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Kristaps Porzingis’ energy at camp is starting to infect Knicks

Enes Kanter didn’t know what to expect from Kristaps Porzingis in training camp. After all, once he tore his ACL last Feb. 6, Porzingis became a ghost, doing his own thing.

Though Porzingis spent all of his five-month offseason in Europe rehabbing, fellow European Kanter stayed in the U.S., touring the country.

For the second straight practice, Porzingis, despite not being medically cleared, was as vibrant as Kanter ever has seen him.

“He’s so engaged, man,’’ Kanter said. “Unbelievable. I talked to him on the sideline. He’s jumping, ‘I’m so pumped. I can’t wait to go [play].