{"id":580957,"date":"2026-02-04T02:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/580957\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T02:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T02:59:13","slug":"kristaps-porzingis-return-postponed-due-to-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/580957\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzingis\u2019 Return Postponed Due To Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>5:19 pm: Porzingis has been downgraded to out due to an illness and will miss his 13th consecutive game, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BTRowland\/status\/2018820763277742527\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweets<\/a> Rowland.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-455905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kristaps-Porzingis-vert1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>2:42 pm: After missing the past 12 games due to left Achilles tendinitis, Hawks big man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/porzikr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> has been upgraded to available for Tuesday\u2019s contest in Miami, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BTRowland\/status\/2018747569032110194\" rel=\"nofollow\">tweets<\/a> Brad Rowland of Locked on Hawks.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis, 30, arrived in Atlanta in an offseason trade and opened the year as the team\u2019s starting center. However, health issues have limited him to 17 total appearances as a Hawk, and he has played more than two games in a row just once so far this season. Besides his left Achilles issue, Porzingis has also battled illnesses and dealt with a minor right knee ailment.<\/p>\n<p>When he has been available, Porzingis has been a welcome addition to the Hawks\u2019 lineup. He has averaged 17.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.3 blocks in 24.3 minutes per game, with a .457\/.360\/.840 shooting line, and Atlanta has a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/stats\/team\/1610612737\/onoffcourt-advanced?dir=A&amp;sort=NET_RATING\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">+5.8 net rating<\/a> when he\u2019s on the floor, compared to a -2.3 mark when he\u2019s not.<\/p>\n<p>Porzingis is on an expiring $30.7MM contract and was considered a prime trade candidate earlier in the season. He still could be on the move \u2014 Atlanta hasn\u2019t entirely closed the door on the possibility of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisan02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Anthony Davis<\/a> trade, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-stories\/2026-nba-trade-deadline-tracker-following-all-deals-rumors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints<\/a>, and Porzingis would need to be included in an AD package for salary-matching purposes.<\/p>\n<p>However, Siegel suggests the Hawks would only be interested in Davis if the Mavericks are willing to accept a modest return, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/the-nbas-newest-big-name-trade-candidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line<\/a> (Substack link) suggested late Monday night that Atlanta has \u201clargely abandoned searching for aggressive moves\u201d after making its major move with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/y\/youngtr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-03_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Trae Young<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming Porzingis remains in Atlanta through the trade deadline and stays healthy, he\u2019ll look to help the Hawks hold their tenuous grip on a play-in spot. The team currently ranks 10th in the East at 24-27, a half-game behind the No. 9 Bulls and one game ahead of the No. 11 Hornets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"5:19 pm: Porzingis has been downgraded to out due to an illness and will miss his 13th consecutive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[495,7,871],"class_list":{"0":"post-580957","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-kristaps-porzingis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116010128411388593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}