Kristaps Porzingis: Porzingis (quad) hopeful for Saturday

But that wasn’t the worst part of his night. You couldn’t just go to the store and buy all these albums, you know?

Porzingis likely will have many welcome-to-the-NBA moments this season, but the 7-3 rookie from Latvia also believes he will show he belongs in the National Basketball Association.

“I was off, ” Porzingis said. 2013 No. 6 pick Nerlens Noel missed his entire rookie year to recover from a knee injury, and 2014 No. 2 pick Joel Embiid has yet to play a game as he recovers from multiple foot injuries.

An assistant coach for 11 seasons, Ewing still aspires to become a head coach but said he’s not ready to go the Chris Mullin route. He appears to have that in him. “So I have to be smart with the minutes I give him”, said Brown. I think it’s more credit to him than me because I can only imagine the feeling that I had – that hunger to be successful and you have it in front of your face. I’m just really proud of him. He’s been in and out, so the shooting is not really my issue. I think it’s pretty cool. Carmelo Anthony, Jose Calderon, Robin Lopez and Kyle O’Quinn were healthy scratches for the second night of the back-to-back. Galloway shot 6-for-7, including 3-for-3 from three-point range, and six assists. Arron Afflalo made his Knicks debut and looked sharp in eight minutes against Boston – he had eight points and five rebounds in his first game action since hurting his hamstring in the third practice of training camp.

It’s never encouraging for big men (Okafor is 6-foot-11, 275 pounds, Porzingis is 7-foot-3, 240 pounds) to be dealing with lower-body injuries. He ended up signing with the Hornets. “By them doing that, when that time comes, it kind of forces me to be at the top level of my game on both ends of the court”.

Fisher naturally was overjoyed with news that former Lakers teammate Lamar Odom is conscious and talking.

If Grant continues his superb play in the triangle during the season, then Fisher may discover that he does not need Calderon anymore, prompting the trade with the Clippers that could be a “win-win” situation for both teams. “I think it’s proof that we always have to have faith no matter what”. If O’Quinn can produce in the regular season like he has in the preseason, the signing will be a shrewd one for New York. “He’s huge. The first day I got there I saw his jersey retired so I know he’s a legend there”.