Jānis Porziņģis (born 13 July 1982) is a Latvian former professional

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player. At a height of , he played at the

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position. He is the older brother of

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forward

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Professional playing career

Porziņģis played for 15 different teams in multiple European national domestic leagues over a 14-year career. He officially retired from playing professional basketball in 2015 after having last played in 2013.

National team career

Porziņģis also made a few appearances with the senior Latvian national team.

Post playing career

After he retired from playing professional basketball, Porziņģis became an

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for his younger brother,

, who is himself a professional basketball player for the

of the

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(NBA).

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