WHO DA FUCK TINGUS PINGUS

The only funny thing that’s ever come out of Michael rapaports mouth

KRISTAP POR SLING DICK 🎨🎨

That’s the stuff the Ferengis were always lookin for, right?

Streets won’t forget his knicks tenure.

Genuinely thought he would be back to that level after the 2020 NBA bubble. Could never recapture the magic after that.

he WAS the most exciting player in the league with the celtics, it was fucking insane watching him throw 3s down

Infamy is negative. It’s being well known for a bad reason.

ONE MAN TO BEAT BUT ITS A SEVEN FOOTER

Should out to Timi093 if you’re a Celtics fan - dude uploads well put together highlights of top performers of every game for us.

7 foot tall man’s body give out

He has pots, possibly long covid.

Main theory is Long covid but no one wants to say it given how political that topic still is

Definitely not AIDS, we know that much

Holy Dirk. I hadn’t seen any media of him recently, so I was extremely shocked to see him barely being able to walk now. Guy legit looks like a 70 year old grandad walking around, a complete 180 of his playing days.

I dunno man some guys just are unlucky. KP got injured in the finals for us with some injury basically unknown to science, and now his career is actually getting finished off by some sort of post viral condition that has nothing to do with being an injury prone big man.

This won’t create any cap space for the Warriors, they’ll be under the first apron if he retires, but still over the salary cap and the luxury tax line. 40 games of Porzingis would’ve helped the team more than cutting his salary. If anything, this creates an incentive to shed a little more salary to get under the luxury tax, because they’re not going to find a player that could replace even 40 games of Porzingis production with what they can spend.

i think that team with KP healthy could go further than the second round

Only one man to beat but it’s a 7 footer! 🥹

only one man to beat

but it’s a seven footer!!!!!!!!!

Set the tone for the series. If he stays healthy and plays all 5 games like that he probably has a FMVP on his resume

Being there and seeing him on the jumbotron coming out of the tunnel and hearing the crowd start to get loud around me felt like the closest thing to the second coming of Christ

he was what everyone was expecting Wemby to become that night it was awesome

the streets will never forget that performance from KP, and against the Mavs nonetheless so thanks for fuckin them up.

legit think the celts may not have won the championship without it

Didn’t he miss the majority of the series?

yeah no. tingus will be remembered well but he played in ⁷⁄₁₉ of the celtic’s playoff games and started in only 4 of them. al horford was the starting center for the celtics for the majority of that run. tingus was great in the regular season but he was absolutely not the most important piece of that team when it mattered most lmao

Crazy take.

The guy who played half the regular season and playoffs game was not the most important piece lol.

I’d legit put D White ahead of him that run

He was not healthy for a majority of that run. He played 3 quarters in the finals. While his 1st quarter of Game1 was the stuff of dreams, I don’t think he was as big a part of that championship as we like to think. We needed him a lot more the following year and he was dealing with this illness and couldn’t contribute.

People will do/say anything to avoid giving Tatum/Brown their credit lol.

The most important pieces were the two guys who led the league in playoff wins, not the guys who struggled to win before coming to Boston.

People loved giving Holiday, White and Porzingis credit, because they were still tied to their former franchises. It was a way to recognise the team’s success without giving credit to the Celtics.

It’s not arguable, he wasn’t the most important piece. That was Tatum. Am I having a stroke?

I hate how people just larp unprovoked. He didn’t play a single playoff series from start to finish that year, played ⁷⁄₁₉ games, and had like 1 good game that whole run.

lol man I absolutely loved him for us, and when he was healthy he was a cheat code, but he barely participated in the championship run. Game 1 of the finals was electric and I’m happy for him he got that, but that was the extent of his contribution as a key player.

Just saying the dumbest shit aren’t you?

Did you even watch?

He played substitute minutes in three games in the Finals, and didn’t play in the ECSF or ECF. He was not a meaningful piece.

It’s unfortunate because he wasn’t healthy enough to show it, but he took an already broken team and made them damn near unbeatable. We technically never saw that team at its playoffs peak (maybe for 1 quarter in game 1) and they still steamrolled everyone.

Absolutely not

I get that KP just retired but this is a ridiculously stupid take. There is no world where he was most important piece. The Celtics won most of that run without him. He played 7 games in that playoff run and you think he was the most important piece? It’s honestly disrespectful to the guys on the team who actually contributed for most of the chip run.

He had a very impactful game 1 in the finals which he can be remembered for but let’s not just lie.

