For the record, Kristaps Porzingis still thinks about the night he was booed by hundreds of frustrated New York Knicks fans at the 2015 NBA Draft.
“I wouldn’t say it’s on my mind, but it still sits inside of you a little bit,” Porzingis said recently in an interview on ESPN 89.7 FM. “It’s not a good feeling when you get booed, obviously.”
Clearly, Porzingis has exceeded the expectations of those Knicks fans -– and many around the NBA –- in the first weeks of his rookie season.
The 20-year-old enters Friday’s game against the Miami Heat averaging 13.