Horror at the Warriors: Porzingis will remain sidelined and Kerr corrects himself after discussing his diagnosis

Kristaps Porzingis will not be available this Saturday against Los Angeles Lakers. The Golden State Warriors center will miss his fourth consecutive game due to what the team has categorized as a general illness.

Coach Steve Kerr avoided giving details about the player's situation. "I can't say more," he explained. "It's a medical matter that goes far beyond my ability to explain. He's sick, won't play, and we'll continue monitoring him."

The situation arises just a day after Kerr stated on a local Bay Area radio station that Porzingis does not have postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), despite the player publicly detailing his battle with that diagnosis in the past year.

Golden State acquired Porzingis at the end of the February trade deadline from Atlanta in exchange for Jonathan Kuminga.

"I read about the POTS diagnosis and called the Hawks' general manager, Onsi Saleh," Kerr recounted. "He's a good friend, and I asked him if that story was true. He said it's not actually POTS, that there has been misinformation."

However, on Saturday, the coach backtracked when asked to clarify his statements.

"It was a stupid mistake on my part to talk about something I'm not qualified for," Kerr admitted. "Even attempting to discuss the diagnosis was a mistake. I have to leave that to the professionals."

Porzingis' Recurring Problems

Porzingis began experiencing issues with a prolonged illness in his final season with the Boston Celtics and later revealed that the team's doctors had identified POTS as the cause. This season, now in Atlanta, he was limited to 17 games partly due to health issues.

Since arriving in Golden State, he has only played in one of the team's first eight games. Kerr noted that his availability for Monday's game against the Clippers is still to be determined.

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