It's fun to hype up Porzingis, but he isn't that good...

[Euroleague]

He's shown awesome flashes and potential.

So he hasn't been consistently and completely dominant throughout his first dozen NBA games, and because of this his hype is confusing to you?

COME ON man. Youre BETTER than that.

Porzingis is a great talent. He's not a very good basketball player at this time however. I would rate him as not even a top 100 player in Europe just a few months ago.

That being said, his talent and potential is real, and he would have been the #1 NBA pick if he was from USA and black. The racism and xenophobia is the major controlling factor in the NBA.

It does not surprise me that Jackson was the one to draft him, because he thinks for himself, instead of just blindly following NBA rules and mantras ("never draft a white guy").............

[SaltyMeatballs]

He's barely 20 ****ing years old

[Euroleague]

wtf?

He is putting up 13/9/1/1/1 with only 1.6 turnovers in 25 mpg.

His shooting may be poor at 43.9 eFG% but he is solid all around and that is reflected in his 17.9 PER.

Anyone with even basic rudimentary understanding of basketball fundamentals can see he's barely even an average player right now, under best case scenario.

He can play in the Knicks..........the Knicks are an abomination against basketball. That is how bad they are. That is how bad most lower level NBA teams are.

He's not good enough to make the rotation in a good Euroleague team.

He's a young talent playing in a joke team, that competes in an almost fake and choreographed WWE style of a flying circus of a league.

Again though, he undeniably has great talent and potential, and should have been the #1 pick of the draft. If he was a black kid from USA (like Towns) they would have drafted him #1 without hesitation. They did not, because the NBA is so clearly blatantly racist to anyone that is not retarded.

[FKAri]

Well, for one, he's already better than Vaseline SpansAnus EVER WAS

[DoctorP]

He's better than Garnett at 19 so far...

[masonanddixon]

He's easily the best rookie this season and he's playing in the biggest market coming from a third world hellhole in Europe. I'd say he's doing pretty well.

[DCL]

he's way more advanced than dirk and garnett at same stage.

those other guys eventually became mvp's btw.

[bdreason]

He's a rookie. He's from another Country. I'd give it 3 years before we know how good he can be.

[MellowYellow]

Anyone who watches knicks games knows that he makes a big impact on almost every game regardless of the #'s he puts up.

[BoutPractice]

He's easily the best rookie this season and he's playing in the biggest market coming from a third world hellhole in Europe. I'd say he's doing pretty well.

Easily?

Here are KAT's stats through 13 games:
16 ppg, 10.5 rpg, 2.5 bpg on 52 FG% and 90 FT%.

Per 36 he averages 20, 13 and 3.

Same PER as rookie Duncan despite spending only 1 year in college to Duncan's 3.

It's pretty obvious who the best rookie is so far - numbers like those give a clear indication KAT could eventually become a superstar center. Watch him play and you become even more convinced (notice for example the great passing, which isn't translating into assist numbers yet but is very real)

I really like Porzingis' potential as well as his will to prove his doubters wrong. But so far he's "only" a top 3 rookie who's shown flashes of brilliance. If his jumper becomes more consistent and he manages to stay healthy, he could become a star... he's just not there yet.

[SexSymbol]

Porzingis is a great talent. He's not a very good basketball player at this time however. I would rate him as not even a top 100 player in Europe just a few months ago.

That being said, his talent and potential is real, and he would have been the #1 NBA pick if he was from USA and black. The racism and xenophobia is the major controlling factor in the NBA.

It does not surprise me that Jackson was the one to draft him, because he thinks for himself, instead of just blindly following NBA rules and mantras ("never draft a white guy").............

Yeah, but your opinion doesn't mean jack shit, and is usually wrong

[Smoke117]

I'm a pacifist and even I want to beat you death.

[pastis]

stalker4life, 13 games have been played so far. and its his first nba season. and you wanna make already a def. statement? he showed extremly high potential and will have a better rookie year than all time greats like kobe, kg or dirk.

you will see his full potential in 3 years.

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

stalker4life, 13 games have been played so far. and its his first nba season. and you wanna make already a def. statement? he showed extremly high potential and will have a better rookie year than all time greats like kobe, kg or dirk.

you will see his full potential in 3 years.

This. Kristaps is repping the Easter Euro Swagger. He will find his comfort zone more and more as the season progresses.

[Jameerthefear]

He's shown the flashes. Rookies aren't going to be consistent yet. Him, Towns, and Okafor are going to be cream of the crop bigmen. This is going to be a really good draft.