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Kristaps Porzingis really wants to meet Jerry Ferrara

Despite being the toast of New York, Knicks rookie Kristaps Porzingis has remained delightfully unaffected so far.

He tells MSG Networks’ Jill Martin in an interview to air Friday that the celebrity fan he’s most excited to meet is . . . Jerry Ferrara?

“I’ve seen his movies. I know he is a fan of me,” explained the Latvian baller of the star who played Turtle on HBO’s “Entourage.” “He was tweeting some stuff about me, so I know he supports me.”

Porzingis added of Ferrara, “I should invite him to our games.”

Perhaps further revealing that his focus is on the court rather than the high life, he told Martin his favorite place to eat in New York is the Cheesecake Factory, because “They have millions of different cheesecakes, so I’ll guess I’ll have to try them all!”

Never mind that the restaurant’s nearest location to Madison Square Garden is in New Jersey. Porzingis also revealed his admiration of another sport: “With my height, I probably wouldn’t be able to make money playing pingpong, but I would just have fun with it. The table is too low for me.”