Mavericks excited but wary of Porzingis NBA Finals reunion

Dallas' Jason Kidd, Maxi Kleber and Daniel Gafford reflected fondly on Boston Celtics star Kristaps Porzingis

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00:00Well they were good without him. They're gonna be pretty good with him and so

00:05when you look at the return, his ability to space the floor, you always talk

00:12about the offensive side but we've talked about both sides offense and

00:16defense because he's underrated rim protector, rebounds the ball, understands

00:22he fits in with that group. They've made him very comfortable.

00:26I mean he's a tall guy, shot blocker at the rim. He has a rim presence. He can space the

00:32floor and he shoots it very quick so you got to make sure the communication is on

00:37point because if you give him a second he would get the shot up especially

00:40because it's also over seven foot.

00:41There's a lot of great memories with KP.

00:43I used to always just really just expect to come in and just have a

00:47challenge day in day out when it came to just going against him at practice.

00:51He was one of the guys who used to always motivate me when it came to the things that I did on the floor and I

00:58really appreciate him with just like certain areas that he helped me

01:02progress. Sometimes like I said it just doesn't work out. You've seen this many

01:05times over the years and different teams it's just it's just sports and what

01:10happens not everything clicks all the time but it had nothing to do with like

01:14playing style necessarily or character whatever because he's you know he's a

01:18great teammate. He had great energy every day and it just is what it is.