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Anthony Slater: Kristaps Porzingis reiterated after shootaround in Boston this morning that he’s “feeling like myself” again and his health is on a positive trajectory. He’s scored 17, 20, 30 in 20, 22, 26 minutes his last three games. Cleared to play at Celtics tonight.

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The Utah Jazz are waiving center Mo Bamba before the end of his 10-day contract and signing another player for their upcoming road trip. Bamba contracted an illness that prevented him from traveling with the team to Portland, Sacramento and Minnesota over the next week. His 10-day contract would have run out over that time, meaning the Jazz had to move on.

Salt Lake Tribune

You haven’t heard much this NBA season about Strus, 29, because he hasn’t played. He is still fighting his way back from offseason surgery to repair a fracture in his left foot, and after months of waiting he is nearing a return that could happen within the next week. In the middle of last season — his second with the Cavs — Strus, along with his sister Maggie Sommer and best friend Jake Wimmer, formally launched the Max Strus Family Foundation. The foundation operates with a volunteer board, raises most of its money through camp registrations and a bowling fundraiser in Cleveland, and directs grants to youth sports programs, cancer organizations and mental health nonprofits in the cities Strus has lived in. The foundation is small — it distributed about $160,000 in 2025 — by design. Strus wants to know the people he’s able to help.

New York Times

“I don’t want to be somebody or our foundation as a whole doesn’t want to be a group that’s just like handing out money and you don’t hear from us again,” Strus said. “We want to be in it for the long run. Like we want to create relationships. We want to be impactful on people’s lives and be there as support.” When Strus was just making his way in the NBA with the Miami Heat, his coach Erik Spoelstra’s son went through a serious health scare. Spoelstra remembers Strus knocking on his office door. “When my son was sick, he stopped by my office,” Spoelstra said. “A lot of people just feel awkward. They don’t know what to say. He just wanted to offer support. And also said, ‘Hey, if you’re doing anything, I want to be part of it.’”

New York Times

Spoelstra said the gesture didn’t surprise him. “You can see that Max just naturally thinks about other people,” he said. “So the fact that he’s doing this kind of work is not at all surprising.”

New York Times

Anthony Slater: Kristaps Porzingis remains out for a sixth straight game tomorrow night in Houston. Did make the trip with the Warriors. Moses Moody is out with a right wrist sprain suffered last game. Will Richard still out with an ankle sprain.

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Anthony Slater: Kristaps Porzingis is making the trip with the Warriors to Houston today, I’m told. No word yet on his playing status for next three (at Rockets, at Thunder, at Jazz) but notable development after staying back last road trip. He’s missed last five games with general illness.

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With Porzingis still out indefinitely with an unspecified illness — and after his prolonged bouts with illness over the previous years — the trade so far doesn’t look great. I asked Dunleavy if he’s satisfied with the information-gathering process that led up to this trade with Atlanta. “That’s a great question, it’s a fair question,” Dunleavy said. “I think it’s really, really complicated. This is a unique situation. I’d say from our end, I feel good about, from the information we had, I feel good about our evaluation of what that was on the medical side. And for that reason, that’s why we made the trade.”

San Francisco Standard

Angela Moryan: Rick Carlisle says Tyrese Haliburton is “doing a lot better” as he recovers from shingles. Adds there’s still no firm timeline on his return, but the initial thought was he would be back after this upcoming west coast trip.

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Angela Moryan: "He's doing better, feeling better, & things are going in a good direction." I asked #Pacers HC Rick Carlisle for an update on Tyrese Haliburton - who's still recovering from shingles. Carlisle says Haliburton was progressing well from the Achilles tear before this happened.

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95.7 The Game: Steve Kerr on Kristaps Porzingis' availability for the Warriors tomorrow night against the Lakers: "We'll list him as questionable. The hope is definitely that he'll be able to play tomorrow." (via @WillardAndDibs )

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95.7 The Game: "I got confirmation that it was not POTS but it was something else that was really difficult to figure out...Sometimes there's just mysterious stuff." - More from Steve Kerr on Kristaps Porzingis' health (via @WillardAndDibs )

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95.7 The Game: Steve Kerr told @WillardAndDibs that Kristaps Porzingis doesn't actually suffer from POTS: "After the trade...I called Onsi Saleh, Atlanta's GM, and I asked, 'Is this POTS story real?' He said, 'It's actually not POTS.' So that was some misinformation that was out there."

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Chris Bosh: Some things change you overnight. I wrote about my experience.

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