It started sometime in the second quarter of the Mavericks-Spurs game Thursday night. Chris Webber of the TNT telecast began droning on, spouting platitudes about how Kristaps Porzingis needs to post up and demand the ball when Luka Doncic is not in the game and even when he is. He incorrectly rambled for nearly six minutes of game action about what he said Porzingis should be doing on the floor offensively.
The halftime TNT studio show with NBA legends Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith continued the theme, demanding more from Porzingis, with one of them suggesting he should be a 25 point, 12 rebound a game player.