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Three-time NBA All-Star center Domantas Sabonis reportedly wants to leave the Sacramento Kings, with ESPN's Tim MacMahon describing the situation between the big man and the franchise as increasingly difficult. "Quite frankly, Sabonis wants out of there, and if they can move him, they would," MacMahon said on The Hoop Collective. "So he's not happy. It's a bad situation."
According to Windhorst, any trade would still have to "make sense" for Sacramento. The Lithuanian center changed representation during the offseason and hired Aaron Mintz of CAA. That move previously fueled speculation about his future. Sabonis currently has two guaranteed seasons remaining on his contract, worth approximately $94 million combined.
On HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours, Bam Adebayo showed up in 6.2% of all trades built. Among those, he was most often sent to Sacramento (14.5%), Cleveland (9.2%), and Denver (9.2%), and the return pieces that came up most often were Evan Mobley (9.2%), Zach LaVine (9.2%), and Jaren Jackson Jr (7.9%).
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Tim MacMahon on Kyrie Irving: "Going into the season, I would have said more likely than not, he gets moved by the deadline, but I didn't feel super strong about it. The more I see the team, the more I think it's going to be awfully hard to trade him. Not that there won't be a big market, there will be, but if they've got a chance to compete for a play-in, playoff spot, I just think it's going to be really tough to move Kyrie. Also, as much as he means to that locker room as well as he's working with Luka, it was beautiful basketball."
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Chris Mannix: "I think Kyrie Irving is a separate topic. I think he's going to be the most in-demand player at the trade deadline because he's not on the Mavericks' timeline. I think Detroit is another team that will be salivating over getting Kyrie Irving. They're off to a great start. I think the Mavericks have a chance to get some real assets back in return for a player that's been good for them."
Q. Did you have much interaction with him that summer where you guys sort of overlapped? They drafted him and then like you requested a trade but you didn’t get traded until that whole and so you guys were both like in the gym that whole summer. Did you have much interaction?” Damian Lillard: “Yeah, I was still around a little bit. I would see him in the gym. I was working out early and he would come in and we had our interactions. I always liked Scoot Henderson. I always liked Scoot and even at that time I made it clear, I never had an issue with the team as far as us not being capable. I was just like, I know we are not going for it all right now, but I still thought the team was talented, I liked the team. But we had some interactions. Obviously I knew I wasn’t going to be there, so I wouldn’t say it was anything major. But even when we played the Blazers, I would get in his ear a little bit and try to share some encouragement.”
NBA Trade Machine: 6.7% of trades built on HoopsMatic over the past 24 hours involved Domantas Sabonis. Of his trades, the most common landing spots were Denver (8.8%), Charlotte (7.8%), and Dallas (6.9%), while the most common return players were Luka Doncic (6.9%), Dennis Schroeder (5.9%), and Cade Cunningham (5.9%).
Ethan J. Skolnick on Kyrie Irving: “I think we've both heard that he's interested in playing down in Miami. I also know Spoelstra holds him in very high regard. I know there are concerns about other stuff.”
Sam Amick: "When the Kings and Domantas Sabonis's camp pitched him to Detroit potentially as part of the Jalen Duren situation, I thought that was very revealing and this happened over the summer if anybody missed it. Duren was trying to get a deal done with the Pistons and so it was going to be a potential sign-and-trade. I thought it was fascinating and revealing that a team like the Pistons, where I think Sabonis would fit pretty well, just absolutely showed no interest."
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NBA Trade Machine: Over the past 24 hours, Jalen Green featured in 10.5% of trades built on HoopsMatic. Within his trades, he landed most often in Dallas (82.4%), New Orleans (2.6%), and LA Clippers (2.0%). Most often, he was traded for Marcus Sasser (24.8%), Dereck Lively (23.5%), and Kyrie Irving (23.5%).
Chris Haynes: Haynes Headlines: Growing frustration in Phoenix Suns’ locker room due to lack of point guard on roster to organize the offense, sources tell me: "There's some growing frustration within that locker room for the simple fact that that roster does not have a point guard that can organize that offense... I don't know that the Suns are looking to address as of right now, the hope is that they can kind of play this role by committee, but as of right now, it's not looking like it."
Marc Stein: "I imagine that Herb Jones's name will be suggested as a dream target. And look again, the Thunder have picks galore to offer because teams have been trying to pilfer for Herb Jones from the Pelicans for ages now. And New Orleans last season basically was telling teams, trade Trey Murphy and Herb Jones if they are not untouchable, it's pretty dang close. You're going to have to offer us three firsts for Trey Murphy or two firsts for Herb Jones."
Gina Mizell: Jaylen Brown responds to Brian Scalabrine’s report (then walked-back report?) he demanded a trade out of Boston: “I have no interest in letting any false allegations (follow) me into my next chapter here in Philadelphia. I never demanded a trade. Never made a list of ultimatums.”