KP

 

Porzingis is not more injury prone than, say, Anthony Davis. One can portrait it this way – look how many games KP missed due to the injuries first year, second year, etc. OK – let’s put things in an order – right from the start.

Year one. KP played with the Knicks and he was not injury prone at all. Yes, he had few minor, but it was absolutely average. The biggest stretch KP missed was by the end of the season when it was clear that Knicks will not make play-offs and they were openly tanking. KP did not play due to the “process”.

His second and third year when KP got his ACL torn the situation was much different. Knicks desperately wanted to make the play-offs and KP was played 40+ minutes on daily bases, even on back to back games due to what he had the same injury AD is having right now. Next year KP had the ACL torn. Both these injuries were because too much load on young guy with 7 and 3 frame.

It is never easy to return from such injury but KP made it – he played good basketball February and March last year. Then the season was suspended. Everybody likes the “Bubble KP” – he used the time which was longer then normal off-season well. He learned new moves was ready for the bubble. Yes, shit happens – he got injured again. But this injury ,similar to stretched ancle, happens with NBA players all the time. Nothing special or extraordinary. KP returned much faster form this injury than Zion, for example, who’s recovery time was 6 months and even after that he played restricted minutes. KP is back much earlier. For sure he could not be at his best because he was not with the team in the pre-season – he simply needed some time to get ready.

Some idiots states that KP trade is inevitable and this kind of nonsense based on his performance early of this season. They say he is injury prone, cannot play D, cannot shoot the ball. Bullshit!  KP is not more injury prone than other big guys, he just had bad luck – wrong franchise for the rooky years and one injury during last year’s play-offs. He is back from the injury and ready to play. It is time to win with KP not trade him.