The 3-time All-Star was not amongst the 14 reserves announced Thursday to take part in the All-Star Game to later this month at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. The list featured a record-shattering seven different players from one specific school but left out the Gonzaga alum. Sabonis, who signed a massive contract extension with the Kings in 2023, has a $1.3 million incentive bonus riding on him making the All-Star game.
Source: Larry Brown Sports
Source: Larry Brown Sports
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Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
The #NBAAllStar reserves have been announced
Domantas Sabonis is arguably the biggest snub
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/16… – 4:59 AM
The #NBAAllStar reserves have been announced
Domantas Sabonis is arguably the biggest snub
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/16… – 4:59 AM
Eurohoops @Eurohoopsnet
Domantas Sabonis won’t be an all-star after all 😬 pic.twitter.com/ZCRe3zaZxP – 12:59 AM
Domantas Sabonis won’t be an all-star after all 😬 pic.twitter.com/ZCRe3zaZxP – 12:59 AM
Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC
👑NEW LOCKED ON KINGS POD👑
🏀De’Aaron Fox & Domantas Sabonis snubbed from NBA All-Star game.
🏀NBA All-Star’s selection system is a complete joke.
🏀Chatting with @will_zimmerle about some interesting Kings stats.
🖥youtu.be/W2u14jD_5QM
🎙bit.ly/LOKPODS pic.twitter.com/Bi13TYj3MN – 10:45 PM
👑NEW LOCKED ON KINGS POD👑
🏀De’Aaron Fox & Domantas Sabonis snubbed from NBA All-Star game.
🏀NBA All-Star’s selection system is a complete joke.
🏀Chatting with @will_zimmerle about some interesting Kings stats.
🖥youtu.be/W2u14jD_5QM
🎙bit.ly/LOKPODS pic.twitter.com/Bi13TYj3MN – 10:45 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Most rebounds since January 1st:
218 — Domantas Sabonis
211 — Rudy Gobert
189 — Giannis Antetokounmpo
188 — Isaiah Hartenstein pic.twitter.com/gbaM9W7BnM – 10:16 PM
Most rebounds since January 1st:
218 — Domantas Sabonis
211 — Rudy Gobert
189 — Giannis Antetokounmpo
188 — Isaiah Hartenstein pic.twitter.com/gbaM9W7BnM – 10:16 PM
Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Kings head coach Mike Brown tells @andscape that neither Fox nor Sabonis not being named a West All-Star is a “glaring wrongdoing.” bit.ly/4bjz7js pic.twitter.com/nQZKbOkGgZ – 8:57 PM
Kings head coach Mike Brown tells @andscape that neither Fox nor Sabonis not being named a West All-Star is a “glaring wrongdoing.” bit.ly/4bjz7js pic.twitter.com/nQZKbOkGgZ – 8:57 PM
Kevin Huerter @KevinHuerter
Man no way BOTH Foxy and Domas should have been left out. Numbers and team success are there! – 8:52 PM
Man no way BOTH Foxy and Domas should have been left out. Numbers and team success are there! – 8:52 PM
Jason Anderson @JandersonSacBee
Sacramento snubbed: Kings duo of De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis left out of NBA All-Star Game
There are a lot of reasons for the Kings and their fans to be upset about this. Let’s discuss
sacbee.com/sports/nba/sac… – 8:21 PM
Sacramento snubbed: Kings duo of De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis left out of NBA All-Star Game
There are a lot of reasons for the Kings and their fans to be upset about this. Let’s discuss
sacbee.com/sports/nba/sac… – 8:21 PM
Matt George @MattGeorgeSAC
If Fox or Sabonis get offered an injury replacement spot, I hope this is the answer 🖕 – 7:16 PM
If Fox or Sabonis get offered an injury replacement spot, I hope this is the answer 🖕 – 7:16 PM
Sean Cunningham @SeanCunningham
Not that it matters but my West All-Star reserves would have been:
Anthony Edwards, Devin Booker, Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Domantas Sabonis and Brandon Ingram. – 7:12 PM
Not that it matters but my West All-Star reserves would have been:
Anthony Edwards, Devin Booker, Stephen Curry, Kawhi Leonard, Anthony Davis, Domantas Sabonis and Brandon Ingram. – 7:12 PM
Jason Anderson @JandersonSacBee
The Sacramento Kings duo of De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis both missed the cut as All-Star selections after earning All-NBA honors a few months ago. One or both could still be selected as an injury replacement. – 7:11 PM
The Sacramento Kings duo of De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis both missed the cut as All-Star selections after earning All-NBA honors a few months ago. One or both could still be selected as an injury replacement. – 7:11 PM
Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Thought the Kings would get an All-Star. Sabonis’ numbers certainly make him worthy. – 7:09 PM
Thought the Kings would get an All-Star. Sabonis’ numbers certainly make him worthy. – 7:09 PM
James Ham @James_HamNBA
De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis both snubbed for Western Conference All-Star team. – 7:09 PM
De’Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis both snubbed for Western Conference All-Star team. – 7:09 PM
Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Wow. No disrespect to KAT and the T-Wolves, but I didn’t have him getting in over Domantas Sabonis or De’Aaron Fox – 7:08 PM
Wow. No disrespect to KAT and the T-Wolves, but I didn’t have him getting in over Domantas Sabonis or De’Aaron Fox – 7:08 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Sabonis this season:
— 20/13/8
— 1st in double-doubles
— 2nd in triple-doubles
— 1st in rebounds
— 6th in assists
Not an All-Star. statmuse.com/nba/player/dom… – 7:08 PM
Sabonis this season:
— 20/13/8
— 1st in double-doubles
— 2nd in triple-doubles
— 1st in rebounds
— 6th in assists
Not an All-Star. statmuse.com/nba/player/dom… – 7:08 PM
John Hollinger @johnhollinger
Wrote my own All-Star picks yesterday (link below), but my expectation is coaches will take Curry over Fox and possibly Sabonis over Murray in West; and that Jaylen Brown makes it in East over Barnes, and one of Bam/Allen is last player instead of White.
