06-05-2024, 10:16 PM
I stayed on Porzingis island right up until the day he was traded, and wished him well when he left.
But Porzingis coming back after being off for weeks with an injury that is apparently not fully healed yet? He will be rusty, he will be tentative, he will be out of rhythm. And faced with a steady banging diet of Lively/Gafford (who *both*, as pointed out, actually have more playoff experience than he does and at higher pressure, the WCF, than he has ever faced) he is not going to be able to get into rhythm. It won't be as bad as Holmgren--since the Celtics can spell him out with Horford and he's surrounded by a much better team--but I expect it will be in the same neighborhood.
But Porzingis coming back after being off for weeks with an injury that is apparently not fully healed yet? He will be rusty, he will be tentative, he will be out of rhythm. And faced with a steady banging diet of Lively/Gafford (who *both*, as pointed out, actually have more playoff experience than he does and at higher pressure, the WCF, than he has ever faced) he is not going to be able to get into rhythm. It won't be as bad as Holmgren--since the Celtics can spell him out with Horford and he's surrounded by a much better team--but I expect it will be in the same neighborhood.