Kristaps Porzingis with the days numbered in Dallas?

There was only one difference during another absence in several games for Kristaps Porzingis with the Dallas Mavericks.

Trade rumors have surfaced for the first time since the 7’3 “Latvian arrived in Dallas as a central element of a successful 2019 deal with the New York Knicks.

Ready to return after a three-game loss due to back stiffness, Porzingis sparked the commercial conversation, but not in the same direct way in which owner Mark Cuban and coach Rick Carlisle tried to dismiss the reports. proposals.

“It’s kind of come out and that’s what it is,” Porzingis said Friday, a day before the Brooklyn game, which could be New York’s second game since trading. “I don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes, and I shouldn’t be too worried about that. He can’t distract me until the end of the day. “

Coach Rick Carlisle expects the 2018 All-Star to play Kyrie Irving, James Harden and the Nets, if there were no problems on Saturday morning.

Porzingis, 25, missed the first nine games of the season, recovering from surgery on his right knee after being injured in the first game of his career in the Florida ball last summer.

Porzingis’ right knee led to a 10-game absence at the start of his first season in Dallas. He was changed while recovering from a torn ligament in his left knee, an injury that resulted in what became his last game with the Knicks in February 2018.

The Mavericks gave up use for the rest of the 2018-19 season and rested for the second night in a row eight times with Dallas. This is not new, but it has never lasted so long with the Mavericks.

“I just didn’t have the best of luck,” Porzingis said. “I work to make sure my body is strong and durable and I can play without thinking about anything, without worrying, just to be free and enjoy the game I love.”

In total, Porzingis missed 32 of 106 games in two regular seasons with the Mavericks, who acquired him in hopes of making him teammates with Luka Doncic. Porzingis also missed half of the six games during the first round of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers in August.

“The challenge comes from the start of the season halfway through and not having the December workouts, pre-season workouts or the traditional training camp to build a base,” Carlisle said earlier in the week. “We’ll work on that.”

The above issue came after the Mavericks fell a week due to two weather delays. It will be almost two weeks between games for Porzingis if he plays Brooklyn.

Porzingis’ offensive play was uneven, as shown long before his last absence, when he scored 15 points on 6 of 14 shots in one game before scoring 36 and making eight of 13 triples in the next. .

His defense suffered, with Porzingis ranking close to the bottom of the NBA in terms of defensive efficiency, while averaging 1.6 blocks per game. This would be a low career and is significantly below its career 2.0 GPA.

“I’ve had situations … in defense, you see with your eyes and mind and you want to react and you’re half a step behind and you’re not there,” Porzingis said. “It simply came to our notice then. When you know you can do it, but you just don’t. “