Kristaps Porzingis is a 20 year old professional basketball player for the New York Knicks. Porzingis is 7 feet 3 inches tall and was born in Latvia, where he started his basketball career. He grew up in Liepaja, Latvia where he started playing basketball in his home town. After a few years, he moved to Sevilla, Spain where he began playing basketball for the Sevilla youth team. Porzingis played for a number of years in Sevilla where he was able to make a name for himself and draw some attention by some scouts in the NBA. On June 25th, 2015, Prozingis was drafted 4th overall by the New York Knicks. When he was drafted most of the NY fan base booed very loudly, showing their opinion about the player that their team had just drafted. Porzingis just recently made his NBA debut and impressed many people. The knicks have now played 8 games, and Porzingis has made a name for himself by dunking over many well known players. Some of those players that he has embarrassed are Kevin Love, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Tiago Splitter. Porzingis has created a lot buzz throughout New York City and has been dubbed the name Godzingis.
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Grew up
Draw some attention
Scouts
Drafted
Booed
Made a name for himself
Dunking
Embarrased
