Nationality Latvian Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg) Name Janis Porzingis Height 2.01 m | Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Pro career 2000–2014 2001–2002 BK Liepajas Lauvas Role Basketball player Weight 100 kg | |
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Keeping Up with the Porzingis: Janis Speaks and Kristaps Scores
Jānis Porziņģis (born 13 July 1982) is a former Latvian professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6'7½"), he played at the small forward position.
Contents
- Keeping Up with the Porzingis Janis Speaks and Kristaps Scores
- Professional playing career
- Latvian national team
- Post playing career
- References

Professional playing career

Porziņģis played for fifteen different teams, in multiple European national domestic leagues over a fourteen-year career. He officially retired from playing professional basketball in 2015, after last having played in 2013.
Latvian national team
Porziņģis also made a few appearances with the Latvian national team.
Post playing career
After he retired from playing professional basketball, Porziņģis became an agent for his younger brother, Kristaps Porziņģis, who is also a professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).



References
Jānis Porziņģis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA