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2015 NBA Draft Profile: Kristaps Porzingis

Having played in Spain for the past three seasons, Porzingis will make his leap to the NBA after being named this year’s Eurocup Rising Star. The 7-foot-1 Latvian averaged 11.0 points and 4.5 rebounds, while shooting 49.4 percent for Baloncesto Sevilla this season. At just 19 years old, Porzingis is set to become the third player from his country in NBA history and could top Andris Biedrins (No. 11 overall in 2004) for the highest draft selection by a Latvian.

Kristaps Porzingis
- 11.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 49.4 FG%, 36.7 3P%
- Eurocup Rising Star
- ACB All-Young Players Team (2014)

ESPN's Fran Fraschilla: If you’re picking fourth, you’re essentially needing to roll the dice a little bit and gamble, and I don’t know how you can come up with a better gamble than a guy that’s 7-foot-1, on his way to 7-foot-2, who’s athletic, graceful, can shoot the ball from 3, block shots and is 19 years old.

I get the idea of the bust factor, but after (Jahlil) Okafor, (Karl-Anthony) Towns and (D'Angelo) Russell are gone, you might as well gamble and draft a kid who could potentially be along the lines of a Dirk Nowitzki or a combination of Nowitzki, (Pau) Gasol and (Andrei) Kirilenko.

He’s a graceful player. His English is great. He’s a basketball junkie. There are some things about him that I think are going to translate well to the NBA. The one thing he is not is a center. He is a power forward right now.