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The arrival of Kristaps Porzingis soothes the pain of the Stephen Curry revolution

It's NBA Rookie Week at SB Nation. We've got a good one. Let's appreciate him.

This is a story about why Knicks fans needed Kristaps Porzingis this season more than any other in recent memory and why we will always be link him to Stephen Curry. The 7'3" sweet-shooting Latvian rookie has yet to scratch the surface of his true potential, but his early success in the NBA has helped to mitigate the pain of the Knicks' role in the 2009 NBA Draft, which can now safely be considered among the best of all time predominantly because of one player.