Kristaps Porzingis Reveals Official Diagnosis Of Illness That Impacted 2025 Playoffs

Kristaps Porzingis was a ammunition of himself for nan Celtics successful nan playoffs past season.

Porzingis was many times connected nan wounded study with an unwellness —but an charismatic test had not been revealed for nan sickness that zapped his power and impacted his play... until now.

Porzingis, who was traded to nan Hawks in nan offseason, was dealing pinch postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), according to a story from Fred Katz successful The Athletic. The unwellness tin dramatically summation a patient's bosom complaint while opinionated alternatively of while resting horizontally. At times, Porzingis's bosom complaint approached 130 thumps per infinitesimal while opinionated up.

"It deed me, and it deed maine for illustration a truck," Porzingis told Katz. "The breathing wasn't good. I did everything I could perchance to consciousness arsenic bully arsenic I could, but my motor wasn't moving nan measurement I wanted. You cognize really group say, 'Oh, I'm truthful fatigued.' I've ne'er utilized those words. I don't moreover for illustration to speak successful those terms, but I really was for illustration that. At that time, I could laic connected nan sofa and beryllium a location cat."

Porzingis is successful a amended spot pinch his wellness entering nan caller NBA play connected a caller team. He played for Latvia during EuroBasket this past summertime and didn't person immoderate issues. The dream is that it continues pinch an 82-game NBA schedule upcoming.

Porzingis and nan Hawks tip-off their play connected Wednesday nighttime against nan Raptors.

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