Domantas Sabonis Rumors

Sean Cunningham: Dennis Schröder talks about his new home with the Kings, feeling wanted and prioritized by GM Scott Perry, playing with Domantas Sabonis & his path that led him to Sacramento after playing with so many teams. pic.x.com/aeOPrhrL37

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Head coach Rimas Kurtinaitis and the Lithuanian Basketball Federation revealed the selections for the EuroBasket 2025 on Friday. Domantas Sabonis of the Sacramento Kings is focusing on his wife expecting a kid during the offseason and was officially ruled out. Matas Buzelis of the Chicago Bulls is also out, as well as Kasparas Jakucionis of the Miami Heat.

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"Even the Sabonis thing I think is fascinating. So far, he's been signaling patience and has had good conversations with the new front office. And the Schröder move, to me, is an interesting one in the context of Domas." "Because in the short term, I could see Domas saying, 'Listen, I just want to feel like I have a chance every night.' And now, you've got me a point guard." "But they still have to figure it out. The fact is, you have so many guys who like to score the ball, and Domas wants to get back to the higher usage that he had a couple years ago."

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In terms of building blocks, team and league sources say the Kings continue to signal a commitment to veteran big man Domantas Sabonis. While Sabonis’ frustration with the organization’s handling of the Fox saga has been well-chronicled, league sources say Sabonis has not asked for a trade and has had positive early discussions with Perry regarding the Kings’ aspirations for this summer.

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Sean Cunningham: Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis, joined by his son Tiger, tosses out the first pitch at the A’s game at Sutter Health Park this afternoon. Then chats with Kings GM Scott Perry.

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It was the pairing with Sabonis that highlighted the Pacers’ need to get rid of one big man, just like the Sacramento Kings had one point guard too many — thus creating a natural trade partner in the 2021-22 season. By then Turner had already had his name linked to any and everybody. “It was a lot of things. You know, my first initial emotions was, you feel a little rejected,” Turner said to Yahoo Sports. “You feel like your value doesn’t hold the same weight you thought it did, but then you start to learn it’s just part of a business.”

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But by the time 2022 came, when then-general manager Monte McNair and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox were looking for ways to turn their middling team into a playoff contender, Fox’s market value had plummeted to the point where Haliburton became the focal point of their rebuilding efforts. League sources say the Kings explored trades involving Fox, who had recently signed a five-year, $160 million deal, but simply didn’t find a suitable return. The discussions with the Pacers, league sources say, were two-pronged but quickly turned from Fox to Haliburton when it was clear that was the only real avenue to a deal. In turn, with first-year Indiana coach Rick Carlisle on the lookout for a point guard who could push the pace and help them return to contention, the Pacers sent All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick to the Kings in exchange for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson.

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“Our team was kind of at a crossroads,” Buchanan told The Athletic by phone on Friday while reflecting on the Haliburton trade. “We didn’t really have a guy, like a young player, that you could really build around. Now Domas (Sabonis) was a terrific player and a very productive player. But we felt like in today’s modern NBA, it’s hard to build around a center unless you’ve got, like, a (Denver Nuggets star Nikola) Jokić — an MVP-caliber center. So we tried to target some young guards, playmaking guards around the league that we thought maybe fit the bill. They’re very hard to acquire, obviously. “We felt like Tyrese, with the way Rick wanted to play, and how we want to build a team in the modern NBA — playing faster, playing a little more random. Tyrese was one of the ideal targets to try to build that type of system around. That’s what coach Carlisle values, and has developed his philosophy (around) over the years and where we’re at today. It was just a great fit from that standpoint.”

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The discussions with the Pacers, league sources say, were two-pronged but quickly turned from Fox to Haliburton when it was clear that was the only real avenue to a deal. In turn, with first-year Indiana coach Rick Carlisle on the lookout for a point guard who could push the pace and help them return to contention, the Pacers sent All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick to the Kings in exchange for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson. Yet while that deal looked like a win-win for both sides when the Kings were enjoying their “Beam Team” run two years ago, it has since become one-sided in the kind of way that reflects incredibly well on the quality of the Pacers program

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Domantas Sabonis has another little member of his team! The Sacramento Kings forward, 29, has welcomed his third baby with wife Shashana, a rep for the couple confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. Their new baby boy joins big sister Eleven Rose, 22 months, and brother Tiger, 3.

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Looking ahead to the offseason, rival NBA executives are monitoring the trio of Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, and DeMar DeRozan with the belief that Sacramento will explore the possibility of trading at least one of those players either this offseason or before the trade deadline in February. Yet, rival executives are monitoring whether Sabonis will eventually request a trade if Sacramento continues to sputter and not show improvement as anything more than a Play-In Team. Sacramento is expected to explore the trade and free agent market for point guard help, league sources told HoopsHype.

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Doug Smith on Domantas Sabonis: I've never heard his name in a conversation with anybody involved with the Raptors for a year and a half. They're pretty happy with Jakob Poeltl with two years left in his deal at 20 million a year. Sabonis is a great player. No question about it. But I've never heard his name linked to Toronto. Anybody who I've talked to in the Raptors front office has never talked as a guy as that they would like to pursue.

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Jonas Valanciunas recently shared details about how he learned of his trade to the Sacramento Kings. The veteran center revealed that his close teammate on the National team, Domantas Sabonis, played a key role in breaking the news and that there were other teams interested in him. “I found out I was going to Domas (Sabonis),” JV said during a Lithuanian podcast with BasketNews. There were other teams in the mix — some new potential destinations.” “But there wasn’t much talk about Domas and Sacramento. Denver (Nuggets) came up, Phoenix (Suns) too — things were unclear there with Nurkic. San Antonio (Spurs) was also in the picture. So yeah, there were a few teams,” he added.

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Jonas Valanciunas: "I’m telling you, Domas is truly one of the most talented centers. He’s the fourth most efficient NBA player—I checked it today. That’s never happened in Lithuanian history. Fourth most efficient player in the entire NBA! I think he’s easily top 5, even top 3 among centers. And I have no problem substituting for him. If we’re winning, if he’s playing well—I’ve talked to the coach, to him too—go, dominate, if you need me—I’m here, if not—I’m still here."

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