Kristaps Porzingis revealed on Tuesday that he’s dealing with plantar fasciitis in his foot, and the model new Celtics large man gained’t play for his native Latvia inside the upcoming FIBA World Cup.
Porzingis made an announcement on his Twitter/X account that the selection was made after a variety of assessments of the foot.
“It’s troublesome, I really feel very accountable to myself and the supporters of the Latvian nationwide staff, however a call has been made that I can’t play within the World Cup,” Porzingis acknowledged, via Google Translate.
“After a variety of weeks of restoration and a repeat MRI examination, the plantar fasciitis of my foot nonetheless prevents me from being on the sphere in full readiness.
“This joint decision has been made by every the medical staff and coaching staff of the nationwide group, along with the Celtics group – with the advice and opinion that it’s now important to proceed the restoration course of.
“Such a call isn’t straightforward to make, however I promise that I can be there and assist the staff as a lot as I can.”
It’s unclear how the harm was sustained and the way in which prolonged Porzingis shall be sidelined. Celtics teaching camp is anticipated to begin in late September with the preseason starting in early October. He has two-plus months to get higher sooner than the Celtics begin the frequent season.
Nonetheless, the data isn’t excellent after the Celtics made a franchise-altering commerce in June to amass Porzingis inside the deal that despatched Marcus Good to the Grizzlies, significantly given Porzingis’ harm historic previous. The large man had the right and one in every of many healthiest seasons of his occupation in 2022-23, posting a career-best 23.2 components in 65 video video games. However he has had some hassle staying on the courtroom all via his occupation, which included tearing his ACL in 2018.
Porzingis’ harm is a gigantic blow to Latvia’s hopes inside the nation’s first ever look inside the World Cup. He was one among merely two NBA avid gamers on the roster.
Celtics’ schedule coming into focus
The group play schedule for the NBA’s inaugural in-season match was launched on Tuesday. The Celtics, who’re in East Group C, will begin match play in opposition to the Nets at residence on Nov. 10, adopted by freeway video video games in opposition to the Raptors and Magic on Nov. 17 and 24 sooner than returning residence to wrap up group play versus the Bulls on Nov. 28.
The winners of each of the six groups – along with two wild-card teams – will advance to the knockout stage of the match, which begins with the quarterfinals on Dec. 4-5.
The Celtics’ full regular-season schedule shall be launched on Thursday. It was reported remaining week by The Athletic’s Shams Charania that the C’s will host the Warmth in a rematch of the Japanese Convention Finals on Oct. 27. The Celtics might even go to the Lakers on Christmas Day, and face the defending champion Nuggets in Denver on Feb. 29, in response to Charania.