{"id":18574,"date":"2019-01-31T16:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=18574"},"modified":"2019-01-31T16:43:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:43:47","slug":"new-york-knicks-dallas-mavericks-kristaps-porzingis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/01\/31\/new-york-knicks-dallas-mavericks-kristaps-porzingis\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks Deal Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to multiple reports, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/new-york-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Knicks<\/a>\u00a0have traded their\u00a0young star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/porzikr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/dallas-mavericks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a>. In return, the Knicks would receive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithde03.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dennis Smith Jr<\/strong><\/a> and the expiring contracts of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jordade01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeAndre Jordan<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/matthwe02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wesley Matthews<\/a><\/strong>. In addition to Porzingis, the Knicks will send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardati02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tim Hardaway Jr<\/strong><\/a> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leeco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Courtney Lee<\/a><\/strong>. Details of the trade from Marc Stein:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Knicks would receive Dennis Smith Jr. and the expiring contracts of DeAndre Jordan and Wes Matthews in the proposed trade, according to league sources<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteinLine\/status\/1091073144851480576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>New York Knicks Deal Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas Mavericks<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>It was reported earlier in the day that Porzingis met with team officials and expressed his disappointment\u00a0with the\u00a0teams&#8217; direction and constant losing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reporting with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachLowe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ZachLowe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ramonashelburne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RamonaShelburne<\/a>: In meeting with management today, Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis expressed his concern with the losing, franchise direction and an uncertainty that a culture is developing that will enable sustainable organizational success.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1091044461663174656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 31, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Less than an hour after the reports surfaced that Porzingis wanted out of New York, details of the deal with the Mavericks started trickling in. Shortly afterwards the trade became official.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks have been mentioned\u00a0as a potential landing spot for marquee free agents such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/i\/irvinky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrie Irving<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a><\/strong> this upcoming offseason. One big issue they had was the lack of cap space due to the salary of Hardaway Jr. and the looming free agency of Porzingis. The Knicks in this trade get a young player in DSJ that they can try to develop. However, the main purpose of the trade is to clear a boatload of cap space to be able to chase Durant and Irving; or two other max-contract free agents. This is a high-risk move for the Knicks as it will only be a good move if they can indeed sign two top tier free agents. On paper as things stand this deal does not look good for the Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>From the Dallas\u00a0perspective, this\u00a0trade is a win. There were issues putting <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luka Doncic<\/a><\/strong> in the backcourt with Smith Jr., and Smith Jr. has regressed noticeably this season. They receive an all-star caliber player in Porzingis\u00a0who can compliment Doncic for many years. The Mavericks will give Porzingis an extension and have to fill out the rest of their roster but they have two all-star\u00a0caliber players to start with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Knicks trade all-star Kristaps Porzingis to the Dallas Mavericks in a shocking trade. Dallas now has a second star to pair with Luka Doncic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2726,"featured_media":18580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1608,30,62,12],"tags":[175,228,793,138,58,287],"class_list":["post-18574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-basketball","category-mavericks","category-nba","category-knicks","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-deandre-jordan","tag-dennis-smith-jr","tag-kristaps-porzingis","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-tim-hardaway-jr"],"modified_by":"Barkev Sivazlian","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}