Porzingis is a rookie still learning so many things. You look at the other top picks - Towns, Russell, Okafor - they were all more ready to be NBA players in terms of their skills. Porzingis is playing just off talent. He's not really honed anything to a level where you can say that's his bottom line/best. Rambis was saying that Porzingis shows more in practice.
Mainly his field goal percentage dips because they're using him as a stretch 4 in the offense who gets some isolations and it seems he's not willing to be a spot up guy, he wants to drive to the basket from there as well (where I think he makes most of his misses, going towards the basket off the dribble from up high). They don't really utilize him as a post up guy or someone who sets plenty of screens and rolls or pops. The strengths of KP's length/shooting ability are if you post him as a 4, and then make him a S/R big as a 5. But we don't really do that too much.
In a year or two, I'd be real surprised if his FG% is still hovering 40-41. I think he has plenty of strength he can gain, and once he's got the rookie year in his body will finally know what a NBA season/grind is like and he can be better prepared for it in the future. Like I said - Towns, Okafor, Russell all were far more ready physically and skills wise to play this level. Most of what Porzingis has given this team is based on pure talent vs actual skill mastering. His role isn't even set. Like I said, need to get him to be posting up at 4, and taking jumpshots over shorter smaller players at 4. And then using him as a 5 to stretch the defense using plenty of screen/rolls. It'll take a year or two before this is all ironed out, but when it is, I'm very confident he'll prove to be a consistent scoring threat on the team.
