There aren’t a ton of expectations for Kristaps Porzingis to be a passer. Throughout his career, he’s mostly been a gunner — either on a bad team that allowed him to fester bad habits (New York) or fitting in to space and provide complimentary scoring next to an all world superstar (Dallas). When you go down the list of issues with the Mavericks, “Kristaps Porzingis’ passing” isn’t even on the list, because it’s not something you expect.
This season, however, Porzingis is passing better than he ever has. That’s not a hard bar to clear, to be fair, but Porzingis doing some of the things he’s been doing for the last handful of games could unlock some things the Mavericks offense hasn’t had in the Luka Doncic era.