LOS ANGELES — Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving thought he would be teammates this weekend with Kristaps Porzingis on Team LeBron at Staples Center. Maybe one day that happens at the Garden.

Irving said he has sent his “well wishes’’ to the fallen 7-foot-3 Latvian and revealed he gave Porzingis a personal compliment to him earlier this season when the Knicks visited Boston on Oct. 24.

“I told him I would love to play with a big like you, man, when we played them in the beginning of the season when he came to Boston,’’ Irving said during Saturday’s Media Day at All-Star Weekend. “He’s so versatile. So I wish him nothing but the best and hope he comes back even stronger.”

That’s only compelling because Irving, a product of West Orange, N.J., is a free agent in 2019 when Porzingis is next scheduled to play a full season after undergoing ACL surgery last week.

The Knicks won’t have cap space until 2019, and it’s the summer Knicks brass, president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry, are looking to make a splash. It should be noted the Knicks were on Irving’s short wish list he gave the Cavaliers this past summer.

“One thing that absolutely sucks in sports and life is going through injuries,’’ Irving added. “I sent him well wishes. That dude is so freaking talented. It’s tough man. I just hope mentally he’s able to jump over those hurdles. It’s tough coming back knowing the process and having that window you’re trying to hit of how long you’ll have to wait in order to do certain things. He’s always in the gym. He’s a hard worker. I wish him nothing but the best.’’

The newfangled All-Star Game on Sunday night is a downer for Knicks fans who had hoped to see “The Franchise’’ make his All-Star debut. That got crashed Feb. 6 when he dunked on Giannis Antetokounmpo and landed awkwardly, his left leg buckling, his ACL tearing.

“Of course I feel bad,’’ Antetokounmpo said Saturday. “The NBA is a brotherhood. He’s one of my friends.’’

Indeed, “The Greek Freak’’ — who is on Team Stephen — said Porzingis visited him and his ex-Knick brother Thanasis in Greece after the Latvian’s rookie year. Antetokounmpo has phoned Porzingis his condolences.

“Things like that happen, but he’s going to do whatever it takes to come back strong,’’ Antetokounmpo said. “Because he’s Porzingaaaaaa.”

Karl-Anthony Towns and Kyle Lowry also have talked to Porzingis on the phone as he’s just starting rehab with an estimated timetable of nine-to-12 months. Sources indicated there’s hope is he will be back in 10 months, ready for Christmas.

“It’s very heartbreaking,’’ said Towns, selected No. 1 to Porzingis’ No. 4 in the 2015 draft. “He’s good friend of mine. To see him go down like that, this is a big dream of his to be an All-Star. It hurts. I talked to KP. I told him he’ll have multiple times to be here. It’s just a postponement of it. It’s not the end all and be all. There’ll be a lot more chances.’’

Lowry had ACL surgery at Villanova and came back to become one of the NBA’s top point guards. Lowry’s agency, ASM Sports, also reps Porzingis.

“I talked to KP already, I know him personally,’’ Lowry said. “His spirits are high and positive. When he gets to that point when it’s not getting any better or stronger, he’s got to keep pushing and pushing. When he’s struggling, push through it. He’ll be fine.”

The All-Star show goes on Sunday without Porzingis in the new format that saw captains LeBron James and Stephen Curry select teams through the pool of voted-in players. Four of Team LeBron’s selectees were replaced because of injury (Porzingis, DeMarcus Cousins, John Wall, Kevin Love).

Yet Team LeBron still is stacked. Just ask Irving, who was the first player to speak out on the silliness of last season’s 192-182 circus act.

“This is for myself, Russ [Westbrook] KD [Kevin Durant] and AD [Anthony Davis] and LeBron, that’s one of the best five I’ve ever been on the court with,’’ Irving said. “Just the talent is wow. You see how big fans we are of one another and we’re all on the court together, It’s pretty awesome. I think that lineup is something you envision in a video game.”

While James spent most of his press conference on social issues, he didn’t hesitate to give a shoutout to his former Cavaliers running mate, Irving, who wanted out of The King’s shadow this past summer.

“If he was available, I was taking him,’’ James said. “What we were able to accomplish in the three years makes it special. You automatically think about the moments.

“We’re opponents now, but those thoughts still go in my head of how great it was to break the drought in our city — 50-plus years — the both of us had magical Finals runs.’’