Kristaps Porzingis' first coach (English subtitles)

Knicks forward Kristaps Porzingis started basketball at the age of 6..
His first coach - Mr. Edvins Sprude. (Latvian - Edvīns Sprūde)
Latvian Television went to Kristaps hometown Liepaja to meet his first coach!
Video: Reinis Osenieks, Twitter: @rainocean

[@CreAce22]

Congratulations Kristaps on your journey to the NBA. And good job coach.

[@ElTuco84]

I just can imagine Mr. Sprude immense joy watching Knick games these days

[@ernestslapins3320]

Yeah

[@andrejaset5063]

He'll enjoy the Mavs games more from now on...

Mans fizkultūras učuks! Prieks, ka viņš turās!
My school teacher of sports. Glad he is fine!

[@Flavio617]

great story

[@getsocial9115]

nice story, you can see the pride he has when speaking on his former player and friend.

[@arisplugis2868]

Lepojamies!

[@harryangel9861]

respect

[@moontoad]

I demand an anime about kristaps childhood

[@SearchSagath]

0:25 Wiseguys

[@Rblock777]

aizgājis

[@theone4118]

Kā tad nav 2 nba špīleri no 1 pilsētas.. Berčas tak! :D

[@outkastnevalast3644]

OMG he had Melo's braids hahaha

[@bongbong6218]

4:07 he look like a cute little girl LOL

[@peku8488]

not anymore xD

[@GRIDSALEENS7]

And now they just call him Staps. KP

[@ilikepie023]

At 4:14
Saucin', saucin', I'm saucin' on you

[@TrillionTalents777]

I'm curious how do you pronounce his name in latvian? It sounds like porzinga?

[@nauriskify]

['kris.taps 'pʊ͡ɔr.ziɲ.ɟis]

[@mareksicinski449]

Short answer is it is pronounced 'as it is written' ie. letter by letter with the letters having the same sound regardless of their place in the word
But latvian has a grammatical case system so words change their form (endings) depending whether for example you are saying 'of' him, 'to' him etc