07-03-2021, 11:38 AM
(07-02-2021, 09:57 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Nekias is fast becoming my favorite analyst on the interwebs.
https://www.basketballnews.com/stories/t...-porzingis
It’s an article about his offense, which isn’t the issue. For pretty much all his career, KP is not much better than the league average for 3 pt % and is often below average on TS%. This past year was actually about as good as it gets for him, so they must have been using him right on that end of the floor. Regardless, on offense, he is what he is, just average to a whisker above average, no matter the volume or how cool it looks for a tall, lanky dude to shoot like the average guard. There’s no curve in the NBA. Average is average. But, he plays center, so defense is the name of the game anyway, and he couldn’t do that last year. KP is like a no glove, average hitting shortstop who makes a max salary. That’s a terrible allocation of salary cap resources. I’d like to see the article break down the defense. After all, he used to be pretty good on that side of the floor, and until he is again, he’ll remain an albatross for Luka reaching his goals.