The Sacramento Kings De’Aaron Fox guard suffered a sprained left ankle in Wednesday’s practice and will be reevaluated in seven to ten days, the team announced.
An MRI scan confirmed the injury.
Fox was the leader of the kings in points (20.4), assists (6.8) and steals (1.4) before the NBA game was suspended in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. He recently said that his fast play style could help Sacramento surprise some teams on reboot.
“Some guys feed on energy from the crowd or something. Right now, you have to bring it all by yourself,” Fox told reporters during a video conference Sunday. “There is no crowd. You just have to be able to play basketball now.”
Fox’s injury was the latest development in what was a stinging restart for Sacramento, which had four players – Buddy Hield, Harrison Barnes, Jabari Parker and Alex Len – positive result for the COVID-19 test before ‘work out. A fifth player, the Richaun Holmes center, inadvertently left the campus perimeter in Orlando, Florida, and had to go into quarantine for 10 days.
The kings play their first of three scripts on July 22 against the Miami Heat. They play their first of eight seeding games on July 31 against the San Antonio Spurs.
After going 7-3 in the last 10 games before the March break, Sacramento is 3½ games back of the Memphis Grizzlies for seat no. 8 in the Western Conference. At the conclusion of the seeding matches, the team in ninth place may force a play-in with the team in eighth place provided that team n. 9 is within four games. The team n. 9 should beat team no. 8 two games in a row to earn a playoff spot in the first round. The team n. 8 should only win once to maintain his post season position.
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