JULY 11: Carter underwent successful surgery and is expected to return in six months, reports Sean Cunningham of KTXL Fox 40 (Twitter link).
JULY 7: Kings rookie lottery pick Devin Carter is slated to go under the knife, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link), who reports that the guard is undergoing left shoulder surgery.
The procedure will take place next week, per Charania. An exact recovery timeline is not yet known, although the availability of the 6’2″ point guard for the beginning of 2024/25 is said to be in question.
It had been previously reported that the former Providence guard would sit out both the California Classic and Las Vegas Summer League due to the injury.
The 2023/24 Big East Player of the Year, Carter averaged 19.7 points (on .473/.377/.749 shooting), 8.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.8 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game across 33 contests for the Friars last year, all starts.
Carter was Sacramento’s only draft pick this season, after the club offloaded their rights to the No. 45 pick, former Houston point guard Jamal Shead, to the Raptors.
Damn drafted some damaged good, hopefully he recovers and not a long term problem. Fultz had all those shoulder issues to start his career.
This sucks! I was hyped for this guy, thought he’d be the steal of the draft
Presumably SAC knew of this possibility before the draft. The kid is a PG in height only, but one of my favorite Big East players over the past decade. He’s a combo G version of Josh Hart. All over the court, take on anything and anyone. Doesn’t fit SAC existing style, but that might be a good thing.
Really. Based on what?
Just the fact that the injury was reported on prior to the draft.