{"id":85599,"date":"2024-07-11T21:52:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T01:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=85599"},"modified":"2024-07-11T21:52:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T01:52:14","slug":"kings-lottery-pick-to-miss-quite-some-time-to-start-season-devin-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/11\/kings-lottery-pick-to-miss-quite-some-time-to-start-season-devin-carter\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Lottery Pick To Miss Quite Some Time To Start Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced last Sunday that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/07\/kings-x-factor-devin-carter-undergo-offseason-surgery-may-miss-time\/\" target=\"_self\">Sacramento Kings<\/a> lottery pick <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cartede02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devin Carter<\/a> would be undergoing surgery for a shoulder injury. The specifics of his shoulder injury weren\u2019t reported, and no definitive timetable was revealed.\u00a0Since then, Carter has had successful surgery for a torn left labrum. That certainly isn\u2019t a minor injury, and there is now an estimate of how long Carter will be out of action for Sacramento.<\/p>\n<h2>Kings Lottery Pick To Miss Quite Some Time To Start Season<\/h2>\n<h3>Devin Carter\u2019s Injury Will Shelve Him At Least Half A Year<\/h3>\n<p>Earlier today, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/kings\/news\/devin-carter-injury-update\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Kings announced<\/a> the successful surgery for Carter. They also said that a medical update will be provided in about six months. Six months from now is around the middle of January, and that medical update won\u2019t necessarily mean that he\u2019ll be cleared to play at that time. The middle of January will likely be close to the midway point of the regular season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Kings say rookie Devin Carter had left shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum. A medical update will be provided in approximately six months. Carter was drafted by the Kings with the No. 13 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcJSpears\/status\/1811519924726301001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Carter was selected with the 13th overall pick by the Kings in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/06\/analyzing-the-fantasy-value-of-the-top-10-2024-nba-draft-picks\/\" target=\"_self\">2024 NBA Draft<\/a>. After playing one season collegiately at South Carolina, he transferred to Providence where he played for two years. As a junior last season, the six-foot-three guard averaged 19.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.0 blocks. He shot 47.3% from the field, 37.7% from three-point range, and 74.9% from the foul line. Carter was named the 2023-24 Big East Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old is the son of longtime NBA player <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cartean01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Carter<\/a>. Anthony played 13 seasons in the league from 1999-00 until 2011-12.<\/p>\n<h3>What Now For Sacramento?<\/h3>\n<p>It was three years ago that Sacramento selected <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mitchda01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davion Mitchell<\/a> with the ninth overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. Mitchell didn\u2019t develop quite like the Kings hoped for, and he received his least playing time last season. Looking for salary cap relief, <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/40446624\/sources-kings-trade-davion-mitchell-sasha-vezenkov-raptors\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they traded Mitchell<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/09\/toronto-raptors-likely-moving-on-from-6-year-veteran-gary-trent-jr\/\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Raptors<\/a> in late June. Carter was seen as an expected improvement from the guard position.<\/p>\n<p>While the Kings traded Mitchell and now won\u2019t have Carter for a large portion of the season, they still have guard depth. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxde01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a> will of course once again be the starting point guard. The team re-signed Sixth Man of the Year runner-up <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/monkma01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Malik Monk<\/a> to a four-year, $79.8 million deal. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/huertke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Huerter<\/a> has been the team\u2019s starting shooting guard for much of the past two seasons, but he saw his scoring efficiency dip last season compared to 2022-23. <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/elliske01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keon Ellis<\/a> started 21 games, most coming after Huerter underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. Sacramento also signed point guard <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mclaujo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan McLaughlin<\/a> to a one-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the news is disappointing for the Kings and Carter. Carter was expected to be one of the team\u2019s better defenders from the get-go, and his offense improved each year he was in college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced last Sunday that Sacramento Kings lottery pick Devin Carter would be undergoing surgery for a shoulder injury. The specifics of his shoulder injury weren\u2019t reported, and no definitive timetable was revealed.\u00a0Since then, Carter has had successful surgery for a torn left labrum. That certainly isn\u2019t a minor injury, and there is now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":68471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,62,3,29],"tags":[49040,4494,1480],"class_list":["post-85599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","category-kings","tag-2024-nba-draft","tag-devin-carter","tag-providence-friars"],"modified_by":"Jordan Pagkalinawan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}