[Rumor] Domas trade watch 2026

BuddyBuckets said:
Came across a KC clip yesterday and while I don't often agree with him, was hard to not agree here.
He was ripping into Perry about the direction. This is the same Kings BS we've dealt with for years.
Do you want to rebuild? Sell Sabonis
Do you want to try and get better? Go buy players.

But doing nothing is not a tactic. What we paid for Sabonis or Demar is a sunk cost. We all seemed to understand that when it came to selling Keon to dump Schroder. But when it comes to Demar/Sabonis we can't grasp that?

Look at the cap space teams this summer. The amount of teams are shrinking, and the want for a player like Sabonis who doesn't defend the rim and can't get his own in crunch time (making 45+ a year) is not going to change.

I appreciate Sabonis, but the time to move off him was yesterday. The time to pick a direction was 1 year ago when we moved Fox. But we all know where this is going with Hunter and refusing to sell. Pray for Peterson, cut the tank short, and back to the play-ins until Peterson leaves in 5-6 years.
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Really can’t disagree with this. Something tells me the org is going hybrid rebuild after hopefully landing a top 3 pick. Everyone knows DDR and Westbrook and Lavine can’t be part of this going forward, but stuck with Lavine, but Domas does have to go in the Summer. He’s going to keep this team in the play in race and no more. Need a couple of years at least to hit it out of the park in the draft. Domas needs to be on a team that thinks it can make a playoff run.

I really think teams are looking at that contract and just aren’t buying he can lead them to a deep playoff run.
 
dude12 said:
Really can’t disagree with this. Something tells me the org is going hybrid rebuild after hopefully landing a top 3 pick. Everyone knows DDR and Westbrook and Lavine can’t be part of this going forward, but stuck with Lavine, but Domas does have to go in the Summer. He’s going to keep this team in the play in race and no more. Need a couple of years at least to hit it out of the park in the draft. Domas needs to be on a team that thinks it can make a playoff run.

I really think teams are looking at that contract and just aren’t buying he can lead them to a deep playoff run.
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If what they were offered at the deadline wasn't enough, I don't think its going to change in the summer.. Teams are desperate now, in the summer they move to the draft/Free Agency.

I'm now fully convinced the plan is going to be get a top 5 pick, and go for it next year. They are going to pray for Peterson, but be happy with Kingston Flemming or Mikel Brown Jr when we inevitably aren't in the top 3. Maybe Demar is gone due to cap reasons, Hunter will get an extension. Next year we will be sold -

Flemming/The next FA Schroder
LaVine/Monk
Hunter/Nique
Keegan/Cardwell
Sabonis/Maxime

And they will say look kings fans, explosive young PG, shooters around Sabonis, a real forward with Keegan, a younger bench with fan favorite Monk still around. We don't need a multi year tank, we already had the pieces! Upgraded beam team! And we will have another 35 win season while Vivek raises season tickets prices another 12%. rinse and repeat. Wish I wasn't so pessimistic but we've seen this too many times as kings fans.
 
BuddyBuckets said:
If what they were offered at the deadline wasn't enough, I don't think its going to change in the summer.. Teams are desperate now, in the summer they move to the draft/Free Agency.

I'm now fully convinced the plan is going to be get a top 5 pick, and go for it next year. They are going to pray for Peterson, but be happy with Kingston Flemming or Mikel Brown Jr when we inevitably aren't in the top 3. Maybe Demar is gone due to cap reasons, Hunter will get an extension. Next year we will be sold -

Flemming/The next FA Schroder
LaVine/Monk
Hunter/Nique
Keegan/Cardwell
Sabonis/Maxime

And they will say look kings fans, explosive young PG, shooters around Sabonis, a real forward with Keegan, a younger bench with fan favorite Monk still around. We don't need a multi year tank, we already had the pieces! Upgraded beam team! And we will have another 35 win season while Vivek raises season tickets prices another 12%. rinse and repeat. Wish I wasn't so pessimistic but we've seen this too many times as kings fans.
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I pretty much agree, only I wish the starting lineup ends up being Cardwell next to Sabonis and Hunter off the bench with Keegs at the 3 spot. Sabonis needs Cardwell next to him on defense.
 
James Ham said the Kings were going to have to use draft capital to move their players with big contracts. If true, I’d rather wait for LaVine’s deal to expire or use his expiring deal in another trade this summer
 
NewArena said:
James Ham said the Kings were going to have to use draft capital to move their players with big contracts. If true, I’d rather wait for LaVine’s deal to expire or use his expiring deal in another trade this summer
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I don't get the urgency to move LaVine. He's trash but hes not hurting the tank, hes helping it. And he expires next year, we should be thinking of buying him out by this time next year.

