Kristaps Porzingis is a Latvian professional basketball player currently playing for the New York Knicks who was drafted 4th overall by the Knicks in 2015; he stands at 7'3" and plays both power forward and center, having taken up basketball at age 6 following in his parents' footsteps playing for his youth team in Latvia, where he remains very popular.

1. Kristaps Porzingis is a Latvian professional
basketballplayer for the New York Knicks of
the National Basketball Associaton (NBA).
On June 25, 2015, Porzingis was selected
with the fourth overall pick in the NBA draft.

2. He was born in Liepaja (August 2,
1995) and played youth basketball for
BK Liepajas Lauvas

3. Kristap’s height 2.21 m, weight 109 kg
and shoes size is 50,5 (European sizes)

4. He’s the most popular person in
Latvia.
Everyone’s talking about him and
people who have never been related
to basketball.

5. He plays the power forward and centr
positions.

6. He comes from a basketball-centered
family.
Porzingis followed his parents'
footsteps and started to play
basketball at age 6.

7. Interesting facts about him :
*He likes to eat melons
* He went to a bullfight once while he
played in Spain
*His favorite movie is “Friday”
*He sometimes models when he’s not
playing basketball
*He always wanted
to be a Knick

8. Latvian
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