Dallas Mavericks: Kristaps Porzingis ranked as 7th best power forward

Dallas Mavericks star Kristaps Porzingis ranked as the seventh best power forward by Bleacher Report

The Dallas Mavericks and 21 other teams are gearing up for the NBA’s restart. They are all in Orlando with training camp 2.0 just starting. It will not be long before the games that count begin on July 30.

With no games to dive into, it is the perfect time to look back on what we saw before the suspension. Bleacher Report is doing just that by ranking the top 15 players at each position. Luka Doncic was named the top point guard.

Bleacher Report’s ranked the best power forwards in the NBA here. Kristaps Porzingis found himself on that list. Let us take a closer look.

Dallas Mavericks star Kristaps Porzingis lands seventh in Bleacher Report’s best power forwards

Positional qualifiers are getting harder to determine in the NBA. Porzingis did play 69 percent of his minutes at the four according to Basketball-Reference. It was not until Dwight Powell tore his Achilles in January that KP shifted to playing primarily at the five.

Porzingis ranked as the seventh best power forward in Bleacher Report’s list. This was based on just this season. Fans know KP did not have his best year. It was a slow start after missing 20 months of NBA action recovering from a torn ACL. Porzingis was also adjusting to a new team and a different role in Dallas.

The Unicorn was still too low for this season. Let us take a look at why Kristaps Porzingis should be ranked higher plus what his ceiling is for next season and beyond.

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