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Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens touched on Kristaps Porzingis' recovery in a recent interview with the Boston Globe. Stevens gave a positive update on Porzingis, but cautioned that patience will be needed.

"He’s in Latvia. He’s starting to do more and more and more," Stevens said. "He was in a boot for a while there, but every indication is he’s progressing well and he’s on the right timeline. But it’s going to be a while."

Porzingis suffered a rare ankle injury in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. He missed over a month of action, but returned to play in Games 1, 2 and 5 of the NBA Finals, as the Celtics took home the title.

Following the Finals victory, Porzingis had surgery on his ankle. Boston's center's timeline to return was put at 5-6 months following the late-June surgery.

Via Adam Himmelsbach/Boston Globe

They got what they needed out of him lol

It’s okay big fella, just be ready for the ECF

Anthoine wrote:They got what they needed out of him lol

Damn right lol. Might as well sit out until after all star

pushfloater wrote:It’s okay big fella, just be ready for the ECF

Not sure they will need him until the Finals. The East is shallow. With all the talk of PHI, they don't have a single PF on the roster. MIL has all the same questions as last season. NYK will be good but they don't have the length to make Porzingis a necessity.