{"id":623571,"date":"2026-02-25T08:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/623571\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T08:24:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:24:48","slug":"kings-may-not-look-to-trade-domantas-sabonis-this-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/623571\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings May Not Look To Trade Domantas Sabonis This Offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sacramento Kings may not look to trade All-Star big man <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/sabondo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_bbr\">Domantas Sabonis<\/a> this offseason, according to NBA insider <a href=\"https:\/\/marcstein.substack.com\/p\/did-we-just-watch-an-nba-finals-preview?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=392205&amp;post_id=188974442&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=10980&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marc Stein of The Stein Line<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Kings were open to moving Sabonis at this year\u2019s trade deadline, with the Toronto Raptors and Washington Wizards showing interest in the lefty. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not seen as a certainty, according to one source briefed on the process, that the Kings will try again in the offseason to trade Domantas Sabonis after fielding in-season trade offers for the former All-Star big man,\u201d Stein wrote. \u201cThere are scenarios, I\u2019m told, that would steer Sacramento toward keeping Sabonis \u2014 who has two seasons left on his contract after this one \u2014 that depend on how the Kings fare in May\u2019s draft lottery and whom they are able to select in a draft headlined by Darryn Peterson, AJ Dybantsa and Cameron Boozer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sabonis underwent season-ending knee surgery to repair a torn left meniscus last week. He appeared in only 19 games this season, averaging 15.8 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. <\/p>\n<p>A three-time All-Star, Sabonis will make $45.5 million next season and $48.6 million in the 2027-28 season, the final year of his contract. <\/p>\n<p>The Kings have the worst record in the NBA. Sabonis has been on the team since February 2022. Sacramento acquired the Gonzaga product from the Indiana Pacers in the blockbuster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halibty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> trade.<\/p>\n<p>Sabonis helped the Kings make the playoffs in 2023 for the first time since 2006. Sacramento lost to the Golden State Warriors in the first round in seven games, but it appeared the franchise had a bright future with Sabonis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxde01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrake02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=dallashoopsjournal.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-24_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Keegan Murray<\/a> leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Kings missed the playoffs in 2024 and Fox was traded to the San Antonio Spurs last season. <\/p>\n<p>Sabonis has played for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Pacers and Kings. He holds career averages of 16.1 points, 10.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dallashoopsjournal.com\/p\/category\/nba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Latest NBA News &amp; Rumors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Kings may not look to trade All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis this offseason, according to NBA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,4672,4056,6,3101,6050,986,477,4055],"class_list":{"0":"post-623571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-domantas-sabonis","10":"tag-kings","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-news","13":"tag-nba-rumors","14":"tag-sacramento","15":"tag-sacramento-kings","16":"tag-sacramentokings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116130317828563087","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}