Wouldn’t say he was the most important piece but he was the glue that made Jaylen and Jayson be greater than the sum of their individual talents. Being able to clean up the mess and be a safety net when all else fails. Drive and doubled? Just look for the giant that can score from anywhere. Elite paint defender camping? KP’s accuracy and volume is too good and punished you for it. If JT was the high ceiling, KP raised the floor and decreased the volatility of a bad Tatum night.

“One person to beat but he’s a SEVEN FOOTER”🗣️🗣️🗣️

Rude overreaction.

He may simply be undecided for all we know.

Although I will say this reads as though “I’m gonna retire but wanna do it in a way that isn’t financially harmful to the team I didn’t truly play for.”

It means he is stepping away until the Warriors meet Luka in the Playoffs

i also think a player willing to instantly retire makes them an especially valuable expiring contract, so maybe the warriors can get some extra capital for him if someone really wants to clear cap space this second

The Doc Rivers approach.

He wants to give GSW some flexibility in exchange for getting paid if they can work out a solution that works for both parties.

I took it as he still wants to get paid as much as he can in the severance of his contract😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

That’s actually huge, Warriors can get a nice deal out of this. There’s a few teams that would be very interested in getting off of some of their money. Raptors want to get off of Poeltl, Orlando is capped out and looking at an Anthony Black extension, Detroit is capped out and Ausar’s extension is going to kick in.

Yeah this is prob for the warriors camp.

Because announcing retirement. Would end up getting a portion of that remaining contract. Which is a win for him since he wasn’t playing anyway.

This is probably his way to say he doesn’t want the money

Is he just forcing himself out of warriors

They will take him on if they want an expiring contract. That’s the value he holds now - money on your books that goes away next year allowing for greater financial flexibility. What that’s worth exactly, I have no idea. And very team dependent too.

I assume it means he’s gonna stay until the warriors trade him, then he’s retiring for free. Team that gets him have his salary fall off the books.

Most teams would happily sign him to a vet minimum.

Kings took Ben Simmons

He’s trade bait. A tanking team can trade one of their players making 20m/yr for Porzingis whose not even getting paid at this point and buy him out of his contract for cheap.

Only if they’re trying to move money off the books for future seasons

Any team who wants a pick and has someone in the 15-20m that they don’t want or need would probably entertain it.

I think that’s why he said he is working with GSW.

Could be a trade and then cut situation or the new team could claim an exception or void salary if he retires after the trade.

New team gets draft asset plus potentially save money and warriors get a player in return.

The team we would trade him to obviously is not someone who is competing.

Kawhi, Embiid, Simmons, Jimmy, LaMelo, the league is full of guys who can’t stay healthy and you just hope to get lucky in the playoffs. And it’s worked for one of KP’s employers before

Yes they will, it’s called an expiring contract

teams constantly take on guys who can’t stay healthy, Bradley Beal and Kawhi especially

That would as part of a larger deal. If the warriors wanted to trade your preferred team picks for one of its players (assuming it’s enough picks and the player is vital etc) you’re saying you wouldn’t also take Porzingis so the trade would be possible?

He’s effectively an expiring contract and unless he’s traded the warriors have no room in their cap for another player.

Unless he could get to Mike Bibby level of fitness then maybe

In before the Mavs trade two firsts and expirings for him and then immediately give him a 5 year max with player optio

(The first time they did is lowkey the reason Luka doesn’t have a ring yet)

Well it’s not his fault he has an autoimmune situation

Hey you never know, one team knew he was sick since they had him last year and STILL signed him to an extension lol

He doesn’t say he’s retiring.

People take temporary leaves of absence and then resume their careers.

It could end up being retirement, but he doesn’t actually say that, and if his recovery goes well, it’s possible we will see him on the court again.

No one has aids.

Cut this man some slack!! If he feels unfit to play, he shouldn’t play. He values his life more than shutting up fans and playing sick. We don’t know his medical diagnosis for sure and it’s nobody’s business. Sick of hearing this rumor 😾

God shut up, this lame ass joke again & again

April 17, 2026

Really? I thought OKC could already do this with JDub?

They were starting to figure it out that first year together, then covid hit and the bubble started and they looked absolutely electric in the bubble. Started great vs the Clippers but KP got hurt in Game 3 if I remember correctly and eventually was diagnosed with a torn meniscus. He bulked up a lot over the summer and was clearly not fully recovered the following year and he was really stiff and his defense suffered tremendously, he also had issues with Carlisle who eventually just used him as a decoy in the Clippers 2021 series and the Mavs traded him to just to get off his cap.