But who else needed picks to move? Demar? Just buy him out, sunk cost not worth picks for 10 million cap hit next year.
Sabonis? Reports we got offered expiring + pick from Washington and Toronto was offering Barrett + 2nds. So that can't be right.
Monk? Again not sure whats the rush. hes a fan favorite, keep him till next deadline and with 1 year left hes easier if we want to move him.

Ham also said the Toronto deal was still very much alive. Not sure hes much of a source anymore.

The 2 biggest other contracts are Hunter/Keegan who we don't want to move. So
 
BuddyBuckets said:
If what they were offered at the deadline wasn't enough, I don't think its going to change in the summer.. Teams are desperate now, in the summer they move to the draft/Free Agency.

I'm now fully convinced the plan is going to be get a top 5 pick, and go for it next year. They are going to pray for Peterson, but be happy with Kingston Flemming or Mikel Brown Jr when we inevitably aren't in the top 3. Maybe Demar is gone due to cap reasons, Hunter will get an extension. Next year we will be sold -

Flemming/The next FA Schroder
LaVine/Monk
Hunter/Nique
Keegan/Cardwell
Sabonis/Maxime

And they will say look kings fans, explosive young PG, shooters around Sabonis, a real forward with Keegan, a younger bench with fan favorite Monk still around. We don't need a multi year tank, we already had the pieces! Upgraded beam team! And we will have another 35 win season while Vivek raises season tickets prices another 12%. rinse and repeat. Wish I wasn't so pessimistic but we've seen this too many times as kings fans.
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The only thing you got wrong was the next Schroeder coming off the bench
 
Light it up said:
If Kings get Barrett a 1st and shave some salary that is a decent haul for Domas. Kings fans severely overrate Domas and his value.
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While I think the Zubac trade was a gross overpay he does hold more value than Sabonis despite being less talented due to his size and skill set, Barrett level player (I would prefer someone else) and a unprotected first is worth it for Sabonis he's been exposed badly in the playoffs /play in to be worth more.
 
BuddyBuckets said:
I don't get the urgency to move LaVine. He's trash but hes not hurting the tank, hes helping it. And he expires next year, we should be thinking of buying him out by this time next year.

But who else needed picks to move? Demar? Just buy him out, sunk cost not worth picks for 10 million cap hit next year.
Sabonis? Reports we got offered expiring + pick from Washington and Toronto was offering Barrett + 2nds. So that can't be right.
Monk? Again not sure whats the rush. hes a fan favorite, keep him till next deadline and with 1 year left hes easier if we want to move him.

Ham also said the Toronto deal was still very much alive. Not sure hes much of a source anymore.

The 2 biggest other contracts are Hunter/Keegan who we don't want to move. So
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Agreed. All of these immovable contracts were signed or traded for by Monte.

Instead of giving up draft capital to move them, the best thing to do may be to embrace the tank until next season, and hope we hit it big in the next 2 drafts. When these horrid contracts comes off the books by expiration, we may be ready to compete.
 
The_Jamal said:
Sorta? Depends if they re-up Hunter or not.

You should be happy though, they got off the Keon decision and cleaned the last year of the Dennis contract. So all of a sudden, all we have in 27 is Keegan/Domas/Monk and the rookies on the books. WIth $85 mil in expirings after next season (LaVine/DDR $10 mil buy-out/Hunter)
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All Dennis was guaranteed in 2027 is $4.3 million. If they re-up Hunter he's going to cost a lot more than that. If they don't re-up Hunter, we just traded one of our best young players and a future second round pick to save $4 million in cap space for 2027 which is highly unlikely to even matter since, as you point out, there's another $80 million worth in cap space already coming that same summer.
 
hrdboild said:
All Dennis was guaranteed in 2027 is $4.3 million. If they re-up Hunter he's going to cost a lot more than that. If they don't re-up Hunter, we just traded one of our best young players and a future second round pick to save $4 million in cap space for 2027 which is highly unlikely to even matter since, as you point out, there's another $80 million worth in cap space already coming that same summer.
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The dust has settled, IMO this was nothing more than a panic move.
They didn't want to watch Keon leave in free agency, and after the way they buried him and opted him in he was never resigning.

This move added 10.1 million to our salaries next year, pushed us into the tax which means we are for sure going to panic dump someone to avoid the tax next year.

