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Kristaps Porziņģis
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Latvian basketball player (born 1995)
Key facts
- Position
- Center / power forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1995-08-02 ) 2 August 1995 (age 30) , Liepāja , Latvia
- Listed height
- 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
- Listed weight
- 240 lb (109 kg)
- Nba draft
- 2015 : 1st round, 4th overall pick
- Drafted by
- New York Knicks
- Playing career
- 2012–present
- 2012 2015
- Sevilla
- 2012 2013
- →Sevilla B
- 2015 2019
- New York Knicks
- 2019 2022
- Dallas Mavericks
- 2022 2023
- Washington Wizards
- 2023 2025
- Boston Celtics
- 2025 2026
- Atlanta Hawks
- 2026 present
- Golden State Warriors
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kristaps
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Latvia
- Place of birth
- Liepāja
- Sibling
- Jānis Porziņģis
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Boston Celtics
- Position played
- power forward
- League
- Liga ACB
- Country for sport
- Latvia
- Mass
- 112
- Image
- Kristaps Porziņģis 2022.jpg
- Height
- 218
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- Commons category
- Kristaps Porziņģis
- date of birth
- 1995-08-02
- drafted by
- New York Knicks
- name in native language
- Kristaps Porziņģis
- sport number
- 6
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- social media followers
- 368202
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Encyclopedic overview
Kristaps Porziņģis ( Latvian pronunciation: [ˈkris.taps ˈpuɔr.ziɲ.ɟis]; born 2 August 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Unicorn" for his ability to make plays and shoot three-pointers as a center, Porziņģis is listed at 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) and plays as a power forward and center.
Born in Liepāja, Porziņģis began his professional career with Sevilla in 2012. Porziņģis quickly rose through the team's youth ranks and became the figurehead of the senior team by 2013. He subsequently won the EuroCup Basketball Rising Star award in 2015, where, at age 19, Porziņģis became the youngest ever recipient of the award. The following summer, he declared for the NBA draft and was selected fourth overall by the New York Knicks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kristaps Porziņģis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.