Kristaps Porzingis, the No. 4-overall draft pick, has been viewed as the most welcomed addition to the New York City landscape since Starbucks set up shop in every fifth storefront. Every move chronicled, usually viewed on the masterpiece level of a Rembrandt.
Then came his recent three-game road trip, where he shot 6-of-25, was scoreless in one game, and for all intents was just another 7-foot-3 Latvian. Panic gripped segments of the Knicks faithful. Porzingis was feared to have hit the — gasp! — rookie wall.
“I don’t think so,” Porzingis said Monday after Knicks practice in Tarrytown.