After being ruled out of the 2023 FIBA World Cup for the Latvian National Team due to plantar fasciitis in his right foot, star Boston Celtics big man Kristaps Porzingis has sparked concern among Celtics fans given his past injury history. Team President Brad Stevens made an appearance on WEEI’s “Jones and Mego” show to talk about why he believes that injury is not a major concern for Boston despite Porzingis’ past.
“I’m not concerned about that,” said Stevens via Boston Dot Com‘s Conor Ryan. “He’s at the FIBA Tournament with the team, so he’s doing his rehab there.”
“Our training staff was with him as he was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis,” said the Celtics President. “He went through all the progressions and he really tried to ramp up and play. He just determined he didn’t want to deal with lingering effects down the road.”
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“This is something that we should be able to navigate and manage in the next few weeks and be ready for training camp. We’re planning on having him for Day 1 of training camp. He really wanted to try the ramp-up because it really mattered to be there (with his national team).”
“If you manage it, if you treat it correctly and you ramp back up at the right rate, it has a lot less chance of being a lingering issue. This isn’t what I would call a significant injury that you are concerned about the big picture.”
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