NBA star's second brutal rejection by model

NBA superstar Kristaps Porzingis has just copped his second brutal rejection from Croatian model Ines Nikic.

The seven-foot-three Latvian, who's been known to try his luck across the Instagram pages of many models, has somehow not learnt his lesson.

On this occasion, he's asked for a follow from Nikic, three months after originally flirting with the then-17-year-old online.

An image posted to Twitter, shows Nikic's private messages with the Knicks centre, presumably after Nikic asks him what he is trying to achieve.

"A follow back obviously," Porzingis said.

“Why does it matter to you that much?” Nikic replied.

"It’s a matter of life or death," the NBA star replied.

At a later date, after his latest message is ignored, Porzingis followed up with a screenshot of Nikic entitled "goddamn girl".

Adding further salt to the wounds, the 18-year-old model still hasn't 'followed back' and appeared to taunt the 22-year-old basketballer with an image entitled "Porzingod tryna smash".

Porzingis initially struck out with the Croatian beauty in May after coming across her profile on Instagram.

As he's become famous for doing, he left a heart-eyes emoji and awaited a positive response.

However what he received in return was a public shaming.

Nikic posted an image of herself kissing what appears to be her boyfriend, alongside the caption, "@kporzee (Kristaps Porzingis) who? Are you sleeping peacefully Kristaps Porzingis?"

Ouch.

The New York Knicks big man took the crushing blow like a champ, posting a couple of laughing emojis with the text "oh s____ my bad".

He wouldn't be getting too down on himself though, after having much more luck in the past on Instagram, even with a Sports Illustrated model.

He posted a similar comment on a racy image of Abigail Ratchford in February and received an extremely positive response.

It's not known if the pair took their Instagram flirting any further.

"I mean, you always gotta find a little bit of time for the girls, right? But there’s nothing serious really. Nothing too serious," the skilful centre told GQ.

"I haven’t been that social yet, and I have been mostly focusing on basketball, but when I have a little more time I might to have to meet some new people."

Porzingis has been training his MMA skills as he prepares for an international basketball tournament with Latvia.