Hey everyone, welcome into another edition of the WojPod here in New York with Chris Stapps Porzingis of the Washington Wizards.

We've talked a lot through the years, Chris Staps.

First time on the podcast, thrilled to finally get you on.

How are you doing?

Doing good.

Thanks for having me, and I'm excited to do this.

Absolutely. We were just talking before we went on air and I was with you your first day in New York before the draft in 2015.

You had flown in and I always have this memory of you. We were in an SUV.

We were going to go have dinner and we talked at dinner.

And you kind of creaning your neck out the window sort of looking at the buildings.

I mean, you were literally this kid from Latvia who lands in New York, not knowing where you were going to get drafted yet.

And I just remember how sort of wide-eyed and kind of

in awe you were that day. Yeah, no. The whole process was just, you don't know what to expect, right?

I mean, somebody's kind of giving you idea. But even that day when I got to New York,

I thought it was going to be like a sightseeing day, you know, and I was going around doing interview after interview.

And it was a crazy process before the draft, and I remember sitting down with you and having that

interview.

So it was an interesting time and a lot going on.

And at that age, you don't understand what the hell is going on, you know?

So it was a fun time. I asked you a question, and I always remember this answer, and I pulled it up this morning.

I asked you what you were looking forward to most about getting drafted in the NBA, playing in the

NBA, and I've asked it to a lot of young players through the years, and you get a lot of

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