{"id":513225,"date":"2026-09-02T16:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=513225"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T14:10:45","slug":"domantas-sabonis-emerges-as-trade-candidate-as-kings-have-no-interest-in-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/domantas-sabonis-emerges-as-trade-candidate-as-kings-have-no-interest-in-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Domantas Sabonis emerges as trade candidate as Kings have no interest in extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"9088d4e1-3859-435f-af9d-03781952f958\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"fbskMG_root markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"2346\" data-end=\"2590\">Domantas Sabonis could become one of the biggest names on the NBA trade market. The Sacramento Kings big man has <strong data-start=\"2459\" data-end=\"2488\">two years and $94 million<\/strong> remaining on his contract, but the franchise is reportedly not interested in giving him an extension.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2592\" data-end=\"2852\">Sabonis is eligible for an extension, but Sacramento&#8217;s stance could pave the way for a potential trade. According to Brian Windhorst and Anthony Slater of ESPN, there is already significant interest in the veteran big man.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"bbzee3\" data-start=\"2854\" data-end=\"2879\">A significant contract<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2881\" data-end=\"2979\">The biggest challenge for Sacramento would be finding a team willing to take on Sabonis&#8217; contract.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2981\" data-end=\"3097\">He is set to earn <strong data-start=\"2999\" data-end=\"3027\">$45.4 million in 2026\/27<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"3032\" data-end=\"3060\">$48.6 million in 2027\/28<\/strong>, with both seasons fully guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3099\" data-end=\"3265\">His contract and age could make a potential trade complicated, despite the interest in a player who has been one of the NBA&#8217;s most productive big men in recent years.<\/p>\n<h2 data-section-id=\"19pmgqq\" data-start=\"3267\" data-end=\"3292\">Looking to bounce back<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3294\" data-end=\"3483\">Sabonis is also coming off a largely injury-plagued season. He played just <strong data-start=\"3369\" data-end=\"3381\">19 games<\/strong>, averaging 15.8 points, 11.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3485\" data-end=\"3653\">The 30-year-old is now healthy heading into training camp and will look to return to the form that made him one of the league&#8217;s most consistent double-double producers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3655\" data-end=\"3850\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For Sacramento, the coming weeks could therefore be crucial in determining whether Sabonis remains part of the franchise&#8217;s plans or becomes one of the biggest names available on the trade market.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lithuanian big man has two years and $94 million remaining on his Sacramento contract, but the Kings are reportedly not interested in extending their longtime starter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":337607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-513225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/07\/2022_BRONDI_10_SETTEMBRE_057.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513225"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=513225"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=513225"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=513225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}