Now there’s a new reason given for why Kristaps Porzingis didn’t attend his exit meeting with Phil Jackson, Steve Mills and Jeff Hornacek in April.
According to former Post columnist Peter Vecsey, an incident between Porzingis, his buddy Willy Hernangomez and the head coach triggered ill feelings.
According to the report, Hornacek rode Porzingis hard last season, culminating when Hornacek told Hernangomez to tell Porzingis to “stop playing like a p—y.” Porzingis was offended, and it led to missing the exit interview and hurting his relationship with the first-year coach.
It’s been widely reported Porzingis missed the meeting due to the chaos of the franchise, changing offenses and Jackson’s treatment of Carmelo Anthony, who is still on the trading block.