On Saturday evening, the Golden State Warriors suffered a tough loss in a closely contested match against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The good news for the Warriors was that Kristaps Porzingis was able to return in this game after missing several games due to illness, and the team was able to stay closer than expected against the defending champions.
Recently, head coach Steve Kerr made headlines for his comments on 95.7 The Game, in which he spoke in detail about Porzingis' alleged illness, which is reported to have stemmed from POTS.
“I read about the POTS diagnosis and called the Hawks [general manager] Onsie Saleh," Kerr said. "He's a good friend of mine and I said 'Is this Potts story real?' He said it's not really Potts. That was some misinformation that was out there,'' Kerr said, according to Sports Illustrated's Joey Ackley.
Kerr has since apologized for these comments, and now, Porzingis is speaking out on them.
"Yeah, it wasn't ideal because again he put something out so people could start talking about it. But, again, I told Steve, it's OK. I know he didn't mean anything, he didn't want to publicize something about my health. He just said what he knew at this time and yes, honestly, it's OK," Porzingis said, according to NBC Sports Bay Area and California on YouTube.
Porzingis was brought to the Warriors from the Atlanta Hawks at the trade deadline in exchange for Buddy Hield and Jonathan Kuminga. Porzingis has appeared in only two games so far for the Warriors due to illness, which also caused him to miss several contests during his brief tenure in Atlanta.
The Warriors will hope that Porzingis will be able to stay on the field moving forward. They next hit the road on Monday evening against the Utah Jazz.
