Is Porzingis a piece for GSW or an expiring deal?
Numbers on the Board analyze the deal that sent Porzingis to the Warriors and why Golden State fans may want to hold their enthusiasm for their new big man.
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The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porziis.
It's about- Kind, kind of a left field move, right?
About damn time.
I, about damn time.
I'm- I was tired of seeing Kuminga sit over there on the Warriors thing.
But I don't really like his fit with the Hawks.
At least we know he can play.
Yeah.
At least he gonna get some PT.
That's, that's the thing.
I'm just excited to see him play basketball.
he was just sitting over there with the Warriors.
How long does that last?
I, I think it's gonna last- Three games?
No, I- No, I mean, like, for you to be excited to watch Jonathan Kuminga, three games?
'Cause he in a new spot, then after that, it's like, "Ah."
Yeah.
Yeah.
Depends on how, depends on how he's playing, I guess.
Okay.
Okay.
Yeah, I mean, this trade was, First of all, I wanna, I wanna say this, I think we should break this, this trade down.
And the only reason I'm saying that is because when this trade was happening- when this trade happened, I called my dad, he's a Warriors fan, and he got excited the same way I seen other people on the timeline get excited.
Yo, Kristaps Porziis has played 17 games this season.
He has pots.
I'm not laughing at it, bro.
Like, people And I think I maybe heard you talking about it when I came into the studio, like, man, Steph Curry got his big Yo, like, I am one of the biggest Kristaps Porziis fans.
I am not preparing to see Kristaps Porziis play, at least not right now.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
this condition is very serious.
It's, it's very hard for him to control.
He has been outstanding- Mm-hmm ... in the 17 games that he did play for the Hawks, which is the, the most disheartening part.
Because I love when Kristaps is healthy, and I feel like since that Wizards, tenure, he has been phenomenal- Mm-hmm ... when he's been on the floor.
And this, this thing popped up on him.
I, I, I don't, I don't look at Kristaps Porziis as a Warrior.
Yeah.
He's a $30 million expiring contract, and if he's not gonna be able Well, it's not, I guess, up to him, but if the POTS situation can't be controlled, then I don't know if his tenure with the Warriors is gonna be something that Warrior fans should, get excited about.
but I do understand, in a perfect world- Mm-hmm ... if he was able to play- Mm-hmm ... this would be a home run for sure, for sure.
Yeah.
But I think it pro- he probably would've cost a little bit more, and- Yeah ... to be honest, the Hawks wouldn't have traded him.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
They probably would've just kept him.
If there was Yeah.
They may not have traded Trae Young if he was healthy this season.
You think about it, they- their on/off together between Trae Young- Yes ... and Porziis was really good.
Yeah, yeah.
They might just still be rolling right now.
I think that's probably the most disappointing thing to the Hawks this entire, season, was the fact that Kristaps couldn't play.
Mm-hmm.
But then it's like, it's one thing to not be able to play, but it's like when he is playing, it's brilliance.
Yeah, mm-hmm.
And so it's like, it's just It's, it's so sad.
But yeah, I, I wanted to put that out there for Warrior fans, 'cause I definitely saw the timeline be like, "Ooh!"
Yeah, you're not getting game one NBA finals Kristaps Porziis.
It sound good, right?
Yeah.
You get a, a 7'2" guy who can block shots- Three.
Give him his extra inch.
Seven foot three guy- Everything matters ... who could block some shots, get some rebounds, so he'd just be a big body- I saw projected- ... and also stretch the floor ... starting line-up tweets.
I'm like, "Boy, these-" I saw, I saw Draymond at the three in one of the line-ups.
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's like, whoa!
I seen that.
Al Horford do not wanna start with that.
No.
