Overview
- Raynaud went down clutching his right knee while setting a screen and was helped off in a wheelchair during Saturday’s preseason game at Chase Center.
- Late Saturday imaging and a team announcement on Sunday identified the injury as a right patellar subluxation rather than a torn ligament.
- The Kings say Raynaud will be reexamined in roughly two weeks and is expected to miss the start of the regular season while his knee heals and he begins strengthening work.
- General manager Scott Perry expressed cautious optimism, saying “he'll be back,” but the exact play mechanics that caused the injury remain unclear and have not been definitively determined.
- Raynaud is a 23-year-old rising big man who averaged 12.5 points and 7.5 rebounds as a rookie, and his absence will alter Sacramento’s early frontcourt rotation behind starter Domantas Sabonis.