When David Fizdale got the job as Knicks coach, one of his first promises was to reach out to Kristaps Porzingis, even if that meant packing up and heading to Latvia. It made sense to create a bond with the injured star of the team, after the previous regime created a distance between the two sides.
So Fizdale and his wife headed out on a peacekeeping mission, spending a week with Porzingis and his family, sampling the local culture and bridging the gap with a player he knew might not play for him this season because of injury
All good, right?