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Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is will take time away from the Warriors to explore remedies for a chronic medical issue.<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) \u2014 Golden State center Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is is not expected to be around the Warriors after all as he deals with an undisclosed health matter.<\/p>\n
The Warriors announced Wednesday that Porzi\u0146\u0123is isn\u2019t going to be with the team for \u201cthe immediate future.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked ahead of the Warriors\u2019 season opener on the road against the Lakers what had changed, coach Steve Kerr didn\u2019t provide details.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t really have anything to add on this. I haven\u2019t seen him and we\u2019ve stayed in touch via text and a phone call. But we put out the statement today and there\u2019s not much more to it. We don\u2019t really know.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is a contrast from exactly a week earlier. The Warriors last Wednesday said Porzi\u0146\u0123is had come to Chase Center on October 13 for meetings with general manager Mike Dunleavy and Vice President of Player Health and Performance Dr. Rick Celebrini and that he would spend time with staff and teammates in some capacity while still out indefinitely.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not going to comment on trade speculation or reports regarding his health-related matter or future,\u201d the team said Wednesday. \u201cAs noted last week, conversations between the Warriors, Kristaps and his representatives will remain private. We are not anticipating Kristaps being around the team in the immediate future. We\u2019ll provide additional updates when available and appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Porzi\u0146\u0123is also had provided his own update last Wednesday on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cHello people, I\u2019m working with doctors and experts to figure out how to be fully back to good health asap. Honestly, I\u2019m getting better and better. I just have to stay patient, and I believe I\u2019ll be feeling great again soon,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has definitely been frustrating dealing with some health stuff that you can\u2019t exactly pinpoint, on top of injuries throughout my career, so it has added up for sure, but we will get through it. Health is wealth. Thank you for all the support.\u201d<\/p>\n
On media day last month, Dunleavy provided no details on what Porzi\u0146\u0123is is dealing with and didn\u2019t categorize it as a long-term concern.<\/p>\n
Porzi\u0146\u0123is didn\u2019t travel with the team to Hawaii for training camp. In March when he missed time with a medical issue and illness, Kerr referred to it as \u201cmysterious.\u201d<\/p>\n
Porzi\u0146\u0123is reached an agreement on a two-year, $40 million contract in late June.<\/p>\n
The 31-year-old Latvian joined Golden State at the February trade deadline from Atlanta in a swap that sent Buddy Hield and Jonathan Kuminga to the Hawks.<\/p>\n
The 7-foot-2 veteran played only 32 games last season combined with the Hawks and Warriors, averaging 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 blocks. Porzi\u0146\u0123is missed significant time after coming to the Warriors \u2013 his sixth NBA team \u2013 playing in just 15 games with 11 starts.<\/p>\n
AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham in Los Angeles contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is will take time away from the Warriors to explore remedies for a chronic medical issue. SAN…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,294109,294108,105],"class_list":["post-653569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-kristaps-porzingis-team","tag-kristaps-porzingis-warriors","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}