Kings fans will have to wait until at least January to watch Sacramento’s first-round draft pick Devin Carter take the court with the team.
Carter, the No. 13 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, underwent left shoulder surgery last week to repair a torn labrum and will miss at least six months.
Stanford Medicine’s Dr. Michael T. Freehill spoke to NBC Sports California to further break down Carter’s injury and some of his concerns with the recovery timeline.
“The fact that they said it’s a six-month return makes me think that this likely was a superior labrum tear, which is a little bit trickier with regards to healing and the road to recovery,” Dr. Freehill said. “But generally speaking, they’ll start doing physical therapy pretty quick. You’re in a sling usually somewhere around six weeks. And then you work on that range of motion up through probably eight to 10 weeks before you’ll even start strengthening.
“So generally, you’ll probably …