NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Kristaps Porzingis’ brother didn’t hold back in an interview with the Latvian magazine Sporta Avize, saying the Knicks star skipped his exit interview last season to pressure the team to make changes and that New York had better keep “The Unicorn” happy if they hope to sign him to a contract extension.
Janis Porzingis, who is also his brother’s agent, ripped Carmelo Anthony for not taking a stronger stand against the Knicks sooner so that the 7-foot-3 power forward wouldn’t have had to.
“That wasn’t an emotional decision,” Janis Porzingis said of the missed exit interview with then-team president Phil Jackson, according to a translation by EuroHoops.