Overview
- An MRI confirmed a moderate left ankle sprain suffered in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to Milwaukee.
- The team said he will be re-evaluated in approximately three to four weeks, sidelining him through much of January.
- In 19 appearances this season he has averaged 14.6 points and 6.1 rebounds across 35.9 minutes after signing a five-year, $140 million extension in October.
- This is his third multi-game absence of 2025–26 following left thumb UCL surgery that delayed his debut plus a brief late-December calf strain.
- Keon Ellis has started in his place with Doug McDermott and rookie Nique Clifford seeing minutes as the 8–28 Kings struggle with injuries and a league-worst point differential.