Overview
- This week ESPN insider Brian Windhorst said on The Hoops Collective that Domantas Sabonis hired Aaron Mintz and hinted Sabonis may want to leave the Kings.
- Multiple outlets report the Kings do not plan to offer Sabonis an extension and now view him as a prime trade candidate.
- Sabonis remains under contract through the 2027–28 season and is owed roughly $40 million or more per year, a sum that the team sees as a hurdle to extending him.
- Sabonis played just 19 games in 2025–26 and had season-ending meniscus surgery on Feb. 18, 2026, which has lowered his recent production and complicated his trade value.
- Teams in the East have held exploratory talks about Sabonis, including a June link to Charlotte, and the next steps to watch are formal trade offers or a new contract push that could reshape Sacramento’s rebuild around younger players.