Kristaps Porzingis just confirmed that the Spurs smoke was, in fact, real during the trade saga that eventually took him to Atlanta to play next to Trae Young. The Unicorn spoke in an interview with Sporta Studija, a Latvian sports media group, where he revealed that he thought his next home would be in Alamo City.
“After the season, I spoke to my agent and kind of expected that one or more of us would be traded. For a while, I thought I might end up with the Spurs, but then Atlanta came in—and that was a nice surprise.