<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Should the Cavs sign Michael Kidd-Gilchrist?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Michael-Kidd-Gilchrist-Cavs.jpg"></figure><h1>Should the Cavs sign Michael Kidd-Gilchrist?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-12-23T10:02:17-08:00">December 23rd, 10:02am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-12-23T10:02:43-08:00">December 23rd, 10:02am</time><address><a>Sam Penix</a>NFL, NFL Draft, and NBA writer. Pro Football Focus Analyst.Obsessed with the Cleveland Browns to an unhealthy extent.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks recently waived wing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. For a team in need of wing depth and defense, does MKG make any sense for the Cleveland Cavaliers?</p><p>Kidd-Gilchrist was the second overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Charlott Hornets, and spent seven-and-a-half seasons with the franchise before being waived in February of 2020, signing with the Dallas Mavericks a few days later. He signed a four-year $52 million extension with the Hornets in 2015, but the team did not get what they wanted out of him.</p><p>Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has always been a great defender, but his offensive game has not developed as hoped. His wonky jumpshot was never fixed, and he’s not a threat from beyond the arc. He can still score off the dribble at the rim, but that’s about it. It’s why even with his defensive prowess, at the age of 27, he’s been waived twice in the last year. MKG falls into the same category as Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, another recent cut; good physical traits and defensive ability, but minimal offerings offensively. Cleveland already has a similar prospect that they just used the fifth overall pick on; Isaac Okoro. The Cavs are hoping that they are what he grows beyond.</p><p>So much like Hollis-Jefferson, there is potentially a role for Kidd-Gilchrist on this team as a designated situational defender. However, given that both have already (more or less) reached their NBA ceilings, and the fact that the Cavaliers aren’t exactly in win-now mode, it makes more sense for the team to play Okoro in those situations, rather than an established veteran.</p><p>Perhaps Okoro will never be as good <a href="http://cavsnation.com/cavs-news-isaac-okoro-already-making-waves-in-cleveland/">defensively as MKG, bu</a>t he’s probably already a better shooter and scorer. He’s a key part of Cleveland’s future, and should be given every opportunity to learn on the court. The preseason isn’t a terribly accurate measure of how good a player will be, but Okoro looked good on the offensive end, hitting 46% of his 2.8 triples per game. His shooting form is also a little odd, but it’s not awful. He’s also eight years younger than Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, and is just entering his most impressionable development stage.</p><p>If the Cavs were still legitimate contenders and were trying to make their roster as deep as possible, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist would make quite a bit of sense, as he’d have a small defined role that would best use his skillset. But right now, the Cavaliers are simply trying to find young talent in all of its forms, and are not concerned with specific fits or roles.</p><p>MKG is not old, but he isn’t super young, either. He may a relatively big name with a good reputation (at least on one end of the floor), but the Cavs aren’t (or shouldn’t) be in the business of signing players for headlines. MKG doesn’t fit the profile of players this team should be adding right now, and it’s unlikely Cleveland will have any interest.</p><p>Given his draft pedigree and what he offers defensively, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist should be able to find a new team relatively soon. It just won’t be the Cavaliers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Should the Cavs sign Michael Kidd-Gilchrist?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks signing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist on one-year deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Michael-Kidd-Gilchrist-Knicks.jpg"></figure><h1>Knicks signing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist on one-year deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-11-28T09:49:14-08:00">November 28th, 9:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-11-28T09:49:14-08:00">November 28th, 9:49am</time><address><a>Skyler Carlin</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks are looking to make some moves ahead of the upcoming season and they’ve added a notable name. According to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, the <a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1332701948982796296?s=20">Knicks are signing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist</a> to a one-year deal.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The New York Knicks are signing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist to a one-year contract, a source tells ESPN. </p><p>Kidd-Gilchrist gives New York someone who can guard multiple positions. He was one of the better defensive players that was still on the free agent board.</p><p>— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) <a href="https://twitter.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1332701948982796296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">November 28, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The Knicks could use some shooting on their roster, which is something that Kidd-Gilchrist doesn’t give them. However, as Marks points out, Kidd-Gilchrist gives New York a versatile wing defender on the defensive end of the floor.