crzymdups wrote:Part of my worries with taking this kid were the injuries. I guess that's the fear with any big man, but it seems more dicey when they are so skinny. What can you do. Hope for the best. But I really do hope they bring him along slowly until his body gets stronger and he gets used to the NBA game. I don't want him playing more than 24mpg, maybe 20mpg his first season.
That's why signing a vet like David West to platoon with him would be so important.
The elder Porzingis added, though, that it is unclear whether Kristaps will be available for the beginning of summer league play, which starts July 11.
"I don't know, I really don't know," Janis Porzingis said. "I'd like to answer this also for myself, but I really don't know. We'll see that.
Sounds like he should get an MRI if they dont know whats wrong with the hip. Emeka Okafor had something with his hip that turned into a back injury and he was out 2.5 months and later in his career got it worse.