Sabonis Injury Update

[captain bill]

ESPN Sources: Sacramento Kings All-Star Domantas Sabonis has suffered a right-hand injury and will undergo further testing and evaluation on treatment options. It is immediately unclear how much time – if any – Sabonis will miss. pic.twitter.com/AmbxASxAMY

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 24, 2022

 

[steelevt]

I blame the injury on those stupid how well will the kings do in the next X games threads. Stop testing the basketball gods

 

[iowamcnabb]

X-Rays after Friday’s loss to Washington confirmed the injury and need for further examination. The timeline on a return could depend on pain tolerance to continue playing, or the need to address a more serious injury with Sabonis’ hand.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 24, 2022

 

[iowamcnabb]

Let’s hope it’s pain tolerance

 

[PacMan]

It was also stupid to keep him in the game with 3-4 minutes left with us down by like 21 at that time.

 

[LoungeLizard]

It was also stupid to keep him in the game with 3-4 minutes left with us down by like 21 at that time.

Is that when this happened? I thought I heard he had hurt his hand in the Charlotte game and had been managing the pain. I tuned out of the Wizards game so I’m not sure.

 

[Hoovtrain]

Lovely

 

[SacTownKid]

It was also stupid to keep him in the game with 3-4 minutes left with us down by like 21 at that time.

That game was the first real trainwreck all the way around from the braintrust on the bench.

 

[ockingsfan]

If the injury showed up on a X-Ray, it’s probably a broken bone in the hand or finger. Hopefully, he won’t miss too much time or play through with a splint?

 

[pdxKingsFan]

Is that when this happened? I thought I heard he had hurt his hand in the Charlotte game and had been managing the pain. I tuned out of the Wizards game so I’m not sure.

yeah I think he had a minor injury in his hand and hopefully this is the same and wasn't made worse so much as chronic?

 

[Lionheart]

Hopefully not out for too long of a time; he is the motor that makes us go.

 

[iowamcnabb]

yeah I think he had a minor injury in his hand and hopefully this is the same and wasn't made worse so much as chronic?

the previous injury was in the left hand I believe

 

[pdxKingsFan]

the previous injury was in the left hand I believe

uh oh.

 

[PacMan]

uh oh.

If they saw something on X-ray then he sustained some kind of fracture. I’m pretty sure it was mention before that previous issue was the left hand so this one is sustain from Wizard game.

 

[Jespher]

While radiographic imaging can be used to determine fractures, you can also tell bone alignment, joint quality, and progression of arthritis with x-rays as well. Further follow-up suggests questions of instability, soft tissue inflammation, or possible ligament lesion. Chronic hyper mobility is common for the hand and wrist complex, and chronic sprains can lead to more frequent sprains.

 

[sactowndog]

I blame the injury on those stupid how well will the kings do in the next X games threads. Stop testing the basketball gods

Just for the record I never predicted how they would do once. Talking about the upcoming schedule and predicting a record are two different things.

 

[Chupacabra]

If I had to guess I would say he hyperextended and/or dislocated his thumb. Not enough trauma on that play to break bone.

The thumb catching in the jersey while the opposing player is moving is one of those injuries that happens to everyone.

 

[Caccia]

If I had to guess I would say he hyperextended and/or dislocated his thumb. Not enough trauma on that play to break bone.

The thumb catching in the jersey while the opposing player is moving is one of those injuries that happens to everyone.

There is no way he broke a bone on that play, as far as I could see. Ligament damage, yes. It was a freak accident--he barely put his hand on the waist of the player he was guarding.

 

[NewArena]

Please God don't let him miss any time and if so, let it be something miniscule. Im so tired of this crap bad luck wtf did we do to deserve this

 

[New Era]

I’m assuming/hoping that if they haven’t put out any info on this yet that means it’s probably not too serious?

 

[NewArena]

I’m assuming/hoping that if they haven’t put out any info on this yet that means it’s probably not too serious?

I pray

 

[GWD]

"Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good" (Led Zeppelin)

 

[captain bill]

Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis has suffered a fractured ligament in his right thumb. He will attempt to play through the injury and is listed questionable Tuesday vs. Denver.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 27, 2022

at least looks like he’s not missing extended time but I’d still prefer he get more rest rather than come back early and risk worse injury

 

[NewArena]

Sacramento Kings star Domantas Sabonis has suffered a fractured ligament in his right thumb. He will attempt to play through the injury and is listed questionable Tuesday vs. Denver.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 27, 2022

at least looks like he’s not missing extended time but I’d still prefer he get more rest rather than come back early and risk worse injury

Hopefully this is one of those injuries you can’t really worsen. I trust this version of our medical staff and if they think he can power through it, we’ll be ok. Thank God he won’t be missing weeks on end. I was terrified

 

[KF8]

Don't mind if he takes these next 2 games off.. it's back to back and against arguably the best center in the league in Jokic on both nights. Kings are unlikely to win these 2 games anyways.

 

[Fantazija]

Team already sell out to stop him going to his left hand.I imagine that will be even more obvious now.

 

[iowamcnabb]

This seems like a really tough injury to play through. Hard to imagine grabbing rebounds with his usual ferocity

 

[Turgenev]

A 'fractured ligament' seems like a strange way to describe an injury. Fractured bone and/or torn ligament?

 

[KainLear]

Is that when this happened? I thought I heard he had hurt his hand in the Charlotte game and had been managing the pain. I tuned out of the Wizards game so I’m not sure.

Yeah. Basically, from what it seems to me, the coaching staff decided to keep most of the starting lineup late in the 4th when we were down by like 20 points. It was an attempt to give the team some crisis playtime as they were trapping full court.

It wasn't anything too severe from the contact (although we've seen many athletes getting seriously injured from not-so-much contact), here's a video of it.

 

[Lionheart]

I would rather us try get through a week or two without him rather than risking him injuring it even further. If we can't depend on our depth to get through things like this, gonna be a crap rest of the season regardless.