Domantas Sabonis Suffers Knee Injury and Will Be Out for Several Weeks
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee and will be reevaluated in three to four weeks.
Sabonis missed Wednesday night’s game against Oklahoma City due to what the team considered a left knee annoyance. Further tests revealed the tear, which will keep Sabonis out of action at least until well into December and will send the Kings (3-12) even further into a season-opening spiral.
The player has been dealing with discomfort for much of the first month, missing the opening match after a hamstring strain in the preseason. He also missed two games earlier this month due to a rib problem. Now, he will miss at least the next 10 games due to a meniscus tear.
The Kings traded Tyrese Haliburton for Sabonis in February 2022, a risky move by a franchise trying to accelerate the rebuild in an effort to break a 16-year playoff drought.
Sabonis helped achieve this, propelling the Kings to third place in 2023 as a co-star alongside De’Aaron Fox in Mike Brown’s first season as coach. Sabonis has been a pillar of durability in Sacramento, playing in 79, 82, and 70 games in the last three seasons.
But the situation quickly deteriorated after that single playoff run. Brown was fired, Fox was traded, and now Sabonis is the highest-paid player — he has three years and $146.8 million left on his contract — on one of the most disappointing teams in basketball.
The Kings have lost seven consecutive games by double digits.
