In 2023, Latvia will make its FIBA World Cup debut. After failing to qualify for last year’s FIBA EuroBasket tournament for the first time since 1999, Latvia bounced back in a big way this year.

Celtics Latvian Basketball Association denies reports on Kristaps Porzingis’s injury The reported foot injury would have put Porzingis's status for the 2023 FIBA World Cup in jeopardy.

On Tuesday Porzingis posted on X, formerly Twitter, that he would miss the upcoming World Cup for the Latvian men’s national basketball team because of the injury.

— FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 🏆 (@FIBAWC) August 27, 2023 Still, France held a comfortable lead with seven minutes to play when starting point guard Nando de Colo was ejected for his ...

The squad entered the 2023 FIBA World Cup among the favorites, trailing only Canada and Team USA with +800 odds, and brought the entire core from Tokyo with them to the tournament.

Ahead of the 2023 FIBA World Cup, the Celtics were only going to have one player represented on the stage in big man Kristaps Porzingis suiting up for Latvia. But C’s fans got some somewhat ...

The World Cup begins Aug. 25, featuring 32 national teams competing in Japan, Indonesia and the Phillippines. "Such a decision is not easy to make, but I promise that I will be there and support ...

Kristaps Porzingis of Latvia celebrates after the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers second round first match between Latvia and Turkey at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia on August ...

It turns out that Kristaps Porzingis will indeed miss the FIBA Basketball World Cup with a foot injury, but the Celtics don't sound too concerned about the issue.

Germany forward Moritz Wagner (13), right, takes a shot as he gets past Latvia forward Davis Bertans (8) during the Basketball World Cup quarterfinal between Germany and Latvia in Manila ...

Kristaps Porzingis will not play for his native Latvia in the 2023 FIBA World Cup later this month, he announced on social media on Tuesday. Porzingis, who was traded to the Boston Celtics this ...

Boston Celtics forward Kristaps Porzingis announced he will miss the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup because of a lingering plantar fasciitis issue he continues to deal with in his foot ...