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Kristaps Porzingis will likely be out of the Jazz's range on draft night, but he sure is fun to watch.
The 7-foot, 19-year-old forward from Latvia plays currently for Baloncesto Sevilla, but is pegged as a top prospect in the upcoming NBA draft. His skills have been on display in Youtube hype videos for a while, but one of his recent workouts in the U.S. at Impact Basketball in Las Vegas turned heads.
In a new video from DraftExpress, Porzingis shows fluidity, shooting touch, post moves, rebounding and athleticism not commonly found in 7-feet tall people. He compares himself to Anthony Davis and Kevin Garnett with his skillset in the video, joking that "he's not the stiff European everybody thinks that I am."
On top of the aforementioned skills, he hits repeatedly from behind the arc in the video, showing versatility to stretch the floor. He's thin and any athlete can look good without defenders in his face, but the potential is at the very least tantalizing.
Watch the whole video here.
-Brennan Smith
Twitter: @BrennanJSmith