Warriors and Kings combine for extraordinary feat amid league-wide injury drama
We’ll see near full rotations for both teams on Friday!
As the NBA returns following the All-Star break, San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama has become the latest superstar hit by injury as the 21-year-old prepares to spend the rest of the season on the sidelines.
Wembanyama’s deep vein thrombosis adds to a spate of health/injury issues across the league, but that hasn’t extended to the Golden State Warriors or Sacramento Kings who prepare to face off at Golden 1 Center on Friday.
Wembanyama injury leaves Spurs ‘devastated’
As the NBA returns following the All-Star break, San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama has become the latest superstar hit by injury as the 21-year-old prepares to spend the rest of the season on the sidelines.
Wembanyama’s deep vein thrombosis adds to a spate of health/injury issues across the league, but that hasn’t extended to the Golden State Warriors or Sacramento Kings who prepare to face off at Golden 1 Center on Friday.
The Warriors and Kings are both incredibly healthy
While many teams around the league are putting forth lengthy injury reports, the Warriors and Kings have combined for an incredibly clean slate that features just two players — that’s quite the feat for this point of the season.
The only injury for both teams comes in the way of Jonathan Kuminga, with the fourth-year Warrior forward set to miss a 22nd-straight game after sustaining a nasty ankle injury against the Memphis Grizzlies on January 4.
Kuminga has returned to practice following the break, but is yet to scrimmage which puts the 22-year-old “still a ways off” according to head coach Steve Kerr on Thursday. Yuri Collins will be the only other player absent from Friday’s game, with the young point guard still on assignment in the G League despite recently signing a 10-day contract with Golden State.
