GREENBURGH, N.Y. – Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse for the 10-win Knicks, ESPN reported on Thursday that Kristaps Porzingis is being traded to the Dallas Mavericks after meeting with team management to tell them that he is unhappy with the direction of the team.
Porzingis, the linchpin of the Knicks' rebuild, has been out all season rehabbing an ACL injury he sustained on Feb. 6 of last season. He can be a restricted free agent this summer.
According to ESPN, Porzingis met with Knicks management on Thursday and “expressed his concern with the losing, franchise direction and an uncertainty that a culture is developing that will enable sustainable organizational success.