In other words, Porzingis was onto something. Last spring as Kyrie Irving was falling out of favor with the Boston Celtics and telling confidants that he wanted to move closer to his hometown of West Orange, N.J. he was also letting it be known that he too had the same concerns Porzingis once had. “When it came down to the Nets and Knicks he was concerned about the management of the Knicks,” said a person familiar with Irving’s thinking. “It’s really as simple as that.”