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Definitely Doncic. This team is his.
But it will be nice to have that technical, european touch in this team. The Mavericks could be building something solid right here.

As a basketball fan, I was quite surprise to see KP gets traded as many see's him as the franchise players of Knicks. Anyways, I'm sure if will be fun to watch Doncic and Porzingris. We can only speculate that the two will hit it together to bring Dallas in contention once again. And I don't are who will be the leader, as long as they reach their goal to bring the championship again to Dallas, I'm ok with whatever amongst the two became franchise player.

Doncic should be the one, this rookie sensation got the charisma where fans will love him a lot, use to remember Jason Kidd and how he entice his
fans before, I would love to see this two European buds to play alongside each other and have a good chemistry to blend the whole entire Team.

Porzingris needs to play healthy if he's dreaming of something to achieved, never forget that this franchise was a champ back then and the spirit
will still remained inside their fans hearts, maybe porzingris can be the missing piece to make the team as whole again and be one of the competitive
team again inside the league.

Porzingis is a great player but he will not reach the level of Doncic. Doncic is still young and has shown that he can be a great player and an NBA all-star. Given that, he is going to be the main man on the team.

If Porzingis will be ever selected for the main player, it will be because Doncic will leave Mavericks.

They look good together, who do you think will become the main man in the team?

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/1/31/18206127/kristaps-porzingis-mavericks-trade-luka-doncic

I didn't look on the record, I look more on how they will win and tonight they proved that they are not anymore a team to beat in the west.
Nuggets standing next to GSW but they are far from the warriors offense and defense

It's not in question if the Nuggets will reach in the playoffs because surely they will with what they are showing now, but are they
good enough to win the Finals?

Also, The rockets may have a chance if Capela will recover and will play the way he used to because coming back from injury is hard sometimes.

Yes they scored a ton this game and I had them for only over 222.5 with pretty good odds.
If anybody went for the full odds prelive of over 236.5 points total they would of cashed out a good amount on just this one selection on their betslip alone.
I also went for live bet of over 234.5 back in the 1st quarter and it was 2x.

Harden scored a final 3 pointer in the dying minute of the 4th to keep his streak alive of games with 30+ points and surpassed one of the 30 year old records by Chamberlain.

I guess not for long, the Rockets led in the 1st quarter but the Nuggets come back strong in the 2nd, and now they continue
their dominant performance, with a double digit lead.

Looks like it's another losing game for the Rockets, Jokic still the man in the this game, and I notice it's a high scoring game..

Nuggets could reach over 100 points in the 3rd quarter alone.

There is a shoot gallery happening in Denver right now.
The rockets and nuggets are shooting out the lights and are tied 57-57 at the half way point of the second quarter.
I have never seen so many dunks and fast breaks in a game. Houston was shooting 70% and denver 68% meaning they were hardly missing their shot attempts.
If you have a chance you should try to watch it on youtube in its full glory or maybe they will repeat it on espn later on tonight.
It is the most explosive game thus far in the season and right before the all-star break.
I think this is what is getting these players psyched up and they are just going wild on the court with trying to out do each other.
Nuggets are even having some of their starting lineup not playing tonight so it is hard to say who will win this one tonight.
I bet on points which will definitely hit for me tonight.

No, AD and Klay Thompson will be going to the Lakers, Knicks will not do good this season, they will continue to loss
and I think they have a chance to sign Kevin Durant but let's see if that will happen, for now, they just continue what they and just rebuild their team later.

Funny thing is they sat Luka Doncic during their last game and lost it to the pistons. They cant put all that pressure of being a leader on a rookie. This is just bad coaching and not right to their young star player. They should let him ease into the role naturally and not push it on him. This is good coaching.
https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/dirk-nowitzki-and-luka-doncic-react-to-kristaps-porzingis-trade-news.70861.html

Kyrie irving being traded is not going to happen. I am certain. He is their leader on the team and why would they trade their leader? Just for the hype? I dont think thats the case.
We just will need to see how he performs against the knicks tonight. And let his game speak for itself.

this trade between the new york knicks and dallas mavericks is a complete win-win situation to both of them, first dallas mavericks- they were able to bring kristap prozingis a superstar in the making, tim hardaway kinda young but a proven scorer off the bench, trey burke an iverson wanna be, courtney lee a veteran defender and NBA finalists.

on the other hand new york knicks clears a lot of caps space for the 2019-2020 nba season and this means they could sign a superstar to a max contract like klay thompson, kevin durant, kawhi leonard, anthony davis, kyrie irving and many to mentions.

Honestly, I considered Smith Jr. as one of the possible franchise player of the Dallas Mavericks in the future because of the way he played last year and take note that he is just a rookie. Now in sophomore season and with the arrival of Luka Doncic, majority noticed that he is not the Smith Jr. before. Poor performance, not an aggressive like before etc. Luka now turned as the main gunner of the team and I believed Smith Jr. doesn't comfortable with it.

