bigbasketballs wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:bigbasketballs wrote:clyderules wrote:It seems that all you have to do with Porzingis is mention his weaknesses and he immediately turns them into strengths. Like his rebounding, stamina and foul trouble. So I'm announcing that he needs to be as strong as Sabonis and pass like him. There, it's done!
In all seriousness. I'm not expecting Divac or Webber or even Noah, but passing with a purpose is something that could use improvement as the months and years pass.
his passing is already good
His passing is perfunctory.
He is creating scoring opportunities for teammates (assists, hockey assists and passes that lead to free throws) at a near team-low rate.
the kid isnt a finished product but he does pretty much everything
StarksEwing1 wrote:bigbasketballs wrote:StarksEwing1 wrote:bigbasketballs wrote:clyderules wrote:It seems that all you have to do with Porzingis is mention his weaknesses and he immediately turns them into strengths. Like his rebounding, stamina and foul trouble. So I'm announcing that he needs to be as strong as Sabonis and pass like him. There, it's done!
In all seriousness. I'm not expecting Divac or Webber or even Noah, but passing with a purpose is something that could use improvement as the months and years pass.
his passing is already good
His passing is perfunctory.
He is creating scoring opportunities for teammates (assists, hockey assists and passes that lead to free throws) at a near team-low rate.
the kid isnt a finished product
God willing, not even close.
but he does pretty much everything
Just not passing with a purpose at this time.
crzymdups wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:clyderules wrote:Actually the closest comparison to Porzingis may be a young Sabonis who some say might have been the greatest center of all time.
Nope...he was much more of a bruiser when young, and did not have KP's range in his prime, which is the Sabonis I am talking about. The young Sabonis would also have had a lot of issues with the rules today, by the way, and would have been in constant foul trouble.
If KP had Sabonis' strength, or ever gets it, and his skills are not diminished, we are talking about a kind of player who has never existed before.
I don't feel KP has the frame to be like a young Sabonis, and I don't think he will ever have the sheer strength of the Russian.
At this point he seems to be creating his own category of player-type, and I still don't understand how far he can go.
I agree - it's hard to tell what his ceiling is, because he possesses a mix of things we haven't seen together before. He's seemingly got Kareem attributes in the post and a slightly taller version of Kareem's body type. But he's got a little more range on his shot and a pure stroke. But I think Kareem may be the closest overall comp.
KP isn't similar to Sabonis. Body type wise he should be more in the Dirk/Garnett/Kukoc range
He has more raw skills than Sabonis but Sabas was an elite passer even early on. I would take a mix of Dirk's offense and KG'a defense over Sabonis. 
