Warriors plan more five-out play with Porzingis absent from camp
Steve Kerr says the Warriors are building a new offensive approach in Hawaii, but Kristaps Porzingis’s health issue leaves his availability uncertain.
Golden State has begun training camp in Hawaii with coach Steve Kerr outlining a greater use of five-out offence, a system that can place all five players on the perimeter. The change is part of the team’s effort to re-imagine its identity.
Guard Stephen Curry said he liked the intention behind the first practice, pointing to the way it had been designed. The Warriors are starting to implement the approach as camp begins.
Centre Kristaps Porzingis is not with the team. General manager Mike Dunleavy announced Monday that Porzingis was out indefinitely with a health issue.
Kerr said he had received no update on Porzingis’s condition and described him as “day-to-day”. He said the team’s performance staff, trainers and doctors were supporting the centre, but declined to discuss his health further, calling it private.
Porzingis’s absence leaves his role in preparations for the new offence uncertain. The available information does not specify the nature of his health issue or when he might return.
