Knicks President Says Kristaps Porzingis Threatened to Go to Europe If He Wasn’t Traded
Written by SOURCE on May 23, 2019
Knicks President Steve Mills claims that All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis, who was born in the country of Latvia, threatened to go back to Europe if he wasn’t traded.
To top it all off, Porzingis reportedly gave the franchise just seven days to make it happen.
“[Porzingis] point-blank said to us, ‘I don’t want to be here. I’m not going to re-sign with the Knicks and I’m going to give you seven days to trade me or I’m going back to Europe,'” Mills revealed on Wednesday. Mills continued: “Fortunately for us, we had a number of deals lined up. We just started a trade call as soon as he walked out of the office.”
Interesting new information on the Porzingis trade from today’s JPM speaker event with Scott Perry and Steve Mills
KP threatened to go back to Europe if not traded within 7 days
Scott and Steve had trade offers lined up dating back to last September pic.twitter.com/JGp1EQQrUV
— #Knockstape (@KnicksGuy1) May 22, 2019
Eventually, the Knicks sent Porzingis, who missed out on the 2018-19 season due to an ACL injury, to the Dallas Mavericks back in January.
The team has acquired guard Dennis Smith Jr., center DeAndre Jordan, guard/forward Wesley Matthews and two future first round draft picks from Dallas in exchange for forward Kristaps Porzingis, and guards Tim Hardaway Jr., Trey Burke and Courtney Lee.
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) January 31, 2019
This post will be updated.