</p><p>Kidd-Gilchrist began his career as the No. 2 overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft out of Kentucky with the Charlotte Bobcats. The Kentucky product was known for his awkward-looking jump shot and has never been considered a lethal offensive player.</p><p>His best season in Charlotte came in the 2015-2016 season when he recorded 12.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 1.3 assists per game. While he averaged only one three-point attempt per game in 2015-2016, Kidd-Gilchrist did shoot 42.9 percent from the three-point range that season.</p><p>But early last season, after failing to show improvements in his game, the Hornets released Kidd-Gilchrist. The Hornets played him a career-low 13.3 minutes per game last season before he signed with the Dallas Mavericks near the end of the season.</p><p>With the Mavericks, it was more of the same, playing in just 9.3 minutes per game for Dallas. When he was on the floor, Kidd-Gilchrist was asked to defend a variety of positions on the floor.</p><p>With free agency still going on, the Knicks have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-rumors-new-york-considering-jeff-teague-d-j-augustin-as-free-agent-options/">spoken about adding</a> a veteran point guard like D.J. Augustin or Jeff Teague but have already missed out on both. While they continue to evaluate what they’ll do in the backcourt, New York is bringing in Kidd-Gilchrist to provide some depth on the wing.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks signing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist on one-year deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Suns’ Devin Booker freezes Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with nasty footwork before vicious slam');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/suns-video-devin-booker-freezes-michael-kidd-gilchrist-with-nasty-footwork-before-vicious-slam.jpg"><figcaption>Clutchpoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Suns’ Devin Booker freezes Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with nasty footwork before vicious slam</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-08-13T14:34:23-07:00">August 13th, 2:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-08-13T14:35:04-07:00">August 13th, 2:35pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker is the hottest basketball player on the planet, and he continued his stellar play on Thursday against Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and the Dallas Mavericks.</p><p>Booker put Kidd-Gilchrist in the torture chamber with some nasty footwork and a ball-fake to get free for the nasty slam for the Suns.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Devin Booker freezes Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and throws it down ❄️<a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/ylXFOmRXgg">pic.twitter.com/ylXFOmRXgg</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1294010409603624960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Booker entered Thursday averaging 26.6 points per game on the 2019-20 season. The All-Star has taken his game to another level in the Orlando bubble at Walt Disney World. Booker is putting up 31.0 points a night and his Suns on the brink of snapping a long playoff drought.</p><p>The Suns have to defeat the Mavs to keep their playoff hopes alive. Phoenix is trying to qualify for the play-in game and needs the Portland Trail Blazers or Memphis Grizzlies to lose later.</p><p>—</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, and like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>. We can also be found on Flipboard where you can subscribe and follow us. 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Suns’ Devin Booker freezes Michael Kidd-Gilchrist with nasty footwork before vicious slam

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavs’ Michael Kidd-Gilchrist not in Orlando ‘bubble’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/mkg.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavs’ Michael Kidd-Gilchrist not in Orlando ‘bubble’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-15T20:06:20-07:00">July 15th, 8:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-15T20:07:10-07:00">July 15th, 8:07pm</time><address><a>Virgil Villanueva</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/dallas-mavericks/">Dallas Mavericks</a> forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist is not yet in the Orlando bubble but the team is ironing things out to finally get him.</p><p>Amid rumors about Kidd-Gilchrist’s status, Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle finally gave an update.</p><blockquote>“We’re working to get him here logistically,” Carlisle said, per <a href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2020/7/15/21326338/rick-carlisle-confirms-michael-kidd-gilchrist-not-currently-with-dallas-mavericks-orlando">Doyle Rader of SB Nation</a>. “and we hope that that happens soon.”</blockquote><p>Mavs fans have yet to see much of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist in action. The team picked him up from <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-michael-kidd-gilchrist-agrees-sign-dallas/">waivers</a> in February. Prior to the suspension of the 2019-20 season due to the coronavirus, the 26-year-old had only played nine games for them.