SAN FRANCISCO – Entering the third week of preseason, Warriors center Kristaps Porziis still hasn’t been around the team. But there finally could be some more clarity to this mysterious situation. Warriors coach Steve Kerr after Monday’s practice said Porziis will be at Chase Center on Tuesday as Golden State plays the Los Angeles Lakers in Las Vegas.
“Yeah, he’ll be here tomorrow,” Kerr said. “No update beyond that. But he’ll be in the building meeting with Rick [Celebrini] and the performance staff.”
The Warriors’ regular-season opener against the Lakers in LA is nine days away. Kerr could not say if he’s ruling Porziis out for that first game quite yet.
“All that will be determined once we get him back here and have discussions and figure out where he is with all that stuff,” Kerr said.
His absence was a surprise to everyone on the morning of media day before the Warriors departed for training camp in Hawaii. Coaches had seen Porziis working out at Chase Center leading up to training camp, but general manager Mike Dunleavy two weeks ago on...