Kristaps Porzingis has released an official statement explaining his decision to step away from basketball and prioritize his health. The Latvian center revealed that he had been looking forward to playing this season with his teammates, but his body did not respond as he had anticipated while ramping up. Although he says he is doing well, he does not feel ready to perform at the level he expects from himself. Porzingis also expressed his respect for the Golden State Warriors, stating that he wants to work with the organization to find a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kristaps Porzingis’ full statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis season I was really looking forward to running it with this group, but as I ramped up, my body didn\u2019t respond the way I anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m doing good, but I know what it takes, and I\u2019m not where I want to be to perform at the level that I expect from myself. At this point, I\u2019ve made the decision to prioritize my health and step away from the game I love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this situation, I want to show the utmost respect for the Golden State Warriors and work with them to find a solution that makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m thankful to my family and close ones for always being there. Much appreciation to all of you for the support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Onwards and upwards.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Latvian big man Kristaps Porzingis has announced his decision to step away from the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":458265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-559855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/kristaps-porzingis-photo-fiba.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559856,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559855\/revisions\/559856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559855"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=559855"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=559855"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=559855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}