</p><p>His third with the team was particularly notable. Carlisle fielded him for 21 minutes where he finished with two points 1-2 shooting and snagged six rebounds. In his first two games with the Mavs, Kidd-Gilchrist logged in a total of nine minutes.</p><p>Carlisle expressed his admiration for Kidd-Gilchrist, particularly his curiosity and innate competitiveness. The coach believes that the forward will improve as time goes by.</p><blockquote>“I’ll tell you what, he’s been great in terms of doing everything, absolutely everything that we’re asking him to do,” Carlisle said. “He’s asking a lot of questions. It’s clear that he is really a terrific competitor. Again, I see him getting better as time goes along.”</blockquote><p>To recall, Kidd-Gilchrist was the second overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft. He spent his first eight seasons with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/">Charlotte Hornets</a>. While he didn’t develop into a star, he was part of the starting line up for the Hornets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavs’ Michael Kidd-Gilchrist not in Orlando ‘bubble’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mavs’ Luka Doncic to return from 7-game absence; Michael Kidd-Gilchrist out');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Mavs-news-Luka-Doncic-officially-active-vs.-Kings-Michael-Kidd-Gilchrist-won_t-make-debut.jpg"></figure><h1>Mavs’ Luka Doncic to return from 7-game absence; Michael Kidd-Gilchrist out</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-12T16:27:26-08:00">February 12th, 4:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-12T16:27:26-08:00">February 12th, 4:27pm</time><address><a>Marty Fenn</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle previously stated the team would have no issue with Luka Doncic partaking in the 2020 NBA All-Star Game if it aligned with his recovery from a sprained ankle.</p><p>But Mavericks fans do not need to hold their breath.</p><p>Brad Townsend of the <i>Dallas Morning News </i><a href="https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1227741957440647169">reported</a> Doncic is active for Wednesday night’s game against the Sacramento Kings. Townsend also reported Michael Kidd-Gilchrist—whom the Mavs <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-michael-kidd-gilchrist-agrees-sign-dallas/">signed after he was bought out</a> by the Charlotte Hornets—will not make his debut as he “needs more conditioning.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Carlisle says MKG will be inactive tonight. Needs more conditioning.</p><p>Oh, and Luka will play.</p><p>— Brad Townsend (@townbrad) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1227741957440647169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>While the Mavs hope Kidd-Gilchrist will eventually be an important contributor, they can take solace in knowing Doncic will be back in the rotation.</p><p>Doncic had missed Dallas’ last seven games with the aforementioned ankle sprain, and the Mavs exhibited caution with respect to his recovery especially considering this was the same injury that forced Doncic to miss four games in December.</p><p>The Mavericks have managed to hold steady in his absence, going 3-4 while still averaging over 116 points per game during that seven-game stretch.</p><p>Doncic has been sensational in his sophomore season, averaging 28.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 8.7 assists while helping to keep the Mavericks in playoff contention. Doncic leads the NBA in offensive box plus-minus (9.5) and ranks third in value over replacement player (4.8), per <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2020_leaders.html">Basketball Reference.</a></p><p>For his part, Kidd-Gilchrist is hoping a change of scenery can revive his career. The former No. 2 overall pick played sparingly for the Hornets over the course of the last two years, but he is also the kind of rangy wing defender the Mavericks desperately need for the final stretch.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mavs’ Luka Doncic to return from 7-game absence; Michael Kidd-Gilchrist out

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Michael Kidd-Gilchrist swayed to sign with Mavs by ‘cool’ conversation with Rick Carlisle');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/conversation-with-Rick-Carlisle.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Michael Kidd-Gilchrist swayed to sign with Mavs by ‘cool’ conversation with Rick Carlisle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-11T21:29:49-08:00">February 11th, 9:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-11T21:29:49-08:00">February 11th, 9:29pm</time><address><a>Kriel Ibarrola</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>Aside from the Dallas Mavericks, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist received plenty of interests from other NBA teams after he was bought out by the Charlotte Hornets last Saturday. However, he opted to sign with the Mavs and pair up with the Euro duo of Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis.</p><p>As it turns out, playing with Luka and KP was not the reason he chose the Mavs. Apparently, all Kidd-Gilchrist needed was a “cool” conversation with head coach Rick Carlisle for him to make up his mind about moving to Texas.</p><p>Per a report by <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/mavericks/2020/02/11/a-cool-conversation-with-rick-carlisle-helped-the-mavs-sign-michael-kidd-gilchrist-and-fortify-their-defense/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Callie Caplan of Dallas Morning News</a>, the 26-year-old defensive specialist spoke to Carlisle over the phone a few days before he made his decision to sign with Dallas.