Brad Stevens, president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics, has stated that he has been waiting for Kristaps Porzingis since the first day of the training campdespite the plantar fasciitis he suffers in his right foot that forced him to miss the 2023 World Cup with Latvia.
The organization announced on August 16 that his rehabilitation would take four to six weeks. The opening of the training camps is scheduled for October 3, so it would be available from the beginning.
The intern was traded to Boston from the Washington Wizards in one of the biggest trades of the last free agency. The expectations with him are very high, although his injury history raises questions. But this time, Stevens calls for calm. “I’m not worried about that. He is doing his rehabilitation (with the Latvian team in the World Cup). Our training staff were with him in the 10 days when he was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. He tried to play, but decided that he didn’t want to have to deal with lingering effects in the future,” he told the outlet. WEEE.
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“This is something we need to be able to navigate and manage in the coming weeks to get it to the training camp. We plan to have him from day one. He really wanted to be with his country, so it broke her heart not to. But he eliminated the possibility of scarring by addressing the injury now. It shouldn’t be a big problem,” the former Celtics coach insisted for eight seasons.
Porzingis is coming off his best season in points (23.2), assists (2.7) and field goals (49 percent). She’s also the second-highest in 3-pointers with 39 percent shooting in 66 games. «When you talk about bringing someone who is only a center, it is difficult for him to play with Robert Williams, right? But with the skills of Kristaps and Al (Horford) you can combine a little and play big. I think that’s something we couldn’t do last year because a lot of our best players were guards and that’s why we ended up playing small. You have to be able to do both,” analyzed the 46-year-old leader.
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2023-08-30 05:12:22
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