But when he was healthy he and Luka were an electric duo. I’m rewatching yt of them and feeling super nostalgic, can’t believe it’s been 7 years since that Luka sophmore year and KP debut year for the Mavs.

He was fucking awesome in DC, made going to games way more fun

Exactly, don’t know if I’d call it healthy… but he did win them I think 1 or 2 finals games

My memory must be shot, I remember him having big games in the finals

Yup 165 minutes played the entire run

Other thread said they’re basically advertising that his contract is perfect for cap manipulation.  Si maybe that’s what’s up with the cagey wording here.

It is different if he has no clear diagnosis or path to recovery still. As someone who has spent over a year trying to get a diagnosis for an issue that would be similarly debilitating if I played sports (fortunately I don’t so I can just push through it on most working days), I get it. It sucks to just have your body be on and off with zero clue even from professionals as to what is happening and it’s impossible to want to commit to anything when you can’t trust your own body.

The warriors do not agree with that analysis of his health. That’s not the same.

What health problems? He wrote “I’m doing good” lol. He’s fine.

Perhaps KP is being a good guy and not even trying to collect the money owed to him, but that’s not really the point. It’s a guaranteed contract and he’s not healthy. They can’t just let this slide or it could lead to a slew of other questionable injury cases where teams won’t pay their players

This isn’t true. It literally says that if they do not render services that is expected of a player they don’t get paid. There is a whole list of things in both the old player and new CBA contract that details what must be done if they claim sickness or injury.

CBA Contract

He also fails nearly every clause in Exhibit A Paragraph 7, most notably E refusing to get an official diagnosis from the team’s medical staff or partners.

(e) Should the Player suffer an injury, illness, or other medical condition, he will submit himself to a medical examination, appropriate medical treatment by a physician designated by the Team, and such rehabilitation activities as such physician may specify. Such examination when made at the request of the Team shall be at its expense, unless made necessary by some act or conduct of the Player contrary to the terms of this Contract.

He made his bag, he might just not care. Being injured still means that you need to “report to work”. He is young, he has shit tons of money, maybe he just wanna enjoy his life without being tided down to Warriors, especially if he can’t really play.

Semi washed imo. He still can turn it up on the defensive end better than most of the NBA but his problem is he comes into season fat and out of shape and he just looks rusty like he hasn’t touched a ball for months.

Si, tuvo un partido bueno vs miami pero los demás pesimo y la season pasada fue horrible tsmbien

they’re 7th rn with no jimmy and no zingus

you’re delusional, but i honestly don’t hold it against you cuz we been so ass the last 3 years

Put some respect on Andris “Beans” Biedrins name!

Are you ok?

Yep u/BigLeagueChew4u… Sadly Big Latvia has shutted down every serious independent investigation on the topic, FULL BLOWN AIDS is a serious matter and this is a breakthrough case on a top caliber NBA player, my Uncle has been trying to reach him to let his case help future generations but he has been silenced so far.

See you tomorrow at the usual court for shoot around with Unc and the rest of the guys.

Nobody’s got aids!!!!!!!

Oh, so you’re just a dickhead. Got it.

I didn’t think your iq could get any lower tbh

No you couldn’t, your response was a lot dumber than the original comment.

You were in such a rush to be a dick you exposed yourself as a moron, and a dick

my dick is smaller after reading yours.

Name 50

The most surprising thing is that there was any room for your IQ to go down in the first place

Pretty sure 1000000 people can say that after reading your comment.

Cool

Tingus Pingus

They literally booed the pick lol

definitely one of the championship teams of all time

Definitely the best championship teams of 2024 at least

Yeah, even as a Celtics fan, this is a stretch.

Yeah, definitely not even in the top 10

5th best net rating of any team all time (and the best offensive rating ever) and went 16-3 in the postseason with Porzingis missing most of it.

People throw terms “one of the best” and “one of the greatest” around so many times they lose any meaning

64 wins, +11.6 net rating (5th best all time), yeah they are one of the best championship teams of all time

Not like top 10 all time good but that Boston team was the strongest of the 2020’s so far

Very easily one of the best championship teams of all time. They were just incredibly deep

They had the personnel to run a complete 5-out offense at an elite level and it worked perfectly with Mazzulla Ball. It was a dominant offense that would regularly blow teams out. I get they had a fairly easy path in the playoffs, but that doesn’t detract from a completely dominant 64 win season. “One of” is a loose term. I’d say it’s fair.

Edit: Like others have already pointed out, the stats back this statement. You people just downvote emotionally based on flair

He had other injuries that took him out for a while, his absence in the Hawks era wasn’t due to POTS

Potato potato

Not much to be done about it atm. Only thing you can do is pace your activities.

