preface
Nearly a month has passed since the deal deadline, and the teams involved in the deal have also tested the new players, and there are some deals that have exceeded expectations, and there was no great hope for it before the deal, but a month has passed, but it has produced good results, such as the deal between the Lone Ranger and the Wizards, the Lone Ranger sent out Christaps Porzingis and the second round pick in exchange for the Wizards Dinwiddie and Davis Bertáns. The outside world is generally not optimistic about the lone ranger's deal, and even feels that it is not as good as the Wizards, after all, Bo Shen is a player who averages 20+ per game, but a month later, the Lone Ranger gained a surprise, Dinwiddie and Bertans helped the team to get a 7-3 record, and the Wizards' Bo Shen only played two games, one win and one loss, what is more puzzling is that as a big man of 2 meters 21, he actually got only 1 rebound in the game against the Clippers.
Originally, the Lone Ranger poached him from the Knicks and signed a 5-year, $158 million contract with him for the season to form a partnership with Doncic to help the team reach the playoffs. Porzingis also did not live up to the trust of the Lone Ranger, came to this first season to cut the average of 20 + 9 data, but because of injuries did not break through the first round of the playoffs, the second season still encountered the Clippers, seven games, Porzingis can only get 13.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game, shooting 47.2%, three-point shooting rate of only 29.6%, the team is out again, For Doncic, who averaged 35.7 points per game, Porzingis, who averaged only 13 points per game, undoubtedly became the culprit in the loss. Until this season, the team got a new coach, Kidd, and had to trade Porzingis.
Porzingis's departure from the Lone Ranger is already inevitable, first of all, his playing style characteristics are incompatible with the current Lone Ranger. The Lone Rangers are currently squeezed into the top eight of the West with a tough defense, and their defensive efficiency is 6th in the league, thanks to the new coach Kidd, but Porzingis is not outstanding on the defensive end, although as a big player with a height of 2 meters 21, his weight is low, the interior confrontation is difficult to resist, although there are some rim protection capabilities, but the inside hand-to-hand combat is not what he can do, and his foot movement has slowed down after the injury, which will become a weak ring against small defender attacks. Secondly, Porzingis's style of play is soft, and the loss in the playoffs makes the Lone Ranger lose confidence in him. After all, Doncic's talent has been shown, the team management must desperately build a team around him to attack the championship, Porzingis's performance in the playoffs is really pulled down, and frequent injuries make the Lone Ranger have to replace him.
Porzingis is characterized by a preference for shooting on the outside, with a certain ability to protect the frame, because his body is not strong enough, so shooting on the outside has become Porzingis's most reliant on scoring methods, but this season's lone ranger during his three-point performance is not good, averaging 28.3% of three-point shooting per game, but in the previous season his three-point shooting rate has never dropped 35%, and the free-throw shooting rate is also above 78%.
After all, it has an impressive height, so almost no one can interfere with Porzingis' shooting. But Porzingis in addition to shooting, other offensive means are slightly general, whether it is a face frame or back singles, its efficiency is not very high, and he now comes to the Wizards after seems to be more reluctant to fight for rebounds, only 6 rebounds after two games, which is really unacceptable, even if you can contribute 22 points per game, can not use their own excellent physical advantages, is a big loss, no wonder Porzingis is always called "soft egg", after all, basketball is a confrontational competitive sport, Waiting for the high-intensity playoffs, I don't know if I can still maintain such an excellent shooting feel, whether it will still be as bad as last year's playoffs, now only 26 years old, it is still necessary to change the style of playing and appropriately increase the basket skills!