Warriors get Kristaps Porzingis free agency update less than a week before players can sign

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The Golden State Warriors took a risk when they decided to trade for Kristaps Porzingis at last year's trade deadline. 

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Not that Porzingis isn't an elite player when he's on the court, but the questions about his injury history, and now the health issue that he's clearly been dealing with, are very much in question. Porzingis, prior to joining the Boston Celtics, had a ton of questions about his injury history. He was able to stay on the court a good bit during that span before dealing with an illness that nobody was seemingly able to figure out. 

With the Warriors, he had similar problems, and it's only fair to note that those issues will likely be a concern in his next contract talks.

The Warriors have many reasons to keep him around, and they expect to. However, a recent contract update from a reporter shows just how confusing much of this could be this offseason.

“Porziņģis was quite good when he got on the floor in Atlanta; unfortunately, that only happened about once every lunar eclipse, and the situation didn’t improve much in Golden State. At this point, teams need to value him as a ceiling-raiser who adds another dimension when healthy, but one who will be frustratingly unavailable for a big chunk of the schedule.

“He’s likely looking at a one- or two-year deal at this point because of the health questions, and valuations around the non-taxpayer MLE. The Warriors have Bird rights on Porziņģis, and he seems to fit as well there as he would anywhere else; something in the area of two years and $25 million to $30 million seems fair and would put him on a similar timeline to the rest of the Warriors’ vets,” John Hollinger wrote.

A one- or two-year deal for Porzingis is more than fair at this stage of his career. It's unfortunate that he isn't going to get more money or a longer contract because of how talented he is, but until he can answer those injury and health questions, it's not crazy to suggest that teams need to be careful, including the Warriors, who want to ensure they have a chance to win.

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