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Hawks update timeline for potential return for Porzingis, Risacher

Injuries have hampered the team, which is off to a sluggish 20-24 record.
The Hawks are 9-8 in games that Kristaps Porzingis — pictured during media day in September — has played, and he continues to recover from left Achilles tendinitis. (Miguel Martinez/AJC 2025)

Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

Credit: Miguel Martinez-Jimenez

The Hawks are 9-8 in games that Kristaps Porzingis — pictured during media day in September — has played, and he continues to recover from left Achilles tendinitis. (Miguel Martinez/AJC 2025)
By AJC Sports
Jan 19, 2026

The Hawks have been shorthanded of late, with injuries to two key rotation players.

Center Kristaps Porzingis, who has played in just 17 games this season and has missed the past five games because of left Achilles tendinitis, is continuing to recover and will be reevaluated in about a week, according to the Hawks.

Porzingis is averaging 17.1 points and 5.1 rebounds and shooting 36% on 3-pointers. The Hawks (20-24) are 9-8 in the games Porzingis has played.

Zaccharie Risacher, who has missed the past five games as he recovers from a left knee bone bruise, will be reexamined in approximately a week.

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