I remember sitting in the press conference room at the American Airlines Center on Sept. 30, 2019. Notable players file in and out of the room on Media Day, usually reciting some generic quotes about how they can’t wait for the season to arrive, their goal of making the playoffs, so on and so forth. A player like Hardaway benefits …
There’s an argument to be made that the COVID-19 hiatus was more ill-timed for Kristaps Porzingis than any other Maverick. Season stats: 51 games : 19.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.1 blocks, 1.7 assists, 42.0 FG percent, 34.9 3-point percent, 77.6 FT percent Where he stopped: Porzingis actually didn’t play in the Mavericks’ final game against the Denver Nuggets on March …