Kristaps Porziņģis | Photo: Kevin Jairaj / USA TODAY Sports
Kristaps Porziņģis, a basketball player from the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has written a text of gratitude to his former teammate Carmelo Anthony on his Instagram account.
“I watched as a child Melo and tried to repeat his style. It’s fantastic that I got to play with one of the childhood idols, who too took me under the wing. Brother, I am grateful for the knowledge. Keep doing your business on and off the pitch. See you next season, “the Latvian wrote.
Together with Antonija, Porziņģis represented the New York Knicks from 2015 to 2017, playing two seasons together. Later, the paths of both basketball players divorced – in September 2017, Anthony was changed to the Oklahoma City “Thunder”, but in January 2019, Porziņģis became the Dallas “Mavericks”.
Liepāja is preparing for his sixth season in the NBA. 2020/2021 He scored an average of 20.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 43 main tournament games. In seven play-offs, he averaged 13.1 points, 5.4 assists and 1.3 assists.
