Kristaps Porziņģis will enter a new chapter of his career next season as he suits up for the Atlanta Hawks after being traded by the Boston Celtics this summer. Though he was injured for most of Boston's title run in 2024,

Kristaps Porzingis knew a trade from the Celtics was possible this offseason. However, the big man did not suspect a move to the Hawks. The former Celtics big man spoke to Latvia’s Sports Studja in an interview this week in his first public comments after Boston traded him away as part of a three-team deal to the Atlanta Hawks for Georges Niang.

Kristaps Porzingis opened up about his health struggles during the playoffs before he was traded to the Hawks.

One of the headline transactions came on July 7, when Boston shipped Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team trade also involving the Brooklyn Nets. In that deal, the Hawks acquired Porzingis and a 2026 second-round pick,

The Boston Celtics decided to make the move to trade Kristaps Porzingis to the Atlanta Hawks in order to shed some salary. They are pursuing the goal of getting under the second apron of the luxury tax.