Porzingis missed all of the 2019 season with a torn ACL, he tore his meniscus during the 2020 playoffs, and he missed two series entirely and parts of two others during the Celtics' championship run last season.

Boston Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis made his highly anticipated return to action this week and admitted this rehab was the easiest one he's had.

They are doing all of this without their starting center, Kristaps Porzingis, who underwent foot surgery over the offseason after suffering a torn medial retinaculum, allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon in Game 2 of the finals against the Dallas Mavericks.