NBA 2019-20: 5 teams most impacted by injuries

#4 Sacramento Kings

One of the more exciting teams coming into this season.

While the Sacramento Kings looked to build upon a fairly positive 2018-19 campaign, they found themselves at the receiving end of some heartbreaking fallouts to prominent names. After playing in 9 games, point guard De'Aaron Fox suffered a sprained ankle during practise and is out for 3 to 4 weeks. Adding to the misery was Marvin Bagley's exit. The sophomore was projected to stage a breakout year before he went down with a broken right thumb.

The consequences of losing two of their most prolific scorers is bound to bite the Kings in the coming days as they are tryind hard to their improve their subpar 7-8 (0467) record so far. They are not even in the top 15 when it comes to offensive and defensive rating are the third worst scoring team at the moment.

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#5 Detroit Pistons

Blake Griffin had himself an All-Star year this past season.

After missing 4 of the team's total 16 games played so far, Blake Griffin had some major catching up to do. After playing through a meniscus tear last year, the Detroit Pistons All-Star is back on the court, and needless to say, it was much-awaited from the franchise's standpoint.

Moreover, Reggie Jackson has been ruled out for an indefinite amount of time due to his back issues, while Derrick Rose also suffered a hamstring injury just recently. Adding to the list was Tony Snell who was bugged by his hip and currently stands at day to day. Safe to say, Detroit's start has been marred by a number of injury problems.

As a result, they are hosting the fifth worst record (5-11) in the league, eight games below their Conference leaders in the Milwaukee Bucks.