Porzingis has surgery, to miss start of season

DeAndre Jordan

Tim Bontemps, ESPNJun 27, 2024, 11:31 AM ET

The Boston Celtics announced Thursday that center Kristaps Porzingis had surgery to repair the rare leg injury he suffered during the NBA Finals, and that his recovery time would be five to six months — meaning he won’t return until well into the start of next season for the defending champions.

Porzingis, 28, suffered a torn medial retinaculum allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon in Game 2 — an injury the team described as “rare” in its news release.

He sat out Games 3 and 4 before returning to score five points in 16 minutes in Game 5 as Boston claime
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