Daeqwon Plowden moved from out to day-to-day with an illness on Thursday's injury report, which lists his expected return as Nov. 6. The Kings play the Spurs that night at 10 p.m. ET.
What happened
Daeqwon Plowden is day-to-day with an illness, according to the official injury report updated Thursday at 10:11 a.m. ET. He was previously listed as out. The report classifies the issue as illness, other. On Wednesday, Nov. 4, the report listed him out for the game against the Lakers, with the comment: "Plowden (illness) is out for Wednesday's game against the Lakers." The report gives an expected return of Nov. 6. No other detail on the illness has been announced.
What it means for the Kings
The Kings host the Spurs on Friday, Nov. 6, at 10 p.m. ET. They are 1-7, in 14th place, and lost their last game. Plowden, a 28-year-old G-F, averages 12.2 minutes, 2.5 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.3 assists in six games. Sacramento is 1-5 with him and 0-2 without him. In those two games Darius Acuff Jr. played 37.3 minutes and Zach LaVine 33.4. De'Andre Hunter (31.2), Precious Achiuwa (27.2), Jonathan Mogbo (17.3) and Emanuel Sharp (17.3) also carried minutes. Keegan Murray, Ben Simmons and Maxime Raynaud are listed out.
What to watch
The report lists Plowden's expected return as Nov. 6, the day of the Spurs game. His status is day-to-day, not available, so the next injury report update before the 10 p.m. ET tip is the one to check. A time for that update has not been announced. If he sits again, the minutes he leaves would likely go to Mogbo and Sharp, the reserves who played 17.3 minutes each when he was out. Murray, Simmons and Raynaud remain out.
Is Daeqwon Plowden playing vs the Spurs?
Not announced. He is day-to-day with an illness and the injury report lists an expected return of Nov. 6, the day of the Spurs game. The Kings play the Spurs at 10 p.m. ET.
When will Daeqwon Plowden be back?
The injury report gives an expected return of Nov. 6. His status is day-to-day, and no further timeline for the illness has been announced.