Keegan Murray's Ankle Injury Adds to the Kings' Miserable 0-3 Start

The Sacramento Kings are officially out of good news before Halloween.

Marc Stein reported Monday that forward Keegan Murray has been diagnosed with left ankle capsulitis and will be sidelined for at least 10 to 14 days.

"Marc Stein reported the diagnosis of left ankle capsulitis and the 10-to-14-day timeline."

Losing a core piece for two weeks is bad enough, but doing it when your team is currently in freefall is a disaster. The Kings are sitting at a miserable 0-3 to start the 2026-27 season. They just got handled 123-112 by the Memphis Grizzlies, and the vibes are currently hovering somewhere between panic and despair.

Sacramento currently ranks 28th in the league with a -14.5 net rating. For context, that means they are getting outscored by a margin so wide you could parallel park a bus in it. Murray gave them 12 points in 26 minutes during a recent loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, and now those minutes have to be absorbed by a rotation that is already leaking oil.

If you are looking at player props or team totals, Sacramento's rotation is about to get very weird. Murray is a guy who logs heavy minutes, and removing him from a defense that is already giving up points like a broken ATM is a massive red flag for anyone backing the Kings to turn things around quickly.

This is also not Murray's first issue with that left ankle. He missed three to four weeks earlier in 2026 with a sprain on the exact same side. Ankle capsulitis is essentially inflammation of the joint capsule, which sounds like the kind of lingering issue that makes a 10-to-14-day timeline feel like a best-case scenario rather than a guarantee.

The Kings have to pack their bags and head to Texas to play the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday. They desperately need a win to avoid an 0-4 start, but they will have to find a way to do it without one of their most reliable forwards.