Christie spent countless hours with Sabonis over the past three years as his player development coach. Christie has watched Sabonis improve his 3-point shooting dramatically from 23.5% in his first season with the Kings to almost 48% this season while doubling his volume.

Three-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, among the best bigs in the league for multiple seasons, has stepped up his game with a career-best campaign for the Kings so far in 2024-25.

Domantas Sabonis had 29 points and 18 rebounds, and the Sacramento Kings beat the Washington Wizards 123-100 on Sunday night.

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Kuzma would not be the ideal trade target for Sacramento, and Kings fans would be the first to admit that. The 29-year-old forward is having his worst season as a Wizard, averaging just 14.4 points and 5.3 rebounds per game with poor 42.5/25.7/60.6 shooting splits.

Here are three things to watch in Wednesday’s game. The Warriors will be missing Green (left calf strain), Kuminga (right ankle sprain), Brandin Podziemski (right abdominal injury management) and Kyle Anderson (left gluteal bursitis).

Golden State is two games into a stretch that many believe will be critical in determining the club's direction at the trade deadline. Eight of the nine games are at home (the meeting with Sacramento is the lone road contest), but the early results -- including a tougher-than-expected 122-114 win over the Wizards -- have not been encouraging.

Oklahoma City showed how dominant its defense can be in shutting down Cleveland last Thursday, earning some revenge for the week before (and with that win, the Thunder move back to the top of these rankings).

The Sacramento Kings' star center Domantas Sabonis is having an incredible season, and he is currently in elite company alongside the likes of Wilt Chamberlain.

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Remember how much time we — and I am part of that “we” — spent in the past year talking about whether Donovan Mitchell wanted to re-sign with this team? When he did, we asked if that would mean a Darius Garland trade?