</p><p>Kidd-Gilchrist was reportedly left impressed by their genuine conversation and thought to himself, “Ok, This is cool.”</p><p>The 6-foot-6 Kentucky product did not stay in the free agency pool for long, as he officially became a Maverick just a few days after the call with Carlisle. The Mavs had to waive Ryan Broekhoff to make room for their new swingman.</p><p>MKG faced the media for the first time as a member of the Mavs on Tuesday and talked about starting fresh with Dallas.</p><blockquote>“Being in a place like Charlotte for eight years, I was 18, now I’m 26,” Kidd-Gilchrist said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/townbrad/status/1227315386116399105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1227315386116399105&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dallasnews.com%2Fsports%2Fmavericks%2F2020%2F02%2F11%2Fa-cool-conversation-with-rick-carlisle-helped-the-mavs-sign-michael-kidd-gilchrist-and-fortify-their-defense%2F" rel="noopener noreferrer">clip from Brad Townsend of Dallas Morning News.</a>  “I’m going to push myself. I’m going to push our team and … I want to add to the culture and win some games.”</blockquote><p>Rick Carlisle, meanwhile, described Michael Kidd-Gilchrist as gamer and a hell of a competitor. He is expected to make his Mavs debut against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday at American Airlines Center.</p><p>Dallas gets a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-how-michael-kidd-gilchrist-would-provide-dallas-with-a-needed-boost/" rel="noopener noreferrer">legitimate wing defender</a> in Kidd-Gilchrist and now have a capable one-on-one defensive threat that can match up with some of the best players in the league. However, MKG’s broken jumper has prevented him from making progress on the other end of the floor throughout his almost eight-year stay in Charlotte.</p><p>Kidd-Gilchrist has only appeared in four games for the Hornets this season with averages of 4.0 points and 2.9 rebounds.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist swayed to sign with Mavs by ‘cool’ conversation with Rick Carlisle

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kristaps Porzingis reacts to Mavs’ signing of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2232.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Kristaps Porzingis reacts to Mavs’ signing of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-02-10T22:57:16-08:00">February 10th, 10:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-02-10T22:57:36-08:00">February 10th, 10:57pm</time><address><a>Christian Alamodin</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The Dallas Mavericks made a big move in the waiver market by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mavs-news-michael-kidd-gilchrist-agrees-sign-dallas/">signing Michael Kidd-Gilchrist</a> to a contract, giving Kristaps Porzingis an intriguing teammate. Kidd-Gilchrist is a capable defender and should be able to shore up the leaky defense of the Mavs.</p><p>Kristaps Porzingis was asked after the Mavs’ 123-119 loss to the Utah Jazz about the acquisition the Dallas front office pulled off. Per <a href="https://twitter.com/CallieCaplan/status/1227094410938195968">Callie Caplan of the Dallas Morning News</a>, KP positively greeted the inclusion of the defensive-minded forward.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I asked Porzingis about Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and here’s what he had to say: <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/0lH5qFkpbA">pic.twitter.com/0lH5qFkpbA</a></p><p>— Callie Caplan (@CallieCaplan) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CallieCaplan/status/1227094410938195968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 11, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Porzingis credited Kidd-Gilchrist, his new Mavs teammate, for his ability to defend players.</p><blockquote>“He’s a good defender. I think he’s gonna give us that energy and spark on defense, maybe. But we’ll see. I haven’t seen him play for a while, maybe I haven’t watched enough basketball. But I’m happy to have a new addition to the team and let’s get to work.”</blockquote><p>Kidd-Gilchrist was selected with the second overall pick in the 2012 Draft by the Hornets, hoping that he’ll become a two-way threat for the team. However, he never fulfilled his potential and immediately found himself out of the starting lineup. He has a new start with the Mavs.</p><p>MKG has been able to cut a niche for himself on the Hornets. He became a solid defender in the league. His career averages of 8.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.7 steals, and 0.7 blocks is average role player numbers. However, he’s a pretty good defender who can guard the best of them on the court.</p><p>His defensive effort is something that Mavs badly need. While they are a very strong offensive team, their defense leaves a lot to be desired. They collapse against better teams down the stretch, and that is not acceptable for teams aspiring to make the playoffs.</p><p>Mavs fans hope Kidd-Gilchrist will be able to inject more defensive fervor to a team that badly needs one.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><script>  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)  })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');  ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

2019-20 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
4.0	2.9	0.8	0.3	-

2019-20 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
4.0	2.9	0.8	0.3	-

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