Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis added 11 pounds over summer

The Knicks rookie says he has gotten stronger over the off-season.

New York Knicks rookie forward Kristaps Porzingis gained 11 pounds over the off-season, reports the New York Post's Marc Berman.

Porzingis, the fourth pick in the 2015 NBA draft, was officially listed at 7'1/2" and 220 pounds on draft night.

“It’s the upper body,” Porzingis told the New York Post while in attendance at the U.S. Open on Monday. “Guys can’t push me around that easy, and I still got time to get a little stronger. I can’t wait for training camp.”

Porzingis posted a video to Twitter on Tuesday throwing down a self-alley-oop off the backboard, and does appear to be a bit bigger.

Mans zelta rokas metiens! 😄 Lai veicas komandai čempionāta turpinājumā! 🏀 pic.twitter.com/mq1c3XFXQj

— Kristaps Porzingis (@kporzee) September 8, 2015

The Knicks open up their 2015-16 campaign in Milwaukee on Oct. 28.

• Watch Porzingis’s fellow NBA rookies try (and fail) to spell his name

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