The Kings were dealt a blow yesterday when De’Aaron Fox suffered an ankle sprain during practice. Despite the team not planning to reevaluate him for another 7-10 days, at which point Sacramento will have already played its first exhibition game, Luke Walton told the media that he remains positive about his starting point guard’s status.
Fox injured the same ankle earlier in the year, suffering a grade-3 sprain that caused him to miss 17 games, but had seemingly returned to full health by the time the league went on hiatus. Now, the team has to hope that this current sprain is just a blip and not indicative of deeper issues.