David Fizdale had just arrived to the small port city on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea. It's not a vacation, but it might be the most important trip of the summer for the New York Knicks head coach.
It's late July, and Fizdale and his wife, Natasha Sen-Fizdale, are in Liepaja, Latvia, to meet with the Knicks' face of the franchise, Kristaps Porzingis, and his family. They spend time visiting the court Porzingis built through his foundation and touring the athletic facility at which he spent time rehabbing from last season's ACL surgery.