Perry panicked, and I'm sure Vivek wanted him to buy a player. Boom welcome Hunter who "has all the pillars doug and Perry talk about" lol.
 
I guess there is supposed to be a plan in place, but every move makes it seem like the organization doesn’t know how to implement the plan.
 
So, the trade watch is over.

Now, we need to see where we stand.

I was never in favor of dumping Domas or tanking.

I am FOR building around Domas, but not extending him unless he realizes that as he enters his non-peak years, he should be paid around 30 mil per on his next deal.

This trade deadline must have been a wake-up call for Domas.

But, if he is fine staying, then I am happy he is staying (so long as he mentors Max and Dylan).

This should finally be "Sabonis' Team".

Anyone else good with that? Or are people still "all for tanking" (and dumping Sabonis for whatever picks can be had)
 
eleventy said:
So, the trade watch is over.

Now, we need to see where we stand.

I was never in favor of dumping Domas or tanking.

I am FOR building around Domas, but not extending him unless he realizes that as he enters his non-peak years, he should be paid around 30 mil per on his next deal.

This trade deadline must have been a wake-up call for Domas.

But, if he is fine staying, then I am happy he is staying (so long as he mentors Max and Dylan).

This should finally be "Sabonis' Team".

Anyone else good with that? Or are people still "all for tanking" (and dumping Sabonis for whatever picks can be had)
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I'm open for trading Sabonis if the price is right but I'm also open to keeping him since he's a great player that makes everyone around him better (on offense at least).

Either way the team needs to tank next year as well. We aren't going to make any noise with a top 5 pick, Sabonis and a bunch of average to below average role players players.
 
ESP47 said:
I'm open for trading Sabonis if the price is right but I'm also open to keeping him since he's a great player that makes everyone around him better (on offense at least).

Either way the team needs to tank next year as well. We aren't going to make any noise with a top 5 pick, Sabonis and a bunch of average to below average role players players.
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not sure how you are grading here, but i put monk and keegan just below sabonis (and our #1 pick - because THIS time we HAVE to get a generational talent who steps right in and leads the team - similar to what flagg and knueppel are doing this year), but certainly well above "average to below average", That's a good four to start with, considering you are stuck with lavine at best. and if westbrook is willing to play for the minimum, well, there may be guys with more potential, but he's still pretty darn good. and the four young guys, well, if just one or two pan out, we're ok.

given the hole we've dug, i am fine with playing the rest of this season to maximize our draft chances (which means tanking)..

but that's it. next year (and others) i play to win, starting with a roster of:

Guards: Devin, Malik, Zach, Nique, (Russ as a fifth guard only, McDermott can still be sixth)

Forwards: Keegan, De'Andre, Precious,, Deaqwon, and, (if we are are stuck with DeMar, well...)

Bigs: Domas, Max, Dylan, Drew

and then there are the picks

so, your top ten-eleven are

Devin (or #1/2 pick)/Malik

Zach/Nique

Keegan/(or a number 1/2 pick)

De'Andre/Precious

Domas/Max/Dylan

bench: some combo of McDermott, Russ, DeMar, Deaqwon, Drew and picks, signings
 
eleventy said:
not sure how you are grading here, but i put monk and keegan just below sabonis (and our #1 pick - because THIS time we HAVE to get a generational talent who steps right in and leads the team - similar to what flagg and knueppel are doing this year), but certainly well above "average to below average", That's a good four to start with, considering you are stuck with lavine at best. and if westbrook is willing to play for the minimum, well, there may be guys with more potential, but he's still pretty darn good. and the four young guys, well, if just one or two pan out, we're ok.

given the hole we've dug, i am fine with playing the rest of this season to maximize our draft chances (which means tanking)..

but that's it. next year (and others) i play to win, starting with a roster of:

Guards: Devin, Malik, Zach, Nique, (Russ as a fifth guard only, McDermott can still be sixth)

Forwards: Keegan, De'Andre, Precious,, Deaqwon, and, (if we are are stuck with DeMar, well...)

Bigs: Domas, Max, Dylan, Drew

and then there are the picks

so, your top ten-eleven are

Devin (or #1/2 pick)/Malik

Zach/Nique

Keegan/(or a number 1/2 pick)

De'Andre/Precious

Domas/Max/Dylan

bench: some combo of McDermott, Russ, DeMar, Deaqwon, Drew and picks, signings
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This is the exact kind of short cut weve taken for years and leads nowhere. Im shocked so many kings fans still push this.

