Porzingis injury updates (Update: Dislocated Tendon)

[celticinorlando]

Celtics official twitter account just posted a picture of KP shooting from practice with the hourglass emoji…

[Neurotic Guy]

KP looking good in practice.

Not much to go on - I want to see the guy actually run and do some lateral movement.
Someone with a broken leg could do stand-still shooting like that.
So frustrating to have made that trade only to have the feared injury in the playoffs.

I see it as perfect timing with the injury.  I would have never expected Porzingis to make it through an entire playoffs in one piece.  The injury happened early enough that we should have a healthy Porzingis exactly when we need him.  I think it's always going to be an injury gamble with Zinger and this year we are going to win that gamble in my opinion.

There’s the glass half full comment I’ve been looking for. Nice. TP to you Moiso!

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Phantom255x]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[cman88]

are there any open practices this week or interviews? been very quiet since friday/saturday when Mazzulla said KP did everything with the team and they were going to ramp it up the next day.

[SHAQATTACK]

I’m sure KP will finally be In uniform sitting on the bench with his team.   How much he plays or if he is effective remains to be be seen.  We ll know soon enough .

[Donoghus]

Boom.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
Boston’s Kristaps Porzingis (calf) has completed multiple scrimmages in recent days and is expected to return to action for Game 1 of the NBA Finals vs. Dallas on Thursday night barring setback, sources tell
@TheAthletic
 
@Stadium
. Porzingis has been sidelined since April 29.

[celticinorlando]

Boom.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
Boston’s Kristaps Porzingis (calf) has completed multiple scrimmages in recent days and is expected to return to action for Game 1 of the NBA Finals vs. Dallas on Thursday night barring setback, sources tell
@TheAthletic
 
@Stadium
. Porzingis has been sidelined since April 29.

It's go time.

[angryguy77]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[SparzWizard]

Boom.

Shams Charania
@ShamsCharania
Boston’s Kristaps Porzingis (calf) has completed multiple scrimmages in recent days and is expected to return to action for Game 1 of the NBA Finals vs. Dallas on Thursday night barring setback, sources tell
@TheAthletic
 
@Stadium
. Porzingis has been sidelined since April 29.

It's go time.

Finally a fully healthy squad. It was totally unfair that we had an injured team getting into the Finals. Don't know why other teams complain so much about Boston 

[Birdman]

Yessssss no excuses now

[Redz]

Yessssss no excuses now

I guess there is “altered chemistry after the successful run without him” possibility if he doesn’t reintegrate well.

[RMO]

Bobby Manning
@RealBobManning
Porzingis on plan for G1: "I've done the things necessary to check the boxes and that's it. Obviously it's hard to imitate the same intensity in practice, that intensity is another level. I have to be confident that it'll be alright."



Did anyone watch the press conference?  Someone on RealGM posted that they watched and didn't get the impression at all that he's 100%.

[angryguy77]

Bobby Manning
@RealBobManning
Porzingis on plan for G1: "I've done the things necessary to check the boxes and that's it. Obviously it's hard to imitate the same intensity in practice, that intensity is another level. I have to be confident that it'll be alright."



Did anyone watch the press conference?  Someone on RealGM posted that they watched and didn't get the impression at all that he's 100%.

He hesitated when asked about being 100%, then smiled and said yes.
I think given how he reacted, he might be trolling right now. However, I can't say for sure.

[RJ87]

Bobby Manning
@RealBobManning
Porzingis on plan for G1: "I've done the things necessary to check the boxes and that's it. Obviously it's hard to imitate the same intensity in practice, that intensity is another level. I have to be confident that it'll be alright."



Did anyone watch the press conference?  Someone on RealGM posted that they watched and didn't get the impression at all that he's 100%.

He hesitated when asked about being 100%, then smiled and said yes.
I think given how he reacted, he might be trolling right now. However, I can't say for sure.

I got the vibe that he was trolling. I don't believe the team would risk a more serious injury by clearing him if he wasn't ready. I also think he really wants to play for his country this summer and he wouldn't risk taking himself out for a long period of time by forcing himself back.