Kristaps Porzingis is not the most talked about player on the New York Knicks this year, mainly because the likes of Derrick Rose and Carmelo Anthony have taken over the chatter around the tri-state area, but he’s a big piece in the future of the franchise. It wasn’t always that way, though. As an European player, there were some challenges to making that big jump to the league.
In this clip with The Player’s Tribune, GODZINGIS talks about when he first started getting interest from NBA teams and what he did to make sure he made it pro.
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