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Kristaps Porzingis' family breaks into Latvian song to accept award

New York Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis was named Latvian Athlete of the Year this week. Fortunately for Porzingis (who couldn't be there to accept the award), his family (grandmother and aunts) accepted the trophy for him.

However — a simple acceptance speech would not do. Porzingis' relatives went a step above and decided to sing a Latvian song they wrote about the 21-year-old.

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Here's a translation of what the women sang:

What would we like to wish our Porzingis tonight, tonight

Wish you good health and all of the work gets easily done

All those jealous sights should stay away from you

All the glory and fame for Kristaps while living in America

God give Kristaps opportunity to stay at such a high level for a long, long time