FC Barcelona shooting guard Kyle Kuric is set to miss the start of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season due to a head injury, the club announced on Tuesday night. Kuric suffered head trauma in the team's Spanish League game against Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz on Sunday. The club's statement said that Kuric will be under observation in the short-term to determine his status going forward. Kuric is in his fifth season with Barca. He averaged 7.9 points in 37 EuroLeague games last season, and hit 44.9% of his career three-point shots: 215-of-479.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">🏀 <a href="https://twitter.com/KingKK_14?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KingKK_14</a>, con un traumatismo craneoencefálico<br><br>👉 El jugador es baja y su evolución marcará el retorno a las pistas: <a href="https://t.co/DHYWIbmb9v">https://t.co/DHYWIbmb9v</a> <a href="https://t.co/jzv6fYGO8i">pic.twitter.com/jzv6fYGO8i</a></p>&mdash; Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1577358794673500160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>

Barcelona gave no estimation of how long Kuric might be out of action. Kuric, 33, had a brain tumor removed in 2015, while playing for Gran Canaria of Spain, and underwent surgery again in 2020, after joining Barcelona, to replace a cranial implant.