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Domantas SabonisSacramento Kings · #11

Center · 6-10, 240 lb · Portland, Oregon · Age 30 · 10th season

Domantas Sabonis is a three-time NBA All-Star and three-time rebounding champion for the Sacramento Kings, the son of Hall of Famer Arvydas Sabonis, and one of the league's best passing bigs — a two-time All-NBA double-double machine out of Gonzaga.

MVP race · #32Center rank · #7Balladex Impact · 78
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Sacramento Kings · #11 · Center
Domantas Sabonis
Season avg15.8 pts · 11.4 reb · 4.1 ast · .543 fg
Career avg16.0 pts · 10.6 reb · 4.8 ast · .549 fg
Live win probabilityBlazers 76%
Balladex model · projected 123–117 · 99.3 pace
Tonight's projectionmodel
18.6pts
13.5reb
6.1ast
24%win
Tonight's matchup · who he'll mainly guardhead-to-head
Domantas Sabonis
Sacramento Kings · Center
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Portland Trail Blazers · Elite stopper
Category breakout
Head-to-head history
Home/away splits from recent games; live grades from the DNA model.
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Scouting report

Domantas Sabonis — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades from the DNA model + real production.

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Playmaking Hub Big · Rebounder · Impact 78
Domantas Sabonis is a three-time NBA All-Star and three-time rebounding champion for the Sacramento Kings, the son of Hall of Famer Arvydas Sabonis, a
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Offense
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Defense
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Feel / IQ
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Playmaking
Below average creator
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Scoring
Average scorer
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Rebounding
Elite on the glass
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3PT / spacing
Below average spacing
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Perimeter D
Below average on the perimeter
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Paint / rim D
Excellent at the rim
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Clutch
Average late
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Athleticism
Strong tools
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Basketball IQ
Reads the game
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Durability
Availability
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Act II

Where Domantas Sabonis stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Nikola Jokić DEN
29%
2
Luka Doncic LAL
20%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC
12%
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Giannis Antetokounmpo MIA
4%
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Victor Wembanyama SAS
3%
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Anthony Edwards MIN
2%
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Tyrese Maxey PHI
2%
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Jamal Murray DEN
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Balladex Consensus: #27 of 384 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
<1%MVP odds
78Impact index
432Star score
Career scoring average16.0 ppg
Seasons in the index10
Accolades on file3
3x NBA All-Star · 3x Rebounding Champ
Stat explorer

Domantas Sabonis — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring
15.8 PPG
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Playmaking
4.1 APG
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Rebounding
11.4 RPG
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Shooting
.185 3P%
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The engine

How the model sees Domantas Sabonis

Projection = per-minute rate × projected minutes. Rates are recency- and health-weighted, aged along a per-stat curve, and adjusted for live usage/role. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026-27  71% confidence
15.7
pts
13.5–17.9
11.3
reb
10.1–12.5
3.8
ast
3.0–4.6
29.3
min
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47
gp
health
.587
fg%
~base
.364
3p%
~base
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 10-season history below.
What moves the points line vs last season
Last season 15.8 → projected 15.7 PPG
Minutes / role
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Development (his trend)
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Age curve
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Live context
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Net vs last season-0.1 PPG
Everything it reads
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10 seasons of per-minute rates
every box line, minutes-normalized
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Recency × games-played weight
recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline
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Weighted least-squares trend
his own trajectory, read season over season
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Per-stat aging curves
age 30 — applied per stat
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Live role context
usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present
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Durability signal
GP last 3: 82 / 70 / 19 → games & confidence
health
The real history it trains onsource: Basketball-Reference · verified

Domantas Sabonis career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGPMINPTSREBASTFG%3P%
2016-178120.15.93.61.0.399.321
2017-187424.511.67.72.0.514.351
2018-197424.814.19.32.9.590.529
2019-206234.818.512.45.0.540.254
2020-216236.020.312.06.7.535.321
2021-224734.718.912.15.0.580.324
2022-237934.619.112.37.3.615.373
2023-248235.719.413.78.2.594.379
2024-257034.719.113.96.0.590.417
2025-261929.715.811.44.1.543.185
Career65030.716.010.64.8
Source: Basketball-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers Tonight's projection, EraLab, and the role simulator — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = MVP / Championship season · hover any bar. Real per-game data; per-36 & totals derived.
EraLab · the stat time machinenovel
Re-express a season in today's pace-and-space.
raw PPG
in 2026 pace
why
Scoring map · clickable zonesShotChart
Team-tinted. Modeled where tracking data is absent.
Role simulatorpowered by GM engine
Change the roster around him — his projection updates live.
Projected line shifts to — usage , assists rise as primary initiator. Title odds . Illustrative.
Context

