Suspended for a game for touching a referee, Domantas Sabonis failed to shock Sacramento. Since his arrival, the Kings have won only 4 out of 12 games and if the “play-in” is not out of reach, it will be difficult to get the Pelicans, who have three more wins and five losses. less.
The franchise therefore risks experiencing a 16th season without the playoffs, a very sad record in the NBA…
“That’s why I was frustrated”he explains on his expulsion at The Athletic. “They brought me here, and we want to change things in Sacramento. My goal is to reach the “play-in”. It would be amazing to be in this kind of game. Or just playing the right way, laying the foundations, stone by stone, for the next season. That’s why I was really upset, because we wasted a second 20-point lead, when we need these games. I want them for the franchise and the city. “
Unfortunately for the Lithuanian, every player who has passed through Sacramento since the mid-2000s feels that frustration. He is just the latest in a very long list.
“We have to move forward little by little. I think we are doing great things and going in the right direction. We’re going to have a great summer, we talk about it among ourselves. Then a good training camp, with everyone together. “
Months of uncertainty at the Pacers
Even if the hope of a qualification in “play-in” is not completely dead, Sacramento is therefore already planning for next season. For Domantas Sabonis, who arrived in Sacramento (with Justin Holiday and Jeremy Lamb) in exchange for Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson during the last “treade deadline”, it is above all a question of building chemistry with De’Aaron Fox to get the Kings out of the doom.
After the last delicate months with the Pacers, where he knew he was in the hot seat.
“With the rumours, and this article that came out in December (The Athletic announcing a big upheaval coming to Indiana) the mindset of all players has changed. We said to ourselves: ‘Damn, we don’t know what will happen’. We spoke to the leaders after the article was published, and they reassured us”.
Corn…
“They told us it wasn’t going to happen but we were hearing the rumours, and they confirmed: ‘Yes, your names have come up (in discussions)’ so we weren’t sure anything was going to happen anymore. to pass. And then we weren’t winning any more matches, the injuries were piling up, the Covid and all that. So it became inevitable. “
| Domantas Sabonis | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2016-17 | OKAY | 81 | 20 | 39.9 | 32.1 | 65.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 5.9 |
| 2017-18 | IND | 74 | 25 | 51.4 | 35.1 | 75.0 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.6 |
| 2018-19 | IND | 74 | 25 | 59.0 | 52.9 | 71.5 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 9.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 14.1 |
| 2019-20 | IND | 62 | 35 | 54.0 | 25.4 | 72.3 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 12.4 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 18.5 |
| 2020-21 | IND | 62 | 36 | 53.5 | 32.1 | 73.2 | 2.4 | 9.6 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 20.3 |
| 2021-22 * | All Teams | 58 | 34 | 57.7 | 30.8 | 73.0 | 3.3 | 8.9 | 12.2 | 5.2 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 18.6 |
| 2021-22 * | IND | 47 | 35 | 58.0 | 32.4 | 74.0 | 3.3 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 5.0 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 18.9 |
| 2021-22 * | BAG | 11 | 33 | 56.8 | 16.7 | 65.7 | 3.4 | 9.5 | 12.8 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 0.3 | 17.4 |
| Total | 411 | 28 | 53.4 | 31.9 | 72.6 | 2.3 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 14.3 | |
