Kristaps Porzingis doesn’t play like a traditional center. His childhood haircut, in retrospect, explains a lot about that.
Somewhere from age 10 to 12 — the Wizards’ big man can’t remember when exactly — Porzingis rocked cornrows. Long, luscious cornrows. Porzingis grew out his hair as part of a bet with his brothers, but the style was also an ode to some of his favorite NBA players: Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson.
“I tried to imitate him when I was a kid,” Porzingis said of Anthony. “He had a huge impact on me.