Woj: Domantas Sabonis, J. Lamb, J. Holiday Traded to Sacramento for Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield, T. Thompson

[KHRICH]

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[The-Power]

Brogdon/hail/Turner is decent core

Brogdon is 29. He's not part of that future core (which may or may not include Turner).

[AdamTH21]

I am a bit confused by the amount of people who believe the Pacers won this trade. I am not saying Haliburton isn't a good and it might just be me but it feels like Sabonis is undervalued and Haliburton's potential is overvalued in this particular case.

I like this for the Kings. Sabonis is a great all-around player and the fact that the Kings keep their draft capital intact is great (although they tend to screw up with their picks)

I don't think it's so much the talent equality that people are giving this deal **** for, it's because it's once again an example of the Kings making a trade which implies they're ready to be competitive now which couldn't really be further from the truth.

[Lost Angel]

honestly I’m really surprised that the Kings made a good move. Sabonis is a good player, and Kings should be excited.

[Marmoset]

If that was their logic, then they are insane. It would be like my Raptors trading Pascal Siakam because we have Precious Achiuwa.

I understand what you are trying to say, but trading away Siakam would nowhere be this bad. Siakam is a finished product, who was a little big of a failure after his big contract, while Haliburton is one of the best young players win the league with a totally unique skillset and combination of size and shooting ability. It's absolutely dumb to trade him, but if you do, you better get a top 5 pick in return for this year.

Makes sense, and the direction or state of the team matters when evaluating something like this. It's just that the idea that Davion Mitchell would play any significant role in a willingness to give up Haliburton - that's scary. He's a decent young player but that's all unless/until he shows even some flashes of being something more.

[Dupp]

Relocate that team already

[Mickey8]

Wtf is Sac doing?!! Giving up Haliburton Jesus. Just when I thought they were finally starting to figure things out a bit

They got an all star type of the player in return , with Haliburton who knows, with his tiny build and messed up three point technique.

[Fencer reregistered]

Kings are going no where as long as vivek is the owner of the team.

The tech industry hasn't sent its best and brightest to the NBA.

I don't know Vivek personally, but the company he ran (TIBCO) was a mess.
Ted Leonsis was a major negative contributor at AOL.
Steve Ballmer excels at sales, but wasn't good as Microsoft CEO.

[Dupp]

honestly I’m really surprised that the Kings made a good move. Sabonis is a good player, and Kings should be excited.

Lol

[normgod6]

I'm honestly kinda shocked Haliburton is viewed this highly by fans. I have always thought questions about his frame and athleticism limited his ceiling as a Brogdon type fringe allstar. I honestly think this was a fair trade by both teams as Sabonis is still pretty young and is a proven all star himself.

[JJ_PR]

I'm in the minority, but I love this trade for both teams. Sabonis is a star & will help the Kings a ton. They still have Fox & Mitchell. That's a good core moving forward.

Love this for the Pacers too, but this trade isn't lopsided at all.

[Nuntius]

HOLY COW!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I'm all out of nuance at the moment.

[RIPskaterdude]

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[Gusto1903]

Watch Sabonis get exposed on the Kings. Indiana with a slam dunk in your face steal of the trade.

How can he get exposed? He has a very clean game and high basketball iq

[Ballerhogger]

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There has to be more for this to make any sense....

ThT for Barnes and 2027 pick

[MrGoat]

honestly I’m really surprised that the Kings made a good move. Sabonis is a good player, and Kings should be excited.

Nobody's saying Sabonis isn't a really good player. It's just that Sacramento gave up the one thing they shouldn't have given up to get him, Haliburton still on his rookie deal

[Lalouie]

two equally bad treadmill teams traded major players

on the surface it looks like indy got more pazzazz, but what did hield and haliburton ever do for sac, they've been a f'ing 30win team

in a year that's essentially been a growth year for many teams, a coming out party so to speak, sac and indy remained treadmill.

even steven

[djsunyc]

So you thought about ‘impact’ and the guy that coincidentally comes to mind is someone who kind of looks like Haliburton from afar and when he shoots? That's a bit too convenient to be based on a thorough analysis of the player, to be honest.

i'm not sure why you are getting upset about my opinion.

I'm not upset, I'm just reacting to a bad take on a forum. Pretty standard stuff.

martin was an analytical darling who never really made a huge impact on teams wins/losses. i see haliburton the same way.

[Sedale Threatt]

Hating on the Kings is trendy around here.

It's not like they haven't given us, what, 30-plus years of reasons to do so. Plus, it's more mocking than hating. The latter is usually reserved for teams that actually do stuff.

That said, I rarely watch the Pacers, but Sabonis usually seems pretty damn good whenever I do. So I don't disagree with your premise.

[ConSarnit]

So the Kings look at Indy and see the mediocre fit between Sabonis and Turner and think: how can we make this worse?

Sabonis and Holmes seem like a terrible fit. Holmes is worse shooter and worse defender than Turner. Is there a follow up trade in the works to move Holmes because this seems stupid.