A shoutout to Gaboshyn for letting us know!
Washington Wizards forward Kristaps Porzingis will represent the Latvia men’s national basketball team in this summer’s FIBA World Cup Qualifier window in August. The news was reported as early as last June by Lukas Katilius of Basketnews.com while the NBA Draft was preoccupying our minds.
Latvia is in Group I of the second round of qualifiers with Greece, Turkey, Belgium, Serbia and Great Britain (the team does not go by “United Kingdom”) with a 3-1 record, tied for first place with Greece.
The games Latvia will play in August are on the 25th vs.