On the eve of the Finals in opposition to his former crew, Kristaps Porzingis was adamant he holds “no in poor health will” about his tenure with the Dallas Mavericks.
Throughout Porzingis’ time with the Mavericks, that they had a pair of aggressive first spherical exits in opposition to the Los Angeles Clippers. Porzingis tore his meniscus within the sequence in 2020 and had turn out to be extra of a task participant in 2021. The Mavericks reached the Western Convention Finals in 2022 after buying and selling him to the Washington Wizards at that yr’s commerce deadline.
“Not all of it was like not good,” Porzingis stated. “We had some good moments. We had some respectable moments, however general it simply did not work for either side. It wasn’t excellent. However I’d say every part — teammates, locker room — I do know at the moment there have been some rumors that there was one thing within the locker room. It was by no means like that. It was all simply noise on the finish.
“It simply wasn’t excellent for us taking part in collectively, and it did not work out. And that is it. There is no in poor health will, I do not assume from their facet. For certain, [there is not] from my facet. I do not assume there ought to be. It simply did not work out, however I’ve nothing however love for Dallas and for my teammates and for everyone there.”
Porzingis has acknowledged it was initially troublesome for him to play a secondary position behind Luka Doncic.
“I do not know why it did not work out,” stated Doncic, who has downplayed the dialogue about friction in his relationship with Porzingis over time. “We have been nonetheless each younger. We tried to make it work, nevertheless it simply did not work. So we moved on.”
