jrodmc wrote:fwk00 wrote:Nalod wrote:Vmart wrote:I just listened to him and Doncic down here in Dallas. Goal is playoffs live video games excited to get back on the floor. Hard work at time he couldn’t see the finish line but now he feels his hard work is going to payoff.
KP usually said all the right things regarding his work ethic and what ever. His potential is huge. Take away the garbage he had great instincts and feel for the game but like many young players was inconsistent. The putback dunks were works of art. The very type of play that hurt him. He really did go all out on the court. Problem was staying on the court and stamina. I hate for him to succeed as hoped in a mav's uniform unless the Knicks do well themselves. Time line might not correspond for us as we do have two first round picks coming in the future. Media will spin it ugly.
Like so many disingenuous NBA players, Darko Porzingis had the perfunctory public relations rap well memorized and sold it like a Democratic presidential candidate selling free beer.
The problem with Darko is that he did have talent and may still have talent but HE CAN"T BE TRUSTED. HE and his money-grubbing kin have an agenda that eclipses everybody and everything else. He is, for lack of a more perfect comparison, MELO deux.
The alleged rape incident is beyond bizarre. He may be the first NBA player in NY history that couldn't get laid in NYC - I mean, c'mon, nobody misses this guy.
Not for nothing, but what part of your azz did you pull the MELO deux comparison? The more apt comparison would be LINingis deux. Money grubbing, huge hype, get hurt, wanted to get paid, no playoffs here.
It was the large intestine after some beans and franks. Darko does that to me.
If you don't see how badly Darko wanted to be one of Melo's boys then you should see an optometrist. Darko and his idiot entourage mostly connected by DNA were gangsta-wannabes. Phil recognized this early and was more than happy to show him the door.
Why Phil ever was a MSM whipping boy for this team is a mystery to me. He heroically attempted to and succeeded in getting the Knicks to turn a corner away from attempting to spend their way to the top to investing in competitive players with higher BB IQs. He was working with few tradeable assets and multiple potential disruptive individuals across the organization. No, it wasn't pretty and no he wasn't perfect but today is much brighter than 5 years or so ago.
Am I happy about how painful rebuilding in NYC is? NO. But Darko was toxic. The litany of assertions you listed about him are generous. He wasn't only money-grubbing, he believed he was entitled, above reproach, and if the rape accusation is true - above the law. His disrespect for the Knicks FO and coaching staff was obvious. He fueled the rabid MSM like a politician selling war and that fuel continues to burn today.
He is not the player he can be because, LIKE MELO, his head is elsewhere and usually stoking the embers of his next headcase episode. Texas fans will spit him out like chewing tobacco.
I am ecstatic about the trade assets the Knicks acquire because they're considerable, long term, and worthy of the potential value Darko represented at the time. Phil took the heat for Darko's childish bullsh@t and made it look like Darko was still a player. Otherwise, had they exposed Darko for who he was, they'd been left with a bag full of chips. Fans should be thanking Phil for the number he orchestrated in showing both Melo and his sidekick the writing on the wall.
And let me correct one last thing. Playoffs are coming.
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