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Kristaps Porzingis: “I’m not Shawn Bradley”

Porzingis says he was "fired up" by Phil's Shawn Bradley reference. 'I'm not Shawn Bradley,' he says. More here: http://t.co/32hUla3HkY

— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) September 17, 2015

According to Ian Begley of ESPN, in a Shifman Mattress Company event, Kristaps Porzingis said he was motivated when Phil Jackson compared him to Shawn Bradley.

I guess that’s what Phil does, gets guys to work hard and [get fired] up. That fired me up. ‘I’m like, I’m not Shawn Bradley, you know,’

I want to be better than Shawn Bradley, obviously, and be stronger than him, but I’m a different player,”

Porzingis is already working hard to shred the Shawn Bradley image.