theathletic.com/5239758/2024/0… – 3:57 PM
Wrote my own All-Star picks yesterday (link below), but my expectation is coaches will take Curry over Fox and possibly Sabonis over Murray in West; and that Jaylen Brown makes it in East over Barnes, and one of Bam/Allen is last player instead of White.
theathletic.com/5239758/2024/0… – 3:57 PM
Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
Domantas Sabonis in January:
312 PTS
218 REB
135 AST
66.5 FG%
He’s the second player in NBA history to record at least 300p/200r/100a with a FG percentage of 65% in a month (Wilt Chamberlain, 5x).
Read more about January’s top performers: statitudes.com/p/januarys-top… pic.twitter.com/vQfprY81t8 – 1:26 PM
Domantas Sabonis in January:
312 PTS 218 REB 135 AST 66.5 FG%He’s the second player in NBA history to record at least 300p/200r/100a with a FG percentage of 65% in a month (Wilt Chamberlain, 5x).
Read more about January’s top performers: statitudes.com/p/januarys-top… pic.twitter.com/vQfprY81t8 – 1:26 PM
StatMuse @statmuse
Sabonis since January 1st:
20.8 PPG
14.5 RPG
9.0 APG
66.5 FG%
71.4 3P%
Leading the league in rebounds + assists in that stretch. statmuse.com/nba/player/dom… – 12:08 PM
Sabonis since January 1st:
20.8 PPG
14.5 RPG
9.0 APG
66.5 FG%
71.4 3P%
Leading the league in rebounds + assists in that stretch. statmuse.com/nba/player/dom… – 12:08 PM
Dave Mason @DeuceMason
Who are your West reserves?
I’m going with Fox, Curry, PG, Kawhi, Sabonis, Ant and Booker.
We’ll be LIVE at 4pm: youtube.com/live/MV36YYFIj… pic.twitter.com/Yx7e8kC2GT – 11:18 AM
Who are your West reserves?
I’m going with Fox, Curry, PG, Kawhi, Sabonis, Ant and Booker.
We’ll be LIVE at 4pm: youtube.com/live/MV36YYFIj… pic.twitter.com/Yx7e8kC2GT – 11:18 AM
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
My picks NBA All-Star reserves for @Sportsnaut
East: Brunson, Mitchell, Adebayo, Brown, Randle, Maxey, Porzingis.
West: Curry, Booker, Leonard, Davis, Sabonis, Edwards, George bit.ly/49f8kTy – 10:43 AM
My picks NBA All-Star reserves for @Sportsnaut
East: Brunson, Mitchell, Adebayo, Brown, Randle, Maxey, Porzingis.
West: Curry, Booker, Leonard, Davis, Sabonis, Edwards, George bit.ly/49f8kTy – 10:43 AM
StatMuse @statmuse
January leaders (minimum 10 games):
PPG — Doncic
RPG — Sabonis
APG — Doncic
SPG — Mitchell
BPG — Wemby pic.twitter.com/J2qTz8h2Es – 10:06 AM
January leaders (minimum 10 games):
PPG — Doncic
RPG — Sabonis
APG — Doncic
SPG — Mitchell
BPG — Wemby pic.twitter.com/J2qTz8h2Es – 10:06 AM
Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Domantas Sabonis triple-doubles 📈
2022-23 (79 games): 14
2023-24 (46 games): 13 pic.twitter.com/41Bw90tSON – 8:13 AM
Domantas Sabonis triple-doubles 📈
2022-23 (79 games): 14 2023-24 (46 games): 13 pic.twitter.com/41Bw90tSON – 8:13 AM
Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Five Degrees of Heat from Wednesday night’s 115-106 victory over the Kings: sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/31/aft…
1. Uneven but successful.
2. Butler steps forward.
3. Richardson makes statement.
4. Rozier part of big assist night.
5. Sabonis still triples up. – 8:08 AM
Five Degrees of Heat from Wednesday night’s 115-106 victory over the Kings: sun-sentinel.com/2024/01/31/aft…
1. Uneven but successful.
2. Butler steps forward.
3. Richardson makes statement.
4. Rozier part of big assist night.
5. Sabonis still triples up. – 8:08 AM
More on this storyline
Bobby Marks: Not getting selected to the All-Star game will cost Domantas Sabonis a $1.3M bonus. -via Twitter @BobbyMarks42 / February 2, 2024
“It’s clear to anyone who watches the NBA and Kings basketball that De’Aaron and Domantas should have been selected for this year’s All-Star game,” Kings coach Mike Brown told Andscape. “They are playing at an unbelievably elite level, Domantas establishing historic numbers with his double-doubles and De’Aaron setting a new career mark for 3-point field goals. Every year, there are deserving players left off the team but, to me, this is truly a glaring wrongdoing.” -via Andscape / February 1, 2024
