Inside nba porzingis biography
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Status On roster
Ht/Wt 7’3’’, lbs
Experience 7 years
Debut Oct 28,
Born Aug 2, (29 yrs) Liepaja, Latvia
Drafted Drafted by New York in (1/4).
From Spanish League
Acquired Acquired in a trade with Washington in
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Kristaps Porzingis
Leader
STATRANK
Free throw n Curry
Three point Kennard
PointsShai Gilgeous-Alexander
AssistsTrae Young
BlocksVictor Wembanyama
StealsDyson Daniels
ReboundsDomantas Sabonis
Free throw k White
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Three point Pritchard
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Kristaps Porziņģis
Boston Celtics | #8 | Forward-Center
HEIGHT
7'2" (m)
LAST ATTENDED
Cajasol Sevilla
7'2" | lb | 29 years
LAST ATTENDED
Cajasol Sevilla
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Kristaps Porzingis (KRIS-taps Por-ZING-is) SEASON: Appeared in 57 games (all starts) in his first season with the Celtics and averaged points, rebounds, assists, and blocks while shooting percent from the field, and percent from three-point range… Shot a career season-high percent on two-point attempts… Tied for the sixth-most games with 6+ blocks (13) among active NBA players… Named the NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played from April , marking his fourth career award and his first since Jan. 2, … Led the Celtics to a week and was the only player in the NBA to average at least points, rebounds, blocks, and steals during the week… Scored 30+ points six times, registered 13 doubledoubles, and dished out 5+ assists in four games
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Biography
Kristaps Porziņģs is a Latvian professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Knicks with the fourth overall pick of the NBA draft. Standing 7 ft 3 in ( m), he plays the power forward and centerpositions. While being brought up in Liepāja, Latvia, Porziņģis started out his career with youth teams in his hometown before trying out and making the Baloncesto Sevilla youth squads. Following multiple years with the junior teams of Sevilla and representing them in Nike International Junior Tournaments, he was promoted to the senior squad. Porziņģis competed with the Latvia youth national team at the FIBA Europe Under Championship.
Porziņģis followed his parents footsteps and started to play basketball at age 6. Once he turned 12, his older brother, Jānis, who played professionally in Europe, would take Porziņģis to offseason training sessions. He played in youth competition with BK Liepājas Lau