The s' highest-impact acquisition of the previous season continues to battle with mysterious well being points.
Firstly of Monday's media day, Warriors normal supervisor y introduced heart s could be out "indefinitely" with a well being concern and gained't be touring with the group to Hawaii. Dunleavy mentioned the 31-year-old Porzingis has been within the facility taking part in group actions the previous week, and the overall supervisor simply was notified of Porzingis's impending absence on Monday.
Requested if that well being concern was associated to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome or "POTS" – a situation Porzingis first revealed in 2025 he was recognized with – Dunleavy largely declined to remark.
"Dissatisfied that he gained't be on the market tomorrow," Dunleavy mentioned, on Porzingis. "But it surely's early, so don't wish to overreact to something."
The Warriors re-signed Porzingis to a two-year, $40 million deal on the presumption of higher well being in 2026-27, as the large man performed simply 32 video games final season and 15 for Golden State after the Warriors despatched Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for him in February.
Porzingis averaged 5.3 rebounds and 16.1 factors per recreation in 23.7 minutes in his quick stint down the stretch final season for Golden State. He has averaged 7.6 rebounds and 19.5 factors per recreation for his profession, and gained a championship in 2023-24 as a key starter for the Boston Celtics.
Head coach Steve Kerr mentioned that Dunleavy known as him Sunday night time to alert him of the Porzingis information, and known as it "stunning."
"That is all a part of the season, the well being of the group, issues occur," Kerr mentioned. "So that you simply roll with it and transfer ahead. We don't actually know what it means… we're going to get going with camp, and totally count on him to be with us in some unspecified time in the future. We simply, there's not a complete lot to report right now."
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