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When the Mavericks originally traded for Kristaps Porzingis, many people thought that pairing him with Luka Doncic would make them unstoppable.
That never happened. So when Dallas traded Porzingis to the Wizards, many assumed that it was mostly just a salary dump reset to get the big man off of their contract books. He had a lucrative deal, and maybe it was just time for the two sides to go their separate ways.
