Sacramento Kings star heart Domantas Sabonis will miss the season-opener on Wednesday towards the Phoenix Suns after struggling a Grade 1 hamstring pressure in a preseason recreation towards the Los Angeles Clippers, the workforce introduced on Saturday. Sabonis will probably be re-evaluated in a single week. That timeline would sideline him for video games towards the Suns and the Utah Jazz.
The earliest Sabonis will probably be obtainable to return is for a recreation towards the Los Angeles Lakers on Oct. 26.
Sabonis will not be the one starter not obtainable for Sacramento’s first recreation of the 2025-26 season. Kings ahead Keegan Murray underwent surgical procedure after an MRI revealed a torn ulnar collateral ligament of the left thumb, which can sideline him for four-to-six weeks.
With Sabonis and Murray out, Sacramento must experiment within the frontcourt to discover a beginning mixture on opening evening. Two choices to exchange them within the beginning lineup are Dario Šarić and Drew Eubanks, who’re each newcomers to this yr’s roster. One other potential resolution might be Isaac Jones, who has expertise taking part in the 4 and 5.
Sacramento enters the season with a win whole of 34.5, per FanDuel, which is among the many lowest within the Western Convention. The Kings have the seventh-best odds (2/1) to make the Play-In Match.