Question: What country is Kristaps Porziņģis, the the current champion of the New York Knicks, from?

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Ken Green (basketball, born 1959): Kenneth "Apple" Green (born September 19, 1959) is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) player for the New York Knicks.  Green played for Pan American University, where he led the Broncs to the 1981 NIT tournament, the school's only Division I post-season appearance.  During this season Green was an NCAA honorable mention All American.  Green was drafted with the eleventh pick in the second round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets; however, the Nuggets waived Green before the start of the 1981-82 NBA season.  He was signed by the Portland Trail Blazers before the 1985–86 NBA season, but was once again waived before the start of the season.  On March 25, 1986 the New York Knicks signed Green to a 10-day contract and then signed him to a contract for the rest of the season on April 4, 1986.  In seven games with the Knicks, Green averaged 4.4 points per game and 3.9 rebounds per game.

Sly Williams: Sylvester "Sly" Williams (born January 26, 1958) is a retired American basketball player.  Born in New Haven, Connecticut.  In 1979 he was drafter 21st overall by the New York Knicks and he played parts of seven seasons in the NBA with the New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics, appearing in 305 regular season games and seven in the playoffs.  In 1985 he signed for the Celtics, but was released on 2 December 1985 after a number of personal issues.  The Celtics went on to win the 1986 NBA Finals in his absence.  As a member of the Knicks, Williams was the last player to wear No. 33 before Patrick Ewing.

List of New York Knicks seasons: The New York Knickerbockers, better known as the New York Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  An original member of the NBA, the Knicks play in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division.  In its 71 seasons, the franchise has reached the NBA Finals eight times and won two championships.  As of the end of the 2016–17 season, New York has won more than 2,700 regular season games, and the team has the fourth-highest victory total in NBA history.  Since 1968, the Knicks have played home games at Madison Square Garden.

1973 NBA Finals: The 1973 NBA World Championship Series was the championship series of the 1972–73 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the culmination of that season's playoffs.  The Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks defeated the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1.  The series was an exact reversal of the prior year, with the Lakers winning Game 1 and the Knicks taking the next four games.  Knicks center Willis Reed was named as the NBA Finals MVP.

NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge: The current champion is Kristaps Porziņģis of the New York Knicks.

Sport in Latvia: Sports in Latvia include association football, ice hockey, basketball, athletics, rugby, tennis, cycling, and others.  Association football is historically the most popular of the Latvian sports and is closely followed by hockey.  Some of Latvia’s most notable athletes include hockey player Sandis Ozoliņš, football player Māris Verpakovskis, olympic javelin thrower Jānis Lūsis, two-time Olympic BMX champion Maris Strombergs, and basketball player Kristaps Porziņģis.

1968–69 New York Knicks season: The 1968–69 New York Knicks season was the 23rd season for the team in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The Knicks finished third in the Eastern Division with a 54–28 regular season record, and qualified for the NBA Playoffs for the third straight year.  In the first round of the playoffs, New York defeated the Baltimore Bullets in a four-game sweep to earn a berth in the Eastern Division Finals.  The Knicks lost the division finals to the eventual NBA champion Boston Celtics in six games.  Willis Reed scored a team-best 21.1 points per game for the Knicks; Walt Frazier led the team with 7.9 assists per game and Reed averaged 14.5 rebounds per game.

Knicks–Nets rivalry: The Knicks–Nets rivalry is a crosstown rivalry between New York City's two National Basketball Association (NBA) teams, the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets.  Both teams compete in Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference.  The New York Knicks were established in 1946 as one of the charter franchises of the NBA, and have been based at Madison Square Garden in Midtown Manhattan since 1968.  The Nets were established in 1967 as a member of the now-defunct American Basketball Association, and joined the NBA in 1976.  They have been based at Barclays Center in Brooklyn since 2012, though have played in the New York metropolitan area their entire existence.

Ray Castoldi: Ray Castoldi has been the organist at Madison Square Garden since 1989.  During the summer, when the New York Rangers and New York Knicks are spending their offseasons, Castoldi can be heard at the organ at New York Mets games at Citi Field (and previously Shea Stadium).  Because of this, he is the only person to play for the Mets, Rangers and Knicks in the same season.  (Similarly Gladys Gooding had played organ for the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Knicks and Rangers in the same year; likewise Eddie Layton and Jack Shaindlin played for the New York Yankees, Knicks and Rangers in the same season.)

Kristaps Porziņģis: Kristaps Porziņģis (] ; born August 2, 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  He was selected by the Knicks with the fourth overall pick of the 2015 NBA draft.  Standing 7 ft , he plays the power forward and center positions.  While being brought up in Liepāja, Latvia, Porziņģis started out his career with youth teams in his hometown before trying out and making the Baloncesto Sevilla youth squads.  Following multiple years with the junior teams of Sevilla and representing them in Nike International Junior Tournaments, he was promoted to the senior squad.  Porziņģis competed with the Latvia youth national team at the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

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Answer: Latvian