Green Zinger Tea - Kristaps Porziņģis 2023-24

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Sounds like KP likely will miss the start of the season.

Not a common injury or a common surgery, so make sense they would be uber conservative.

I assume they don't expect him to play much more than 50-ish regular games a year anyway, so may as well let him take the first month off.
 
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I mean, its not that concerning I guess but starting the season with Al and only 1 of Kornet and Tillman could make things a bit rickety...especially if Al starts to show his age more.
 
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I was expecting Porzingis to be out until the all-star break, so this is a more favorable timeframe.
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Honestly I'm surprised that they're talking about possibly being out until December.

Rad can probably explain the recovery process here, but it seems like a reattachment of the fascia, 5-6 weeks off the foot entirely, and then some PT, and buildup of strength in the leg. 5-6 months seems like a long time to me for that. Not complaining, because why take any chances, but seems super conservative already.
 
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amfox1 said:
I was expecting Porzingis to be out until the all-star break, so this is a more favorable timeframe.
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It is--we can probably get by on Al as the starter into December (always assume the longer recovery period for injury-prone players). Where I get concerned is the remainder of the season: KP gets hurt a lot and Al is 38. Not that you'd carry three marquee centers, but Kornet isn't even in the same ballpark as those two. Even if Al stays as healthy as he did this year, there's a reason most NBA players don't last into their late 30s. We obviously don't have the cap space for a competent veteran, we didn't draft a center (yet), so I guess we kinda have to hope and pray that both these guys can survive another championship run.
 
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I'm not out on Tillman yet. I'd be interested to see what he looks like with a training camp with the team and more consistent playing time.

He won't be the same threat from 3 as Al or KP, but I think he can rim protect, rebound and catch some lobs.
 
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Jimbodandy said:
Honestly I'm surprised that they're talking about possibly being out until December.

Rad can probably explain the recovery process here, but it seems like a reattachment of the fascia, 5-6 weeks off the foot entirely, and then some PT, and buildup of strength in the leg. 5-6 months seems like a long time to me for that. Not complaining, because why take any chances, but seems super conservative already.
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Isn't this perfect though? If it was the first year having him on the team, I'd be worried about how he integrates, but now, there's really not much incentive to subject him to 40 (probably insignificant) regular season games. Now they know what they need to do with Kornet, Tillman, Queta, [draftee/free agent] and how to pace Al. It likely means we won't see another historically great regular season but the Cs did that already. Let OKC do that. Cs will focus on the playoffs.
 
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Isn't this perfect though? If it was the first year having him on the team, I'd be worried about how he integrates, but now, there's really not much incentive to subject him to 40 (probably insignificant) regular season games. Now they know what they need to do with Kornet, Tillman, Queta, [draftee/free agent] and how to pace Al. It likely means we won't see another historically great regular season but the Cs did that already. Let OKC do that. Cs will focus on the playoffs.
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Agreed. There is no pressure on this team to rush KP back whatsoever. Just expressing surprise at the timeline. I would have figured 3 months, not close to 6.
 
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Jimbodandy said:
Honestly I'm surprised that they're talking about possibly being out until December.

Rad can probably explain the recovery process here, but it seems like a reattachment of the fascia, 5-6 weeks off the foot entirely, and then some PT, and buildup of strength in the leg. 5-6 months seems like a long time to me for that. Not complaining, because why take any chances, but seems super conservative already.
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It's a bit conservative but these things take awhile. They probably could get away with 3-4 months and try to hustle to get him back for game 1 but no real reason to do that.

When these tears are in isolation, they kind of strip or peel back from the bone rather than fully detach. They need move his tibialis posterior tendon back into the correct slot, tack down/re-inforce the retinaculum, and give it a lot of time to scar down entirely. It's not an injury you want to really stress at all while it's still healing, even if its mostly healed, or the same thing could happen again.

Plus KP is just always an injury risk anyway, so just announcing a very conservative timeline now is probably the way to go.
 
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Jimbodandy said:
Honestly I'm surprised that they're talking about possibly being out until December.

Rad can probably explain the recovery process here, but it seems like a reattachment of the fascia, 5-6 weeks off the foot entirely, and then some PT, and buildup of strength in the leg. 5-6 months seems like a long time to me for that. Not complaining, because why take any chances, but seems super conservative already.
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What I read was 5-6 months until engaging in sports-related activity, and I added another 3-4 weeks for professional sports training camp-like buildup.
 
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Just to wrap up the man's season, here's a massive, one-hour compilation of KP's highlights from every single game he played this year. It's really well-done, too, didn't feel like it dragged or got repetitive for me - there's some plays I remember from the year and like jumped up as I recalled them, it really shows the go-to plays (like the pass to Jaylen cutting backdoor) and some awesome moments he was a part of like the game-deciding block vs Memphis.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I3SfiiVESA


I think that pretty much closes the book on this thread, next time I see some KP news I'll start a new season thread for him. Can't wait to see this guy back on the court.
 
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