Kristaps Porzingis is coming off his first year playing for the Boston Celtics.
The 2018 NBA All-Star finished the season with averages of 20.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.9 blocks per contest while shooting 51.6% from the field and 37.5% from the three-point range in 57 games.
On Thursday, Porzingis sent out a post to his Instagram story with a message.
Porzingis wrote: “last day of work here and back to Boston See you soon”
Porzingis had been training in Latvia.
Porzingis was a big reason for the Celtics finishing the regular season as the first seed in the Eastern Conference with a 64-18 record.
Despite getting injured in the NBA playoffs, he was still able to help the Celtics defeat the Dallas Mavericks to win their first title since 2008.
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He’s the 9th player since 1976-77 to put up 18+ points in the first half of their NBA Finals debut 👏”
However, Porzingis will not be available to start the 2024-25 NBA season.
Via John Karalis of BostonSportsJournal on June 27: “The Celtics have announced that Kristaps Porzingis underwent surgery today and will return in 5 to 6 months. That means he’ll miss the start of the season and return somewhere around November or December.”