by Charlie O. Mallonee

The Sacramento Kings have announced that guard Darren Collison will have surgery to repair a core muscle injury next Tuesday. Collison will have a consultation with Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia on Monday.

Collison suffered the injury in a game against the Dallas Mavericks on February 5th. He has been held out of all games played since that time.

Ray McCallum and Andre Miller will play the point guard position during Collison’s absence.

Collison will be re-evaluated in three to six weeks. The Kings season ends on April 15th.