David Fizdale, known as the coach of New York Knick, was able to provide an update today about the team centerpiece's status Kristaps Porzingis.
According to DEADSPIN, it can be recalled that he has not been in the court since his ACL was torn in a game against the Bucks on Feb. 6 last season. Unfortunately, Kristaps Porzingis is still unable to run even after the nine months of recovery. One more concern is that he did not add anything to his rehab since before the training camp. The New York Daily News revealed how Porzingis is still incapable of sprinting.
Aside from this, coach David Fizdale shared the Latvian remains as is in the same level prior to what he has been doing at the training camp. He still just shooting and jogs lightly. "He is still kind of there. Not huge jumps," Fizdale expressed.
There is a valid reason why Kristaps Porzingis is alarmingly behind schedule. The earlier mentioned source revealed it took a year for Jabari Parker to recover from his ACL tear in 2017. On the other hand, Zach LaVine took over 11 months. This is the main reason why the lack of progress in his health is certainly not good. As for Fizdale, he was noncommittal when asked if Porzingis will be in the court this season.
Unfortunately, Porzingis' circumstance could not be happening at a worse time. The New York Knicks already elected to not extend his contract ahead of the Oct. 15 deadline. This only means Porzingis is set to be a restricted free agent this summer. It will likely cost him a lot, specifically, millions of dollars, once he never got the chance to play at full strength before the deadlines.
On the other hand, Knicks was obviously forced to rely heavily on Enes Kanter down low and Tim Hardaway Jr. for the outside points. These are two players that if you somehow combined is probably equivalent to healthy Kristaps Porzingis. They are 4-8 to begin the season.
In the recent update, Kristaps Porzingis has fired back by posting the photos on his Instagram story where he seemed to be doing some sprints. With his own words in the New York Post, Fizdale addressed his star player's come back saying, "I don't want to get distracted personally as the coach, worried about if and when he's coming back. I'd rather be focused on the day-to-day task with these guys, and when he gets back, that'll just be a gift for me."
