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I think there is significance here beyond the usual coached media speak. During the Porzingis years, he and Luka would often say complimentary things about each other in a general sense, and Porzingis, especially, always struck me as uncommonly professional and good at handling interview situations. But, recently both players have said things about that time period that were variations on "we could have communicated better" when asked why things didn't work out here for them.

I think, leaving injuries asside, the biggest problem with KP was, that Mavs were selling to him that he will be the star or at least a co-star of the team. When I watched KP in Washington, I didn't see many of those post-ups he seemed to want so badly in Dallas (and was very bad executing them). I think, if the Mavs would be looking to trade for KP with Luka as an established star, he could fit just perfectly fine as Wood does. Because it would be clear from day 1, that Luka is the alpha and KP adjusts to what fits best with Luka.

Edit: I saw Stranded already said what I am trying to say here