The Kings have lost center Jason Thompson for at least the next two weeks with 2 non-displaced transverse process fractures in his lower back. Thompson has played in 55 games (50 starts) for the Kings this season and he is averaging 32.0 minutes, 12.7 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 blocked shots per game. This hurts the Kings bad as Spencer Hawes is in Coach Westphal’s Dog House and even Thompson’s injury might not be enough to get him out of it.

The Kings will be without rookie forward Jon Brockman for the next 2-4 weeks due to a sprained MCL in his right knee. Brockman has played in 44 games (4 starts) for the Kings this season and he is averaging 13.6 minutes, 3.0 points, 4.6 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. The Kings are going to miss Brockman a little bit as he brings good effort and rebounding off the bench.

It will be interesting to see what Kevin Martin decides to do. He might try to play through this injury or he will rest it for 6-8 weeks to let it heal. If he’s smart he’ll take the time off because this kind of an injury won’t heal right if he continues playing. Martin has started all 5 games for the Kings this season and he is averaging 41.8 minutes, 30.6 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game. The Kings can’t replace Martin who is by far the best player on the team.

UPDATE: Kevin Martin has elected to have the surgery to his wrist. Rookie Tyreke Evans will replace him at shooting guard and Beno Udrih will rejoin the starting lineup as the point guard.

The Kings have lost starting small forward Francisco Garcia indefinately as he has fractured his right forearm in a freak weightlifting accident. This is literally a bad “break” for both Garcia and the Kings as he was going to get big minutes this season. He played in 65 games for the Kings last season and he averaged 30.4 minutes, 12.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.0 blocked shot per game. In four years with the Kings, Garcia has played in 290 games (72 starts) in which he has averaged 23.4 minutes, 9.1 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. This is a big loss for the Kings as Garcia was a player showing steady improvement in his career.

The Kings have lost reserve forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim for the remainder of the season after he underwent surgery on his right knee. This was a lost season for the veteran forward as he played in only 6 games this season and he averaged 1.7 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. At least the Kings have veterans like Mikki Moore and Kenny Thomas to pick up the minutes that Abdur-Rahim would have gotten.