Precious Achiuwa Heads to the Locker Room as the Kings' Nightmare Season Continues
Underdog NBA reported: 'Status alert: Precious Achiuwa headed to locker room Tuesday.'
The are currently conducting a masterclass in how to make a 1-9 start feel even worse. The latest blow came Tuesday night when Precious Achiuwa was forced to leave the floor and head straight to the locker room.
Underdog NBA flagged the exit, adding another name to a Sacramento injury report that is starting to read like a CVS receipt. When your team is already sitting at the absolute bottom of the Western Conference, losing your starting power forward mid-game is the exact opposite of a spark.
Achiuwa had actually been one of the few guys doing the dirty work lately. He just pulled down 14 rebounds to go with seven points against the Miami Heat on Sunday. You do not easily replace that kind of glass-cleaning production, especially when the rest of the roster is already held together by athletic tape and wishful thinking.
For context, the are currently sporting a minus-13.2 net rating. That is not just bad basketball. That is the kind of statistical disaster that makes you want to simulate to the end of the season. Losing Achiuwa now means Sacramento has to dig even deeper into a rotation that was already struggling to keep games competitive.
With Domantas Sabonis dealing with a knee issue and nursing a wrist problem, the frontcourt depth is officially in crisis mode. Anyone holding tickets on player props or team totals is basically flying blind until we get a concrete medical update on half the starting five.
Sacramento has a couple of days to ice up before hosting the Portland on Friday. If Achiuwa is dealing with an issue that keeps him sidelined, the are going to need a minor miracle to stop this early-season freefall.