By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Porzingis said Tuesday there is no timetable for his return from a torn left ACL that will keep him out the remainder of this season and at least some of the next.
As he explained according to “NY Post“: “I believe I’m going to come back better and stronger. I believe that things happen for a reason. And if this ever had to happen this is probably, not to say a good moment, but if it had to happen, it happened now and I’m going to be able to use these last two months of the season and the whole offseason to work my body. ’’
And when this will happen? “I can’t give you anything,’’ Porzingis said. “I have no idea. You should ask the doctor, maybe. And he would tell you something. And myself, I’m just going day by day really, and we’ll see where is the comeback at. There is no timetable for now. It’s pretty far off to put a timetable out there.’’
The 7-foot-3 All-Star forward was hurt upon landing after a dunk against Milwaukee on Feb. 6. “I got up, I started walking a little bit, it felt better with every step, so once I got to the locker room I was like, ‘Can I go back in the game?”‘ he said. “I almost felt that good.”
“I thought it was like a sprain honestly. I didn’t feel it pop, I didn’t feel anything. So once it happened on the floor I was trying to get back in as soon as possible, because I thought I don’t want to be on the floor too long. It’s just a sprain. But then I got the bad news. I was shocked at first. I couldn’t believe that it happened to me, and then about 30 seconds later I said, ‘OK, what can I do now?”‘ Porzingis said. “Now it’s just time for me to make a comeback and then I focused on the next thing, and that was to prepare myself for the surgery.”