Kristaps Porziņģis and Kails Kuzma are still members of their former clubs Photo: Dallas “Mavericks”
Kails Kuzma, one of the leaders of the National Basketball Association (NBA) team “Washington Wizards”, is happy to be able to play together with the Latvian shimmer Kristaps Porziņģis, expressing confidence that their duo could cause problems for their opponents.
“I have noticed that opponents often send a force attacker to defend against Porziņģis. If a center is sent against me in that case, good luck covering us! I think it will be phenomenal. That will be great! ” Kuzma is excited, who immediately after the news that Porziņģis joins the team, found his phone number and called Liepāja. Kuzma has felt that Porziņģis is happy to have the opportunity to play in the ranks of the Wizards.
The porter and the choice for the second round of the future draft were changed to Wizards against Davis Bertans and Spencer Dinvidia yesterday. This is an interesting situation for Latvian fans, because in this way they will be able to continue to follow both “Mavs” and “Wizards”, but in the case of Dallas they will have to fan about Bertan, and Washington – about Porziņģis.
NBC Sports media reviewer Ches Hughes mentions that Kuzma and Porziņģis will be sent to the square at the same time. “In that case, the Wizards will have two long-end basketball players who can throw from different positions and arrange their own shots,” said Hues. This season, Kuzma and Porziņģis will be the main stars of the Wizards, as Bradley Biel will no longer play this season due to injury.
“His skills are unique. We now have another player who can protect the basket. I know that Kristaps will cause problems for the traditional centers, because he has done it all his career, “said Wizards head coach Vess Anselds, who cannot wait for Porziņģis to play with Bila. “The duo of these guys will give their opponents a headache. They can both throw, play without the ball, make a match – it can be a unique duo. I don’t want to compare them to Nikol Jokitch and Jamal Murray, with whom I used to work, but I see similarities. ”
Porziņģis has managed to accumulate an average of 19.2 points and 7.7 rebounds this season, but Kuzma has scored 16.1 points and 8.7 balls under the baskets. The next Wizards game is scheduled for February 13 at 2:00 Latvian time in their square against the Sacramento “Kings” represented by Domantas Sabonis. It is not known whether Porziņģis will make his debut in the ranks of the new club in this match.
