On June 25, Beijing time, the new champion Celtics officially announced that the team's inner core Porzingis will undergo surgery in the next few days, which will take several months of recovery time and will not be able to represent the Latvian men's basketball team in the Olympic qualifying tournament.
As one of the Celtics' Big Four, Porzingis averaged 20.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.9 blocks per game in the regular season this year. In the playoffs, Porzingis averaged only 12.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game due to injury, and still helped the team win the championship.
Porzingis missed 12 of his 19 playoff games this year due to injury, was injured in the first round of G4, and then did not return until G1 of the finals. It's just that Porzingis was injured again in the finals G2, he suffered a torn ligament and a dislocated posterior tibial tendon, which led to the absence of two consecutive finals games until the finals G5.
Now the Celtics have officially announced that Porzingis will undergo surgery in the coming days, and journalist Tim Bontemps revealed that Porzingis will need up to several months to recover after surgery and will also be absent from the Olympic qualifying tournament for the Latvian men's basketball team. As for Porzingis' goal, it is natural that he will be able to return with full blood next season to help Celtic try to complete the title defense.
Source: Drunken Sleep