Monk (toe) will not play Wednesday against the Nuggets, Chris Biderman of The Sacramento Bee reports. Monk was initially deemed questionable, so fantasy managers can consider him day-to-day moving forward.
Malik Monk is embracing his new role as the starting point guard for the Sacramento Kings, but he admits it has been a challenge. Monk moved into the starting lineup at shooting guard in early December after finishing second in Sixth Man of the Year voting last season.
Zach LaVine scored 22 points and DeMar DeRozan added 20, each sitting out the fourth quarter, as the Sacramento Kings beat Dallas 122-98.
Keegan Murray scored a season-high 26 points and Zach LaVine added 22 to lift the hot-shooting Sacramento Kings to a 118-101 win over the Utah Jazz.
Lavine, DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis all need the ball, and Monk’s scoring has been the trade-off so far. Since LaVine joined the lineup, Monk has gone Under his points prop in two of eight games. That prop has adjusted from 19.5 points to 18.5, but I still think it is too high.
But on Monday night, the Kings were beset with another unfortunate development on the injury front, with Malik Monk having to exit their ongoing matchup against the Dallas Mavericks due to what is ...