Kristaps Porzingis: Timberwolves 2015 NBA Draft Profile
Mar 11, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Flip Saunders reacts against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center. The Suns defeated the Timberwolves 106-97. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
This is the eighth piece in a series of NBA Draft Profiles that will look at prospects that the Timberwolves have shown interest in and may eventually draft in the 2015 NBA Draft. The eighth profile will look at Kristaps Porzingis.
One of the most controversial names in this 2015 NBA Draft Class is power forward Kristaps Porzingis of Latvia. He’s controversial because his ranking seems to vary from roughly fourth-overall to tenth.
According to Darren Wolfson of KSTP Sports and ESPN 1500, the Timberwolves are going to attend a Porzingis workout, indicating that they have at least some interest in the Latvian star. Still, it seems unlikely that Porzingis winds up in Minnesota after the 2015 NBA Draft.
#Twolves busy week-plus: see Okafor & Towns (may actually be mid-week), see Porzingis and others in Vegas next weekend, Vaughn here workout.
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) June 8, 2015
Porzingis definitely seems like a hit-or-miss type of prospect. At the young age of 19, Porzingis has dominated the Euroleague and has shown some serious star potential at the NBA level. However, too many times we’ve seen these European prospects that have been hyped up quite a bit before the NBA Draft become disappointments. Hopefully, for Porzingis’ sake, the trend doesn’t continue with him.
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