After battling through injury to help the Boston Celtics win their 18th championship, Kristaps Porzingis’ full focus this summer will be on recovery.
The Celtics big man will have surgery “in the coming days” to repair a torn retinaculum and dislocated posterior tibialis tendon from the left leg injury he suffered in Game 2 of the 2024 NBA Finals, the team announced Tuesday.
The Celtics also confirmed Porzingis won’t play for his native Latvia in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, noting that the 7-foot-2 big man “had hoped to delay surgery until after both the NBA Finals and Latvia’s Olympic campaign, but the injury doesn’t allow for consistent play at the level required for Olympic competition.”
Porzingis missing the Olympics comes as no surprise after he confirmed he’d need surgeryin the aftermath of Game 5 of the 2024 NBA Finals and revealed he’d likely miss “a few months.” The team expects to have a clearer timeline for Porzingis’ recovery after he has surgery, president …