If you were asked to compare New York Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis to a current NBA player, who would you pick?
Well, if you’re NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers icon James Worthy, you’d say he’s a combo of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki and OKC Thunder MVP Kevin Durant.
Pretty high praise, no doubt, but James Worthy seems overly impressed with Kristaps Porzingis who made his Summer League debut for the New York Knicks this past weekend.
After his 12-points-in-18-minutes showing against the Spurs in his Knicks debut Saturday, Worthy said on the Lakers broadcast: “He’s a freak of nature. He’s a combination of Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Durant. It’s a good pick for the Knicks.’’
I don’t know if the Los Angeles Lakers legend had a few too many cold ones over the weekend, but that’s some absurdly high praise on the part of the New York Knicks rookie. Granted, he looked very solid in his debut but suggesting him to be a combination of Dirk Nowitzki and Kevin Durant? It’s comparisons like that which put players, especially those that play in the Big Apple, in position to fail.
Hopefully nobody takes James Worthy’s comment seriously and keeps him out of scouting departments.
