2015-16 72 games , 2016-17 66 games , 2017-18 48 games
With that stats, that is not helpful to any team, although in the later season his points averaged has increase.
This is why a lot of hardcore Knicks fan are so mad with the management behind it.
Porzingis stats was not that bad. There are worse things that happened with other players out there.
Plus, you can never have that kind of tall guy again with a great shooting capability and defensive awareness.
This kind of guys are rare. Nowitzki and Durant, that is why these two never got a lower salary. They are super rare.
Maybe it wont happen again in the next 10 years to have that kind of unique player.
Why let him go for this:
Dennis Smith Jr., Deandre Jordan, Wesley Matthews
Porzingis can do what this three can, maybe better and it will just be one seat for the entire roster.
The last 2 were add ins to make the trade work. Dennis smith is a nice young piece but what you are forgetting about is the first round draft picks from dallas as well. Hopefully dallas sucks and those draft picks end up at least in the lottery. And it wasnt that the knicks "wanted" to do this, Porzingus expressed he wanted to leave so he would have walked in free agency and knicks would have gotten nothing for him. Not only that I think the knicks were reluctant to give a max contract to a guy who just blew out his acl, not exactly an easy injury to get over as a big man
I get that.
But still the Knicks have the power to undo it.
Even if Porzingis wants something to happen he cannot have the ace to make it happen.
Dallas just have the opportunity and grabbed it.
But now, who have the upperhand?
Sure porzingis did have the power to leave. His contract was coming up and the knicks cant or couldnt block him leaving in free agency, he is free to sign with any team he wanted once his contract was up. In this case at least the knicks recouped some draft picks, they knew kristaps was not resigning with the knicks. I dont think you get that part