Kristaps Porzingis: Time to let the unicorn loose

For much of the past years, the unicorn moniker has become widely used in the NBA. It is generally given to players who had the size and skills of a center or a power forward and a guard’s technical abilities, including outside shooting, lateral quickness, ball handling, and passing. In the NBA, there are probably four to five “unicorns,” and one of them is the seven-foot-three Latvian Kristaps Porzingis.

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When the New York Knicks drafted him in 2015, not many people knew that they were getting a future NBA star. Most of the Knicks’ fans present in the draft even booed when it was announced that the team chose him as the fourth overall pick.

These past two seasons, Porzingis had displayed flashes of his seemingly unlimited potential by posting solid statistics in both offensive and defensive ends and showing his comfortability in being the go-to guy.

However, many people feel that Zinger could have done much better if only he were not shackled by the ineffective system former Knicks team president Phil Jackson had implemented and the presence of disgruntled star Carmelo Anthony.

But with one of them already out of the picture (Jackson has recently resigned) and the other willing to be traded to another team or take a step back, it is now time to unleash Porzingis and let him develop into the star that will bring the Knicks back to its former glory.

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Marc Hagins here, a longtime fan of the New York Knicks. If you want to read more about the NBA franchise, subscribe to this blog.