Kings’ Huerter explains why he had season-ending shoulder surgery

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Kings’ Huerter explains why he had season-ending shoulder surgery originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Kings guard Kevin Huerter won’t be on the floor as Sacramento enters the postseason with its eye on a top-six NBA playoff spot, much to his dismay, after undergoing shoulder surgery last week to repair a torn left labrum.

Before the Kings’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night at Golden 1 Center, Huerter told FOX40’s Sean Cunningham why he opted to have surgery rather than explore other treatment routes, explaining that the shoulder issue is one that has plagued him for quite some time.

“Timing obviously sucks,” Huerter told Cunningham. “No other way to put it, but successful operation. It’s something I felt like we needed to do for my long-term health and me not having issues with it moving forward. …

“It’s an issue that I’ve had for a couple of years now. You know, nothing that was significant enough for me to to have to fix it and get surgery on something that I’ve played with and felt like I could get back to 100 percent and haven’t had issues with in a couple of years, and, this one most recent — I would I would call it ‘episode’ — injury became more significant.

“And so then the decision became playing through the injury, obviously, or completely fixing it with surgery. And where it was currently at, it could be 100 percent fixed with surgery … So then it became, if I’m just waiting for the next time I get hurt, then there could be damage that I can’t fix with surgery, and then you’re never the same.”

Kevin Huerter on his season-ending surgery to this left shoulder. He talks about the decision to get the injury fixed after a history his shoulder dislocation and how tough it is not to be able to help the Kings with their push for the postseason. pic.twitter.com/y9xVU2yvJ4

— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) April 12, 2024

Huerter sustained the season-ending injury during Sacramento’s overtime win against the Memphis Grizzlies on March 18 at Golden 1 Center, when he went up for a layup and Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane appeared to inadvertently pull his left arm down.

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Publish date : 2024-04-12 03:53:32

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