Golden State Warriors should have zero interest in Kristaps Porzingis

It’s commonplace in the NBA for trade rumors to quickly follow up a team who was recently eliminated from the playoffs. For Kristaps Porzingis and the Mavs, this has rung true. However, the Golden State Warriors should stay far away from the former lottery pick.

Kristaps has had an interesting up-and-down career. Knicks fans literally cried when their team selected him No. 4 overall in 2015. Then, they cried tears of joy when he became an All-Star just two years later.

Now, after an ACL tear and controversy off the court, Porzingis has become a forgotten star who played a minimal role in a seven-game series against the LA Clippers. His future in Dallas is looking murky and some teams might have interest in trading for the 25-year-old stretch.

If the Golden State Warriors make any notable moves this summer, it better not be trading for Kristpas Porzingis.

Porzingis became an afterthought in the Maverick’s offense this season. He rarely did much outside of spotting up for 3-pointers and his touches in the post were underwhelming for a player over seven feet tall. Porzinigis converted just 49.4 percent of his post-ups, ranking in the 60th percentile this season. He was worse in the playoffs, placing in the 29th percentile as he routinely failed to punish the Clippers’ small-ball lineups.

He wasn’t a great shooter in the postseason, either. Despite being a career 36.1 percent shooter from the 3-point line, Porzingis shot just 29 percent in his series against LA. What’s worse, he averaged fewer than six rebounds per game.

Porzingis has a laughable paint presence for a player of his size. And, if he isn’t going to space the floor at a high rate, he is far from living up to his $150 million dollar contract. If it comes down to giving up Andrew Wiggins for KP, I’m taking Wiggins every single day of the week. The truth is, Golden State has plenty of other, better options this summer.