Reading so many comments of people suffering who kinda have the same experiences. I wonder if pushing your body too hard can lead to it.

One dude said he played basketball all day everyday. Another said their buddy was a ultramarathoner. Now you’re saying your wife did 150mile bike races. Each of those are out the norm.

Maybe an immune response from people killing their body through physical exertion and already having a genetic predisposition.

Something to think about.

https://www.cdc.gov/me-cfs/about/index.html

Myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome with post-exertional malaise

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) = Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM). Some people call it “chronic fatigue syndrome” for short.

Scientists still don’t fully understand it, so there is no easy cure. They’ve found a few clues by looking in people’s blood and stuff, but progress is slow. COVID isn’t the only viral infection that can trigger this stuff in some people. Even the flu virus can re-awaken dormant cancer cells for example. But COVID is now a typical way that people get ME/CFS. Even a mild COVID infection damages the immune system so repeated infections make you more vulnerable. Porzingis plays public bball in big stadiums, so he probably got infected repeatedly.

Another (internet) famous example is Dianna Cowern aka the Physics Girl youtuber. https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/the-finest/physics-girl-spent-her-life-explaining-science-then-science-couldnt-explain-her-illness

Also curious

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) with Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM).

What is ME/CFS?

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic, complex, debilitating and multi-system illness involving:

Brain Inflammation

Peripheral Nervous System

Immune System

Circulatory System

Cellular Metabolism

What Causes ME/CFS?

The cause of ME/CFS is currently unknown, but a combination of genetic and environmental factors appear to be relevant. There are no FDA approved treatments available.

(Taken from here )

Sucks for the big guy. If this is it, hopefully he can get this under control (regardless of whether he can perform as a peak athlete in the NBA again) – this just seems awful.

An Olympic athlete (sprinter 200m) here in the UK just revealed last week that she’s had to finish her career because of MECFS. She’s trying to lobby the government to invest in research because as others have said, there’s literally no medical care for people suffering from MECFS. Which is wild because it is one of the most debilitating illnesses on the planet.

I honestly wish I knew. I got sick and got shingles. It wasn’t completely debilitating though for several years after. Just kept pushing like you are taught to do until there was nothing left. It wasn’t as sudden as long Covid. Mine predated Covid by about 10 years but once I saw someone describe long covid it felt like I was reading something I wrote. They share similar symptoms.

Half of long covid is MECFS.

POTS? I was also diagnosed with POTS. They commonly co-occur.

The irony being you do actually have legitimate issues. Not much they can do for personality disorders though.

Are you mentally well?

Crazy he was supposed to be Knicks Wemby and he didnt do anything in that team just for Knicks to beat Wemby for a ring lol

KP had a huge role in that playoff run, what r u even talking about. Dude was super solid - you can’t say they definitely win without him - that’s crap

And you’re commenting about him on Reddit. What’s less of an accomplishment

We don’t win game 1 without him, and if the Mavs go into game 5 2-2, who knows what happens in game 6 or a potential 7. He was a key part on that team to make us untouchable. Without him we were just a great team among other contenders.

What a strange reply. I don’t see anywhere in that comment where he said as much. Just said it’s dope he won a ring before retiring

???😭 what bruh

Dude what?

Fried him

Lord, carry him now 🕊️

Yup I forgot to even mention that lol also in my diagnosis list. Good luck to you too man. If you ever need a homie to chat with feel free to reach out!

It really does. My heart rate would hit like 140 just trying to shower.

It can seriously impact day-to-day life, let alone high-performance sports.

No, not really. Your comment makes little sense and is severely misleading.

I’m pretty much getting worse by the day ngl… summer humidity is the worst. Tbh it was kinda tolerable until I developed SFN, and now my hands + feet burn constantly. I applied for disability bc idek what else to do at this point lol. Ofc it ruins your mental too bc you can barely do anything. Grocery trips wipe me out, and after I shower I gotta lay on the damn floor for an hour to recover. It’s wild man. Thanks for asking tho!

Probably because there’s no such thing as long covid.

Hard to practice when your heart starts hurting after 10 minutes. Last marathon I ran was in 2019 also

Bots don’t get sarcasm

I know right, back in the 90s this was called laziness. Jordan played with the flu

If you did even a little research, you’d know POTS, small fiber neuropathy, and ME/CFS all show up on objective tests like tilt tables and nerve biopsies, and they’re not psychiatric. I went from healthy and in great shape to disabled, and a trip to the grocery store wiping me out for three days isn’t something stress causes.