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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%).
Anthony Slater: The 1-6 Kings become the last NBA team to get first win. Beat the Mavericks in Dallas tonight, temporarily easing early season angst. Darius Acuff had 25 points, closed with strong 4Q. Malik Monk came to life with 24 off the bench. They return home to face Lakers, Spurs.
Grant Afseth: Final: Kings 115, Mavs 100 Daniel Gafford: 20 PTS, 7 REB, 1 STL, 1 BLK Walter Clayton Jr.: 20 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL Cooper Flagg: 17 PTS, 4 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL Darius Acuff Jr.: 25 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 1 STL Malik Monk: 24 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 1 BLK Zach LaVine: 23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST Dallas (4-3) faces San Antonio on Wednesday.
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Brandon Rahbar: James Harden has the night off on Russell Westbrook’s jersey retirement date. KD and Steven Adams play the Kings on February 7th so they have the night off too.
NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Darius Acuff Jr. (SAC), Stephen Curry (GSW), Luka Dončić (LAL) and Cooper Flagg (DAL) East: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIA), Scottie Barnes (TOR), Tyrese Maxey (PHI) and Evan Mobley (CLE)
Grant Afseth: Dallas Mavericks Injury Report vs. Sacramento Kings: AVAILABLE: Caleb Martin (Right Thumb Splint) DOUBTFUL: Kyrie Irving (Left Knee Injury Management) Santi Aldama (Right Knee Surgery) OUT: Dereck Lively II (Right Surgery) Tarik Biberović (Right Heel Bursitis) Sergio de Larrea (Right Knee Sprain)
NBACentral: Domantas Sabonis is not enthused about playing with a ball-dominant guard like Darius Acuff, per @SeanDeveney (h/t @AhnFireDigital). Brenden Nunes: A team source told me this “could not be farther from the truth.” Acuff and Sabonis have been in great communication.
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Mike Curtis: #Mavs guard Kyrie Irving (left knee injury management) is listed as questionable for tomorrow's game against the #Kings. Santi Aldama (right knee surgery) is doubtful. Tarik Biberovic (right heel bursitis) and Sergio De Larrea (right knee sprain) are out.
Darius Acuff Jr. addressed the sold-out crowd at Golden 1 Center before the game, thanking fans for their support and promising the team would play hard this season. But he wasn’t satisfied with his performance after the loss. “If we don’t get to win, it really don’t matter,” he said. Both teams wore commemorative jersey patches honoring the late NBA coach Rick Adelman , who led the Kings to eight consecutive playoff appearances from 1998 through 2006.
Grizzlies Nation: The Grizzlies TAKE DOWN the Kings, moving to 6-0 on the season Cameron Boozer: 27 points on 8-of-13 shooting, 9 rebounds, 3 assists. Cam Spencer: 10 points, 13 assists, 5 rebounds.