Dallas Mavericks winning streak ends abruptly”>Kristaps Porzingis‘ time in Dallas ended abruptly on Thursday. With just under an hour to go until the market closed, the Mavericks closed a deal that sent the Latvian to Washington – along with a second-round pick – for Davis Bertans and Spencer Dinwiddie.
This operation has aroused discomfort among Mavericks fans and some skepticism on the part of a sector of NBA analysts. It really is an operation strange for the interests of the organization, which seems to respond to an urgency to close this chapter as soon as possible, even if it is hasty and with an apparent lack of reflection.
The trade isn’t necessarily bad in and of itself, but it hasn’t served to maximize Porzingis’ value. The main benefit included getting rid of his three-year contract — the last subject to a player option — and a total of $101.5 million, a deal that threatened to further hamper the Mavericks’ future flexibility with the passing of the months
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