The Magic could've drafted Kristaps Porzingis in 2014

By foxsports
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Even though he's only been a Knick for seven months, it feels like Kristaps Porzingis could never have been on another team. He's become so New York, so synonymous with putbacks in the Garden and the revival of the Knicks. How could we possibly picture this 20-year-old giant, no wider than a broomstick, draped in any other jersey? 

But as Adrian Wojnarowski writes in his introductory feature on Porzingis at his new site, the Vertical, which launched at Yahoo! on Friday morning, Porzingis could've ended up elsewhere. He could've been on the Magic.

Porzingis, who the Knicks selected fourth overall in the 2015 draft, actually entered his name into the draft in 2014. And according to his agent, Andy Miller, he actually got a promise from Magic GM Rob Hennigan at No. 10.

Via Woj:

Unfortunately for the Magic, it didn't work out that way. Porzingis removed his name from the draft and returned to the ACB League in Spain, where he'd play for one more season before entering the draft, going fourth to New York and becoming the next great hope in NYC. 

You know the rest.