, but a crapload of friends have. And that sounds exactly like it. Pain after, not during, exercise is a pretty common symptom.
Perhaps something was lost in translation, a very real possibility. But it doesn't sound like Porzingis is sure what's causing the problem, which makes me wonder how they'll treat it.
Hopefully I'm overreacting, but another thing that struck me: In the C's release, they said they expected KP "to be cleared for the start of training camp," and he says in this interview that he "hopes" to be ready for training camp. Again, that could be the result of a poor translation, but one is more optimistic than the other.
You didn't have sharp pain in your feet/heel upon getting out of bed and taking your first steps? My symptoms often faded once I started moving, but the initial pain was jarring.