Are the Sacramento Kings built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record
#15conf seed
-10net rtg
110.4off rtg
120.5def rtg
1%playoff odds
Roster delta · what changed
Drop coverage — Sits the big back to wall off the rim and lives with contested mid-range looks.. Core trending steady. Defensive anchors: Domantas Sabonis, Maxime Raynaud.
How his role moves
Projected 15–67, 15th in the West. Real team projection from the roster + last-season baselines. His usage, minutes and creation load move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
78 of 99
Star starter tier.
Rarity
◆ Rare
Rank #100 of 715 in NBA.
Résumé
3 accolades
3x NBA All-Star · 3x Rebounding Champ · 2x All-NBA Third Team
Act IV

The Ballad of Domantas Sabonis

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

May 3, 1996

The beginning

A relentless double-double machine and elite passing big, Domantas Sabonis honored his Hall-of-Fame father's number while building his own three-time All-Star résumé as the heart of the Sacramento Kings.

Sacramento Kings

Turning pro

Drafted 2016 Round 1, Pick 11 (Orlando, traded to Oklahoma City) as a Center.

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Domantas Sabonis wears No. 11 for his Hall-of-Fame father — and built a résumé all his own.

Chapter

Drafted 11th in 2016 and traded to Oklahoma City, he became a two-time All-Star in Indiana after arriving in the Paul George deal.

Chapter

A 2022 trade centered on Tyrese Haliburton made him Sacramento's centerpiece, where he made a third All-Star team and earned All-NBA honors.

Off the court

Measurables ESPN
Day-To-Day · INJURY_STATUS_DAYTODAYSabonis (knee) has a new pick-and-roll partner after the Kings chose Darius Acuff in Tuesday's draft.
Height
6' 10"
Weight
240 lbs
College
Gonzaga
Experience
10th Season
NBA debut
2016
Draft
2016 Round 1, Pick 11 (Orlando, traded to Oklahoma City)
Born
Portland, Oregon
Age
30
Jersey
#11
Off the Court

Sabonis comes from basketball and pageant royalty: his father Arvydas is a Naismith Hall of Famer, and his mother, Ingrida, was the inaugural Miss Lithuania in 1988. He married Shashana Rosen in 2021, and the couple has three children.

He co-launched the wine brand 'Ones by Sabonis' in 2024 and has spoken about the family observing Jewish traditions — details noted here briefly and factually.

The person

Tireless, cerebral and unselfish, Sabonis is a throwback big who dominates through rebounding, passing and efficiency.

Glass CleanerThree consecutive NBA rebounding titles (2023-2025).
Point-CenterOne of the best passing bigs in the league from the high post.
Iron ManOnce posted a 61-game double-double streak.
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FAQ

Domantas Sabonis — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Domantas Sabonis, answered.

Who is Domantas Sabonis's father?
Arvydas Sabonis, a Naismith Hall of Famer. Domantas wears No. 11 in his honor.
Where was Sabonis drafted?
11th overall in 2016 by the Orlando Magic, then traded on draft night to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
How many All-Star selections does Sabonis have?
Three — 2020 and 2021 with Indiana, and 2023 with Sacramento.
What is Sabonis best known for?
Rebounding and passing — three straight rebounding titles (2023-2025) and a 61-game double-double streak.
Domantas Sabonis career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Availability & durability

games played vs season length
Career availability
81%
10 seasons
Last 3 seasons
70%
75 games missed
Games missed
150
career, schedule-adj.
Durability
Some risk
declining
Availability by season
81
16-17
74
17-18
74
18-19
62
19-20
62
20-21
47
21-22
79
22-23
82
23-24
70
24-25
19
25-26

Some risk. Availability trend is declining70% of games over the last three seasons, low of 23% in 2025-26.

Availability = games played ÷ season length (schedule-adjusted for lockout and COVID seasons). A durability signal from real game data, not a medical assessment.

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