NBA Latest News & Updates: New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis Next MVP?

In the NBA news and updates, imagine an NBA player who is taller than Shaquille O'Neal, can shoot and play like Dirk Nowitzki, aggressive in the air like Blake Griffin, and can guard like Marc Gasol. That specific player happens to be the New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis, the team's rising MVP.

New York Daily reported that New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis roasted the Blazers in different ways. New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis dominated the inside, outside, right hand, off-hand, and even off-the-dribble in the game. On one play late in the second quarter, the 21-year-old drove to his left hand and slammed all over Portland center Mason Plumlee. New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis ended the game with 31 points and 9 rebounds.

Tweet 'Kristaps Porzingis #BBVARisingStars' to vote @kporzee for MVP! #KnicksTOthe6 pic.twitter.com/ky0z9KsxrD

— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) February 13, 2016

According to Hoops Habit, the fans of New York Knicks have been disappointed since the departure of Amare Stoudemire in 2010 and the Jeremy Lin-sanity in 2012. These also left the team as the uninspired group for years.

Phil Jackson had provided the New York Knicks fans with their first real and genuine ray of hope when he drafted Kristaps Porzingis in June 2016. Jackson somehow landed a true talent with limitless potential, someone that New York Knicks fans could watch and grow into a superstar before their very eyes. It was an experience to the New York Knicks franchise hasn't had in nearly 30 years.

New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis is a 21-year-old Latvian professional basketball player, standing at 7 ft. 3 inches tall. He was selected by the Knicks with the fourth overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft.

On the day Kristaps Porzingis was drafted, he was booed and hated by the New York crowd. But New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis vowed to change the fans' opinions on him from negative to positive, which he really did it.

On November 4, 2016, New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis scored a season-high 27 points in 117-104 win over the Chicago Bulls. New York Knicks Porzingis also topped his mark on November 16 with a career-high 35 points in 105-102 win over the Detroit Pistons.

Do you think New York Knicks Kristaps Porzingis can be the next MVP?