While the world ponders the future of small forward Carmelo Anthony, the New York Knicks have been gradually building around power forward Kristaps Porzingis. A potentially elite defender and already dynamic scoring threat, Porzingis looks the part of the next franchise player.
After something of a down game against Russia at EuroBasket 2017, Porzingis reaffirmed that belief with a dominant performance against Turkey.
Latvia entered the final game of group play with a record of 3-1. It dropped its opener by a score of 92-82 to Serbia, but proceeded to defeat Belgium 92-64, Great Britain 97-92, and Russia 84-69 in three impressive outings.