Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee and will be reevaluated in three to four weeks.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
But the situation quickly deteriorated after that single playoff run. Brown was fired, Fox was traded, and now Sabonis is the highest-paid player \u2014 he has three years and $146.8 million left on his contract \u2014 on one of the most disappointing teams in basketball.<\/p>\n
The Kings have lost seven consecutive games by double digits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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