{"id":20710,"date":"2019-05-13T14:29:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=20710"},"modified":"2019-05-13T21:39:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T01:39:01","slug":"dallas-mavericks-forward-kristaps-porzingis-assaulted-in-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2019\/05\/13\/dallas-mavericks-forward-kristaps-porzingis-assaulted-in-latvia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Mavericks Forward Kristaps Porzingis Assaulted in Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new video has emerged of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/porzikr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/a><\/strong> in his home country of Latvia. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/dallas-mavericks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> star appears to have been in some kind of altercation outside of a bar. Shams Charania reported that the Mavericks are investigating the situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Mavericks are investigating All-Star Kristaps Porzingis\u2019 altercation in Europe over weekend and current understanding is he was jumped at a club, assaulted and hit by objects, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheAthleticNBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stadium?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Stadium<\/a> has learned.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1127652896340881408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that the altercation took place after a few Russian fans of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/new-york-knicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Knicks<\/a> saw Porzingis outside of a nightclub. These fans were upset with the fact that he was so outspoken about the Knicks organization prior to being traded. The video shows a bloodied Porzingis in a heated argument with what appears to be law enforcement. Early reports are that objects were thrown at Porzingis, one of which hit him just above the eye.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DallasMavericks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DallasMavericks<\/a> star player <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KristapsPorzingis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#KristapsPorzingis<\/a> was in a bloody altercation with a group of Russians in his hometown of Liepaja. It&#39;s reported the group of Russians were upset about Porzingis switching teams.. Dallas Mavericks are currently investigating the incident. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gG5MQDao6B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gG5MQDao6B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hip Hop Weekly (@HipHopWeekly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HipHopWeekly\/status\/1128001148479320064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Kristaps Porzingis Assaulted in Latvia<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Kristaps Porzingis was moved in a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2019\/01\/31\/new-york-knicks-dallas-mavericks-kristaps-porzingis\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blockbuster trade<\/a> in February where the reportedly disgruntled superstar was shipped to the Dallas Mavericks. Porzingis, 23-years-old, was recovering from a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/2018\/02\/07\/kristaps-porzingis-tears-acl-season-ending-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">torn ACL<\/a> when he is reported to have had a meeting with Knicks management as he was unsatisfied with the slow rebuild. In return, the Knicks acquired <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/smithde03.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dennis Smith<\/a> Jr.<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jordade01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeAndre Jordan<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/matthwe02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wesley Matthews<\/a><\/strong>, and two first-round selections. The 7&#8217;3 native of Liepaja in Latvia averaged 22.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 40% from three in 48 games during the 2017-2018 NBA season. The former All-Star will be looking to have a productive offseason as he regains his health. Porzingis will team up with fellow European star <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/doncilu01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luka Doncic<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>on the Dallas Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first off-court issue that Porzingis has faced in 2019. In late February, allegations came out from a New York woman that Porzingis has sexually assaulted her in 2018. Porzingis claimed that it was a mutual encounter and vehemently denied all of the accusations. He also claimed that the young lady attempted to extort him out of $68,000 prior to making the sexual assault claim.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:\u00a013 July 2018, Berlin, Germany: Kristaps Porzingis (R), power forward of the New York Knicks plays with youth players of the basketball team ALBA Berlin during a joint training session. The Latvian basketball player is currently on an advertising tour in Germany. Photo: Gregor Fischer\/dpa (Photo by Gregor Fischer\/picture alliance via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new video has emerged of Kristaps Porzingis in his home country of Latvia. The Dallas Mavericks star appears to have been in some kind of altercation outside of a bar. Shams Charania reported that the Mavericks are investigating the situation. The Mavericks are investigating All-Star Kristaps Porzingis\u2019 altercation in Europe over weekend and current [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1501,"featured_media":18580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,30,3],"tags":[175,138,58],"class_list":["post-20710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knicks","category-mavericks","category-news","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-kristaps-porzingis","tag-new-york-knicks"],"modified_by":"Youssef Elminyawi","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1501"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}