Monk moved into the starting lineup at shooting guard in early December after finishing second in Sixth Man of the Year voting last season. He took over as the team’s primary point guard when childhood friend and former Kentucky teammate De’Aaron Fox was traded to the San Antonio Spurs on Feb. 2.

Monk (toe) will not play Wednesday against the Nuggets, Chris Biderman of The Sacramento Bee reports. Monk was initially deemed questionable, so fantasy managers can consider him day-to-day moving forward.

After losing 116-110 to the Nuggets, Kings veteran DeMar DeRozan and interim head coach Doug Christie put the officials on blast.

Sacramento star DeMar DeRozan was not happy with the referees after the Kings lost a close battle to the Denver Nuggets

Monk went to the locker room during the second quarter of Monday's game against the Mavericks with an apparent lower body injury, Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee reports.

The Sacramento Kings travel to face the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday to end a four-game road trip but are facing some adversity heading into the big matchup. The Nuggets are in third place in the West with a 39-22 record, so heading into Denver is already a tall task for the Kings, and injuries are not making it any easier for them.

The Sacramento Kings can ill-afford any more injuries to ... another unfortunate development on the injury front, with Malik Monk having to exit their ongoing matchup against the Dallas Mavericks ...