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Welcome to Boston, Kristaps Porzingis!

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Re: Welcome to Boston, Kristaps Porzingis! 

Post#41 » by Jellybeans » Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:13 am

zoyathedestroya wrote: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.
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Post#42 » by zoyathedestroya » Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:17 am

Read on Twitter

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.
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Post#43 » by Ed Pinkney » Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:27 am

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.
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Post#45 » by Larry_Russell » Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:03 am

Gutted

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

Whose fault will it be when we lose games this year?
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Post#46 » by Afam » Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:10 am

Welcome to the team
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Post#47 » by exculpatory » Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:19 am

[quote="Larry_Russell”]

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

7 if we unfortunately keep him.

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Post#48 » by jirrit » Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:05 am

B8RcDeMktfxC wrote:I can't believe I'm reading this. Hello Boston, I guess.

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Post#49 » by Romeiro Celtic » Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:11 am

Christ I’m gonna miss Smart so bad man, so bad… I think the whole team will miss his presence and his intangibles
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Post#50 » by steefP2 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 10:53 am

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
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Post#51 » by NYCelticsfan136 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:45 am

I am hearing somewhere that the deal fell apart.
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Post#52 » by BK_2020 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:54 am

NYCelticsfan136 wrote:I am hearing somewhere that the deal fell apart.

bruh
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Post#53 » by Fierce1 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:55 am

NYCelticsfan136 wrote:I am hearing somewhere that the deal fell apart.

Memphis to the rescue!
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Post#54 » by Jammer » Thu Jun 22, 2023 11:56 am

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.
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Post#55 » by cloverleaf » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:28 pm

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.
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Post#56 » by zoyathedestroya » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:38 pm

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
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Re: Welcome to Boston, Kristaps Porzingis! 

Post#57 » by darrendaye » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:42 pm

steefP2 wrote: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! :wink:
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Post#58 » by BK_2020 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:43 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote: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.
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Post#59 » by philing00 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:49 pm

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.
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Post#60 » by Fantaxp7 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 12:51 pm

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.

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