Kristaps Porzingis

Kristaps Porzingis is the best, which isn’t an offhand distinction we throw around lightly when it comes to players who represent the New York Knicks. In an essay penned for The Players’ Tribune, the 21-year-old skyscraper talks a lot about his playing days prior to joining the Knicks. He touches upon his family, the homesickness/anemia [...]

As the New York Knicks inevitably struggle to meet the unreasonably high expectations that have been set before them, both internally and externally, remember this: They still have Kristaps Porzingis. Even if he suffers a sophomore slump or sees his role in the offense marginalized by the ball-dominant Derrick Rose, Porzingis, still just 21, is [...]

Derrick Rose and Kristaps Porzingis are already building some on-court chemistry. The duo worked out together in Los Angeles while Porzingis was there for the ESPYs, along with some other New York Knicks players, including Brandon Jennings. Rose, apparently, is digging the dynamic he has with the Orange and Blue’s sophomore sensation, according to his [...]

Surely the New York Knicks aren’t thinking about their next point guard after just trading for Derrick Rose. LOL, just kidding. Of course they are. They are the Knicks. They are in a position to have a bunch of cap space next year, even with the dip in projections, and the point guard well will [...]

Add Kristaps Porzingis to the list of New York Knicks who are excited to play for new head coach Jeff Hornacek. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: “There were a lot of names, coming up — David Blatt, [Frank] Vogel. Hornacek just came out of the nowhere,” Porzingis said in an interview with ESPN this week from [...]

Don’t ever say Phil Jackson didn’t try and help the Los Angeles Lakers while he was president of the New York Knicks. Leading up to last year’s NBA draft, the Zen Master apparently cautioned the Lakers, who owned the No. 2 pick, against passing on Kristaps Porzingis, who ended up in New York at No. [...]

With New York Knicks slogging through a meaningless final stretch of the 2015-16 season, Carmelo Anthony has, apparently, taken rookie Kristaps Porzingis further under his wing, teaching him about the game and, well, life in general. Take some time to read this excerpt from Ian Begley’s fantastic piece for ESPN.com: It’s late in the fourth [...]

Kristaps Porzingis has a decision to make. Probably. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Kristaps Porzingis told The Post he will have a big decision on his hands soon. Three days ago, the Latvian National Team was chosen to compete in the Olympic qualifier in Belgrade, Serbia, from July 4-10 with a chance to [...]

Sooner or later, the Sixers need to decide to start winning. Otherwise, incoming rookies will avoid them like the plague. Or, like Kristaps Porzingis reportedly did. Kristaps Porzingis went fourth overall to the Knicks, but the Sixers were interested in the big man at number 3. But the problem is that the team never met [...]

Without further ado, this week’s NBA dating-fix advice is brought to you by 20-year-old New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis. Jack Moore posted a glorious question-and-answer session between he and KP over at GQ.com. The entire joint is worth a read—especially if you’re into more cornrows talk—but what really stood out was Porzingis’ cryptic honesty [...]