"Hey you are just a newcomer here. Don't act like a leader" - lol just joking. That was my interpretation on how he behaves now.

Their chemistry mixed up so badly even how many games they played together so I see that the trade package is good for the team.

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Haha. I still remember how he destroyed their 2011 Championship Lineup. lol.

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Yes. No need to rush things. Besides, Porzingis is still not fit to play.

If no luck at this coming playoffs, they can set a full goal on reaching playoffs next season once KP fully recovers (I hope) (KP is under contract for 2019-20)

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Not really a trouble. What they need is "role" players on which can be achieved even without engaging on trades. Yes some members of the current squad can turned into "role" players while they are advancing.

Remember the full role players lineup of 2011 squad? That's what Im looking forward to see on this team again.

The problem with this trade is that KP seems like he is not going to stay with Dallas for long.

If it was a trade that kept Porzingis on Dallas for a long time than there is no problem and Dallas got rid of Wesley Matthews for free and only sent Deandre Jordan and DSJ away, now Deandre Jordan is amazing and all that but he is old and he is not getting any younger so I would totally add him to the trade if I was Dallas, the only player that is good and still young they are sending is DSJ and honestly I would prefer KP any day of the week.

The only trouble Dallas has right now is the lack of depth, they have 2 great young players with Luka and Porzingis but basically no one else, if they can get couple more decent players they have a very bright future ahead of them, years of playoffs to say the least.

Well you can't blame mark cuban if he wants to go more euro lol. The fact that a european was their top guy for a long time makes me feel good about this trade. And you can't blame this for ruining the chemistry dude, the mavs aren't doing that well anyways with deandre around. Now imagine kristaps and luka maturing and playing together. It's well worth the risk man.

They are not, they want to improve the chemistry, most especially with the NY Knicks because this team has no chance this season, they are one of the worst team in the NBA now,  and they think this trade decision is a better way for them to improve.

Mavericks are slowly improving but recently, they've been losing games since not all starters are effective, they did not trade Luka because he is the golden boy for the team, he make shots and though he is just a rookie but showed his toughness already.

Although we cannot conclude that their chemistry will work out right away, but at least they tried and maybe mavericks has a chance for the coming playoffs.

Thank you for this harizen.

I just woke up and saw the thumbnail in youtube of Stephen Smith reaction about Porzingis and I immediately went to this thread without even opening that video.  It is more detailed here.   

What the hell!!! Those are their star players being traded. What are they thinking??!! They are breaking their chemistry.
Are they really aiming for the playoffs this season or are they doing this for the future? I mean, Dallas doesnt do trades like this. It is way too much. They just got Deandre. How about Smith Jr.? That is one kid with a hell of a future.
I do not really care who won the trade here but it will be a long season for this players to create a great team again.

Thank God they didnt trade Doncic or I will really kill Mark Cuban. 

This is a big news in the NBA, not rumored but I think in this trade if favors the Mavericks.

Jordan is doing great but big man nowadays are shooting 3s, he can't though he has a little improvement in the free throw department.
Wesley Matthews and Dennis Smith Jr. are both inconsistent players, so I think it's alright to trade them with the 3 shooters from the Knicks.

The Knicks might only be after of Jordan, just my guess, because he is dominant inside and throughout his career, he is not prone to injury.

This news is confirmed. http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25894335/dallas-mavericks-agree-trade-new-york-knicks-kristaps-porzingis

Dallas Mavericks received: Kristap Porzingis, Courtney Lee, Tim Hardaway Jr. , Trey Burke
New York Knicks received: Dennis Smith Jr., DeAndre Jordan, Wesley Matthews, future first-round draft

This is unexpected. I mean it's not even on the "hype trading rumors".

For me as a long time Mavericks enthusiast, Im fine with the blockbuster trade. As I said back then here, Dennis Smith Jr. is not working well with Luka Doncic. He became different compare to last year on his rookie season where he is much impressive. About DeAndre Jordan, he is doing good but he is not sure if he will continue his Mavericks journey. His contract will be expire soon same with Matthews.

On the other hand, I don't know what New York Knicks is thinking. I thought Porzingis will be there future franchise player but they gave up on it. Not because of his injury I believed. Surely they are creating a large space to take advantage of the big names in the next free agency.

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Firepower yes but it needs time to form the chemistry. Porzingis can play SF/PF like Dirk Nowitzki but they have the same style with Luka. That's what they must worked on. Currently he still not playing. Tim Hardaway Jr. is a good SG too. I see that he can do what Smith Jr. does or much better.

Mavericks now have to cover the Big Man spot that DeAndre Jordan holds.

Let's see how this will goes.

It is not everyone that like to be part of "the process". He doesn´t want to play for a team that has as the biggest goal tanking. Luka and Porzingis would make mavs a contender?