{"id":95587,"date":"2024-09-13T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=95587"},"modified":"2024-09-13T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T17:07:19","slug":"celtics-porzingis-injury-update-second-season-starts-in-recovery-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/09\/13\/celtics-porzingis-injury-update-second-season-starts-in-recovery-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics\u00a0Porzi\u0146\u0123is\u00a0Injury Update: Second Season Starts In Recovery Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Boston Celtics injury update has\u00a0Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is<\/a> still in recovery mode as the 2024-25 NBA season approaches. How will the C’s fare without their big man, and upon his return, what can they expect from Porzingis down the stretch?<\/p>\n

Celtics\u00a0Porzi\u0146\u0123is\u00a0Injury Update: Second Season Starts In Recovery Mode<\/h2>\n

Porzi\u0146\u0123is Injury Update Addressed by Brad Stevens<\/h3>\n

According to a recent Celtics injury update concerning Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, it would seem that the Celtics might find themselves in a bit of a pickle. Or will they?<\/p>\n

What would have been his second season in Boston following a generally productive and impactful first year, Porzi\u0146\u0123is instead will miss significant time. According to Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens, Porzi\u0146\u0123is’s rehab following an offseason injury is progressing well, as Stevens told the Boston Globe<\/a>. This is good news for Porzi\u0146\u0123is’s health and physical state. However, it doesn’t remove the fact that the former all-star will not be available until after the new year.<\/p>\n

How Does Kristaps Injury Affect the Celtics?<\/h3>\n

On the one hand, the Celtics without Porzingis are still among the best, if not the best, teams in the league. The Celtics should have enough to get by without Porzi\u0146\u0123is in the fold for the first half of the season. Their starting lineup alone is the league’s best. Even at his age,\u00a0<\/span>Al Horford<\/span><\/a>\u00a0can still be a starter and a great shooter without losing too much production. His timely threes are a trademark of his.\u00a0<\/span>Jayson Tatum<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Jaylen Brown<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Derrick White<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Jrue Holiday<\/span><\/a>, and Horford are an exceptional starting five. Plus, the Celtic’s depth is good in its own right. Will\u00a0<\/span>Boston<\/span><\/a>\u00a0reach 64 wins again? Not likely. But even without Porzi\u0146\u0123is, they have everything they need to hold the East’s top seed throughout the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand, adding Porzi\u0146\u0123is last season <\/span>was a significant contributor<\/span> to Boston’s 64-18 regular season record. Even though the 7-foot-2 power forward missed some time in the playoffs, he still had some big games and left his impact on an eventual\u00a0<\/span>NBA Finals Championship<\/span><\/a>. It’s plausible to say that the Celtics’ record wouldn’t have been achievable sans Porzi\u0146\u0123is\u2014 a fair argument. Of course, there is the hypothetical scenario where Horford’s play and production fall entirely off the cliff in his eighteenth season. That is where the absence of Porzi\u0146\u0123is could hurt the Celtics. In that case, they just need to hang on until Porzi\u0146\u0123is returns for the season’s final stretch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristaps Returning<\/h3>\n

Suppose the Celtics can have a healthy and rehabilitated Porzi\u0146\u0123is by the time the playoffs open up. In that case, Boston should be in a good place to contend for a second consecutive championship. Plus, there will be some time for the Celtics to ease the big man back into the fold before the playoffs begin. In this event, his second season with Boston wouldn’t be a complete wash. However, the question of whether the Celtics can repeat without Porzi\u0146\u0123is is something to muse over. They have been in contention the last few years, reaching the 2022 NBA Finals. Yet, they didn’t it all until they acquired the Latvian all-star.<\/p>\n

As the old adage goes, time will tell. In the meantime, Boston seems content with the\u00a0Porzi\u0146\u0123is injury update and rehab timeline. The Celtics will begin a new campaign regardless, with eyes set on another ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Boston Celtics injury update has\u00a0Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is still in recovery mode as the 2024-25 NBA season approaches. How will the C’s fare without their big man, and upon his return, what can they expect from Porzingis down the stretch? Celtics\u00a0Porzi\u0146\u0123is\u00a0Injury Update: Second Season Starts In Recovery Mode Porzi\u0146\u0123is Injury Update Addressed by Brad Stevens According […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5081,"featured_media":95616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1608,62,3],"tags":[250,300,1090,450,798,239,138,408],"class_list":["post-95587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celtics","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","tag-al-horford","tag-brad-stevens","tag-derrick-white","tag-jaylen-brown","tag-jayson-tatum","tag-jrue-holiday","tag-kristaps-porzingis","tag-nba-championship"],"modified_by":"Eamon Cassels, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5081"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}