{"id":859035,"date":"2026-10-14T22:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/859035\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T22:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T22:42:18","slug":"kristaps-porzingis-breaks-silence-during-absence-from-warriors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/859035\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzingis breaks silence during absence from Warriors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> shared details about his health struggles in his first public statements since being ruled out at the beginning of Warriors training camp.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday afternoon, Porzingis posted a statement<\/a> on his personal X account.<\/p>\n

\u201cHello people, I\u2019m working with doctors and experts to figure out how to be fully back to good health asap,\u201d Porzingis posted. \u201cHonestly, I\u2019m getting better and better. I just have to stay patient, and I believe I\u2019ll be feeling great again soon. It 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 (flex emoji) Health is wealth. Thank you for all the support (prayer emoji).\u201d<\/p>\n

Porzingis has battled postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in the past, an autonomic nervous system disorder with symptoms that include chronic fatigue, migraines, heart palpitations, dizziness and shortness of breath and which has no known cure.<\/p>\n

It is not known if his current condition is related to that illness.<\/p>\n

In a second post, he directly addressed a rumor on the internet about what he had been dealing with, writing, \u201cI appreciate all the internet doctors trying to diagnose and help, but I\u2019m in the best hands. So everyone can relax now (smile emoji, prayer emoji) and I don\u2019t have HIV or AIDS.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement released by the Warriors on Wednesday afternoon, Porzingis was ruled out for the foreseeable future after meeting with Warriors general manager Mike Dunleavy and VP of player health and performance Rick Celebrini on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The meeting occurred while the Warriors were in Las Vegas for a preseason game against the Lakers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe specific contents of that meeting will remain private,\u201d the Warriors wrote in a statement. \u201cPorzingis will remain out indefinitely due to the same health-related matter but will be around the team. An update on his status, including the potential resumption of practice, playing status or timeline, will be provided when available and appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Porzingis has not been around the Warriors during training camp or preseason, with Dunleavy only stating he was away from the team due to an undisclosed health issue on Sept. 28. Porzingis had called\u00a0 the general manager the night before media day to inform him he would not be present.<\/p>\n

With Kristaps Porzingis ruled out indefinitely, the center rotation will rely on 36-year-old Draymond Green to start and 40-year-old Al Horford to be the primary backup. Behind them are a duo of traditional centers in Charles Bassey and Graham Ike. Two-way forward Malevy Leons played center in spurts last season, while rookie forward Yaxel Lendeborg has lined up at the five at times during the preseason.<\/p>\n

Golden State is expected to practice on Thursday, and the team will have their final preseason game on Friday at Chase Center against the Blazers.<\/p>\n

The Warriors begin the regular season on Oct. 21 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzingis shared details about his health struggles in his first public statements since being ruled out at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":859036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,159,920,160,919,329,3824,164,155,165,6,161,162,163,66,158],"class_list":["post-859035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-bulls","tag-basketball","tag-bay-area","tag-bulls","tag-california","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chicagobulls","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-inside-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-nba","tag-peninsula","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-county","tag-sports","tag-warriors-hq"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117441681377051939","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859035","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=859035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/859035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/859036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=859035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=859035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=859035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}