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Utah Jazz: Kristaps Porzingis gives high praise to Andrei Kirilenko

Although he still has a long ways to go to prove himself in the greatest basketball league in the world, New York Knicks big man Kristaps Porzingis has been quite the sensation during his first two seasons in the NBA. At 7’3″ and 240 pounds, the enormous Latvian often referred to as “The Unicorn” possesses both an impressive frame and a versatile skill set to go with it.

Last season, he averaged 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds and two blocks per game, and continued to solidify himself as a stretch-big by converting on 35.7 percent of his three-point attempts.