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Kristaps Porzingis’ brother slams Carmelo, warns Knicks about future

The smoke is finally clearing around Kristaps Porzingis’ blown-off exit meeting at the conclusion of last season, and the Knicks won’t like the findings.

Janis Porzingis, the Knicks center’s brother and agent, revealed that the swipe at the franchise was calculated, took a big swing at Carmelo Anthony and warned the Knicks they need to treat his brother right — or else.

“That wasn’t an emotional decision. It wasn’t a spontaneous action,” Janis told Latvian website Sportacentrs, as translated by Eurohoops. “We had been thinking about it for a long time and it was considered an honest, well-thought decision we came up with together.