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Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is has played in only one game for the Warriors since being acquired from the Hawks on Feb. 5. D. Ross Cameron \/ Imagn<\/p>\n
March 2, 2026Updated 11:21 pm EST<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Golden State Warriors big man Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is will miss his fifth straight game because of an illness on Monday night, and it remains unclear when he will be able to see the floor again. Warriors coach Steve Kerr acknowledged prior to Monday\u2019s game against the LA Clippers that the organization still doesn\u2019t have clarity on exactly what kind of illness Porzi\u0146\u0123is is dealing with.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot really,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cIt\u2019s a little mysterious. We\u2019re obviously working with him, and he can get some clarity, and he can kind of break through, and he can get to a point where he\u2019s consistently healthy, but that\u2019s something that the medical staff is working hard on with him. I\u2019m not going to posit any medical theories anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n
Porzi\u0146\u0123is was acquired from the Atlanta Hawks just before last month\u2019s trade deadline in exchange for Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield. After playing 17 minutes against the Boston Celtics on Feb. 19, Porzi\u0146\u0123is has not been able to play since. Kerr and the Warriors were optimistic that Porzi\u0146\u0123is would be able to play again after going through Friday\u2019s practice, but he did not play on Saturday against the Los Angeles Lakers and remained out.<\/p>\n
Porzi\u0146\u0123is told The Athletic\u2019s<\/a> Fred Katz last October, that he had been diagnosed with POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and that was what was impacting his play over the last year. When the Warriors acquired Porzi\u0146\u0123is they were outwardly confident that they could help him stay on the floor \u2014 he has played just 60 games over the last two seasons \u2014 but they haven\u2019t been able to completely identify what is causing the issues now. Kerr said during a Friday radio interview on 95.7 The Game in San Francisco that he was told by Hawks general manager Onsi Saleh that Porzingis didn\u2019t have POTS \u2014 but then walked those comments back prior to Saturday\u2019s game<\/a> by saying he had made a \u201cstupid mistake\u201d by trying to speak about the condition. Kerr held to that stance prior to Monday\u2019s game as well, deflecting a question as to whether or not the Warriors know whether Porzi\u0146\u0123is\u2019 latest illness is related to the POTS diagnosis.<\/p>\n \u201cWhenever (Warriors VP of Player Health and Performance) Rick Celebrini comes back up here behind the mic, you can ask Rick \u2026 I\u2019m not qualified. At least he\u2019s qualified.\u201d<\/p>\n What makes the uncertainty around Porzingis even more intense is the fact Kuminga has had three consecutive strong games to start his Hawks\u2019 tenure. Traded by Golden State on Feb. 5, Kuminga made his Hawks debut on Feb. 24 and has averaged 21.3 points on 67.7 percent shooting while making 55.6 percent of his 3-point attempts. In that span, he\u2019s averaged 7.7 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.7 steals as Atlanta has won all three of his appearances with the team.<\/p>\n Mar 3, 2026<\/p>\n Connections: Sports Edition<\/p>\n Spot the pattern. Connect the terms<\/p>\n Find the hidden link between sports terms<\/p>\n Play today’s puzzle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is has played in only one game for the Warriors since being acquired from the Hawks on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[2243,355,99],"class_list":["post-501024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n