Being we are stuck with lavine, its such an easy excuse to tank another year. In doing so we can hopefully add 2 long term studs who can grow together. And imo that still probably wont be enough.

Look at the small market teams who have elevated in recent years for a second
Okc - chet, shai, jalen, + how many other youngins?
Spurs - wemby, Harper, castle, + again many more
Detroit - cade, Thompson, duren.

The best example of a short cut so far has been minnesota. Edwards + mcdaniels + they already had KAT who was 25 unlike sabonis who will be 30 next year. They've done well, and I can see the argument for trying to emulate that. But they have an owner who was willing to go way into the luxury tux + they've likely peaked with this group and know it which is why they were desperate to do something at the deadline.

The team should tank until they really dont have to. If they land peterson and hes a superstar out the gate id still tank, but fine.. But if they land the 4th pick and get Kingston flemings, you dont abandon the tank. You try and find a wemby, cade, shai, flagg in the next draft.
 
eleventy said:
not sure how you are grading here, but i put monk and keegan just below sabonis (and our #1 pick - because THIS time we HAVE to get a generational talent who steps right in and leads the team - similar to what flagg and knueppel are doing this year), but certainly well above "average to below average", That's a good four to start with, considering you are stuck with lavine at best. and if westbrook is willing to play for the minimum, well, there may be guys with more potential, but he's still pretty darn good. and the four young guys, well, if just one or two pan out, we're ok.

given the hole we've dug, i am fine with playing the rest of this season to maximize our draft chances (which means tanking)..

but that's it. next year (and others) i play to win, starting with a roster of:

Guards: Devin, Malik, Zach, Nique, (Russ as a fifth guard only, McDermott can still be sixth)

Forwards: Keegan, De'Andre, Precious,, Deaqwon, and, (if we are are stuck with DeMar, well...)

Bigs: Domas, Max, Dylan, Drew

and then there are the picks

so, your top ten-eleven are

Devin (or #1/2 pick)/Malik

Zach/Nique

Keegan/(or a number 1/2 pick)

De'Andre/Precious

Domas/Max/Dylan

bench: some combo of McDermott, Russ, DeMar, Deaqwon, Drew and picks, signings
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We aren't going to go from the worst team in the league to a playoff team by merely adding one rookie.

The Kings attempted this method for years with Cousins and it never panned out.
 
ESP47 said:
We aren't going to go from the worst team in the league to a playoff team by merely adding one rookie.

The Kings attempted this method for years with Cousins and it never panned out.
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i would disagree on cousins,,, the year george karl started coaching the kings (the year after he "finished the previous season"), there were new faces - primarily rajon rondo... then there was the game in mexico and rondo's rift with a ref and subsequent suspension, which was distracting.

eventually, that team came together and at the end of January, they won six straight to be the hottest team in the league.

but brandon was working to undermine george and vlade let him do it. the team fell apart and both george and brandon were let go at the end of the season. but that season could have been a playoff year, if not for the distractions.

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"We aren't going to go from the worst team in the league to a playoff team by merely adding one rookie."

No, we are going to the playoffs because the starting five (primarily keegan and domas) will actually PLAY TOGETHER

Plus, we bring in Hunter to play next to Keegan

Plus we have four young players who all improve (Dylan, Max, Devin and Nique)

Monk stays (unfortunately, zach stays also)

Plus, if you bring in a lottery stud, do you REALLY want him to start his career tanking?
 
eleventy said:
i would disagree on cousins,,, the year george karl started coaching the kings (the year after he "finished the previous season"), there were new faces - primarily rajon rondo... then there was the game in mexico and rondo's rift with a ref and subsequent suspension, which was distracting.

eventually, that team came together and at the end of January, they won six straight to be the hottest team in the league.

but brandon was working to undermine george and vlade let him do it. the team fell apart and both george and brandon were let go at the end of the season. but that season could have been a playoff year, if not for the distractions.

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"We aren't going to go from the worst team in the league to a playoff team by merely adding one rookie."

No, we are going to the playoffs because the starting five (primarily keegan and domas) will actually PLAY TOGETHER

Plus, we bring in Hunter to play next to Keegan

Plus we have four young players who all improve (Dylan, Max, Devin and Nique)

Monk stays (unfortunately, zach stays also)

Plus, if you bring in a lottery stud, do you REALLY want him to start his career tanking?
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It was actually Dave Joerger who had the major problems with Brandon Williams
 
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