Game 60 preview: Dubs v Lakers in EARLY 5:30p game; Kerr says Porzingis doesn't have POTS?!
Again, warning: EARLY START 5:30pm Pacific
GAME DETAILS
WHO: Los Angeles Lakers (34-24) at Golden State Warriors (31-28)
WHEN: Saturday, February 28th, 2026, 5:30pm Pacific
WATCH: ABC
Bang Bang
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Rough Transcript Clips of Kerr interview on 95.7 THE GAME, 2026-02-27
I’m not sure this is re-assuring, but in a radio interview yesterday, Steve Kerr said that Kristaps Porziņģis was diagnosed in ATL as NOT having POTS. It’s some other mysterious condition, but something that the Warriors medical team thought it was taking a risk on. Kerr’s source is the Hawks’ GM, who used to work with the Warriors and has a good relationship with Kerr.
Here are Kerr’s remarks along with random other interesting player updates.
Porzingis doesn’t have POTS?!
W&D
Steve, what’s going on with Kristaps Porziņģis and what is the expectation for tomorrow night?
Steve Kerr
He’s questionable for tomorrow. He was really sick last week, as you guys know, didn’t go on the trip, but he’s feeling better and he practiced with us today, so we’ll list him as questionable. The hope is definitely that he’ll be able to play tomorrow.
W&D
I know listeners are still—and I’d count even Dibbs and me among those—we’re still trying to understand what the whole POTS thing is that Kristaps has dealt with before. When he was sick this week, was it under that umbrella or was it just regular sick?
Steve Kerr
When I heard about the trade, I read about the POTS diagnosis and then I called Onsi Saleh, who was with us, he’s now Atlanta’s GM and a good friend of mine. I called him and said, “Is this POTS story real?” And he said, “It’s actually not POTS. It was not POTS,” and so that was some misinformation that was out there. I don’t know if anybody’s asked him about it. But bottom line is, whatever was bothering him in Atlanta that was keeping him out had nothing to do with the illness last week. He was just sick. You know, there’s a lot going around, as you guys know, and he was sick enough that he was losing a lot of fluid and contagious. So we just kept him home, but he’s doing a lot better now.
W&D
Steve, that’s fascinating. I think that’s actually a humongous development that people don’t know. The first thought that goes through my mind is why hasn’t that been trumpeted even more? I think that would make Warrior fans feel great about his potential health going forward.
Steve Kerr
Well, I don’t really know what’s out there. I just know that we had internal discussions and I’ve talked to Kristaps, and he told me he’s feeling good, and we haven’t gone into depth with his illness stuff in Atlanta. But yeah, I got confirmation that it was not POTS, but something else that was really difficult to figure out. Sometimes that’s the case even in this modern age where we have a lot of answers; we never have all of them. Sometimes there’s just mysterious stuff.
Updates on Steph, Draymond, Melton health
W&D
While we’re in the blue tent, so to speak, any thoughts about Steph Curry and how he’s doing and what he might be looking at as far as a return?
Steve Kerr
We’ll have an update on Sunday, but I talked to him today, he’s feeling better. He got some shots up today after practice, but we’ll have a much more comprehensive update on Sunday when we have a better feel for everything.
W&D
On that, first of all, just real quick, how’s Draymond doing and what’s the thought there going into the weekend?
Steve Kerr
Draymond’s feeling good. He practiced fully today, so I expect him to play tomorrow.
W&D
And then is there any chance that D’Anthony Melton will play back-to-back sometime soon?
Steve Kerr
There is a chance, but it’s not something that I can pinpoint when, but he is heading in a good direction and we bumped his minutes restriction up, so he’s playing more minutes in individual games and the next step hopefully is that he’ll play in back-to-backs. But I can’t tell you exactly when that is. That’ll be up to the training staff.
On tracking old Warriors
W&D
When players move on from your guys, do you as an organization still keep an eye on them in a curiosity sort of way to see how they’re performing and how that all looks?
Steve Kerr
Yeah, for sure. I look at box scores every day anyway, but anytime we trade a guy, I want to see how he’s doing, check up on him. I’ve been looking at box scores for Buddy and JK and Trayce and hoping that they’re playing well and getting a chance and that sort of thing. That’s always kind of how it goes. Then over time that sort of fades because the guys settle in on new teams and you get a feel for how they’re doing and you maybe don’t check it as carefully as you do right away after trades.
W&D
Did you get a chance to touch base with Kevon and JP when you were in New Orleans?
Steve Kerr
I did. Yeah, I talked with both of them. Always great to see both guys. The beauty of being together, winning a championship together—you always have that bond and I will feel close to those guys forever. It was great to see them both. They’re really, really good guys and I enjoyed coaching them, and we miss both guys for sure.
On Draymond’s changing role
W&D
Draymond Green—somebody who you have to have defensively on the floor. How much is it incumbent on him to be able to play without Steph Curry, or do you really just hold his minutes back until Steph and he are both able to play?
Steve Kerr
No, we want him to play plenty of minutes while Steph is out. We just have to adapt what we’re doing and he’s got to adapt what he’s doing individually. And so that’s been a big topic of conversation here in the last week or two with the staff since Steph’s been out—actually it’s been several weeks—but we’re really leaning into other spots on the floor for Draymond. He’s so used to being up at the top of the key with Steph in their two-man game. But without Steph, we’re asking him to run to the corners, to run down to the block, to attack from different areas, and it’s an adjustment for a guy who’s played a certain way for twelve, thirteen years—a big adjustment—but he’s done a really good job of that.
On the scrappy bench Warriors
W&D
There’s a lot of unknown in terms of what you’re going to get consistently from your guys right now?
Steve Kerr
I think that’s fair. Some of it is the injuries, and some of it is that we’ve kind of adapted our style this year. We’re sort of morphing into a different team than we were a few years ago or even last year. When you have this process, this evolution happening, and all of a sudden you’re playing two-way guys who most of Dub Nation has not heard of, like the case the other night, it’s different, but it’s also fun and I’m really enjoying it. The one thing that I can count on every single night is how hard these guys are playing. And it’s been a good run here without Steph, even though we’re deficient in terms of top-end talent. It’s just really fun to see a group of guys go out and compete and play together, and that Denver game was one of the best games of the year. I think our fans loved it, as they should have. So there’s a lot to take away from situations like these. You see Gui Santos taking on more and more offensive responsibility, creating scoring chances for us. It’s really fun to see young players starting to blossom.
On Moody and Podziemski
W&D
And you’ve got some guys like Brandin Podziemski who is now in his third year. Seems like he’s starting to graduate into a bigger role, and Moses Moody as well. What have you made of those two and how they’ve been able to, in a short stint, graduate into more responsibility?
Steve Kerr
Moses has been probably our most consistent player now for the last six weeks or so. He’s just shooting the lights out. He’s there for us every night. He’s guarding the opponent’s best player. You can see the comfort level, the confidence with Mo. I think BP too—over the last week or two he’s had some really big games. Those guys were both starters for the last thirty games of last season, so this isn’t brand new for them, but with Steph out and Jimmy out, you see that there’s more shots, more responsibility, and I think you see some of the confidence growing because of that.