{"id":698096,"date":"2026-04-04T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698096\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T17:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T17:06:19","slug":"zach-lavine-has-decided-his-future-sacramento-or-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/698096\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach LaVine has decided his future: Sacramento or free agency?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backdoorpodcast.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/lavine-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Credits IPA agency\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/lavine-scaled-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Zach Lavine\" title=\"Zach Lavine (Sacramento Kings)\"\/><\/a>Credits IPA agency<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block\">Zach LaVine is ready to exercise his $49 million player option for the 2026-27 season, thus remaining with the Sacramento Kings. The news comes from NBA insider Michael Scotto, who spoke on a YES Network segment with Chris Shearn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block\">LaVine, 30, is in the fourth year of his five-year contract 215 million dollarsHis season was interrupted on February 13th due to surgery on his right hand, which ended his season prematurely. Before the injury, he had recorded 19.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists on average in 39 games, shooting 47.9% from the field and 39% from three-point range.<\/p>\n<p>A summer of decisions for Sacramento<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block\">The Kings, with a record of 21-57 Already eliminated from the playoff race, they will face a complex offseason. Scotto emphasized that LaVine has been considered a possible trade candidate in the past, but exercising his player option gives the franchise flexibility for next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gt-block\">Sacramento will also have to make decisions about other key players. Domantas Sabonis, 29, underwent knee surgery in February that ended his season. DeMar DeRozan, 36, has a partially guaranteed $10 million contract still outstanding. Malik monk, 27, remains day-to-day with a shoulder issue, further complicating roster planning.<\/p>\n<p>Locking LaVine in for another year offers the Kings stability and the presence of a proven scorer, while management will evaluate possible upgrades around him through the trade market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credits IPA agency Zach LaVine is ready to exercise his $49 million player option for the 2026-27 season,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3792],"tags":[7,4056,6,986,477,4055],"class_list":{"0":"post-698096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento-kings","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-kings","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sacramento","12":"tag-sacramento-kings","13":"tag-sacramentokings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116347535480575542","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698096","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=698096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}