NBA center Domantas Sabonis was not a free agent this summer. And it won’t be next summer either.
Sabonis has agreed to a four-year contract extension with the Sacramento Kings, a contract that will keep him signed through the 2027-28 season, a person familiar with the talks confirmed Sunday.
The extension includes an increase in his salary for the next season to approximately $31 million, and his average salary for the subsequent four years will be approximately $47 million, according to what the person said, who spoke to The Associated Press, on condition of anonymity, because the team did not that. announced signature.
The total value of the deal is about $217 million. ESPN first reported the agreement on Saturday night, and The Sacramento Bee later confirmed it as well.
It was part of a file Starting out with big free agency spending This summer: counting Free agent deals Hits, signings for this year’s rookie class and extras, NBA teams have combined to deliver more than $3 billion in contract value since Friday night.
Sabonis could have been in line to hit the free agent market in the summer of 2024, but the Kings have confirmed that won’t happen. It’s a big part of the current Kings rush. The team made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2006 and the all-five starting lineup — Sabonis, Dearon Fox, Kevin Huerter, Harrison Barnes and Keegan Murray — is back again.
Sabonis is a three-time All-Star who averaged 19.1 points and 12.3 rebounds per game last season, earning an All-NBA nod for the first time.
Utah was finalizing an extension for guard Jordan Clarkson on Sunday as well, another person told the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because it was not signed. The source said that they are worth a total of $55 million over the next three years; Clarkson picked up a contract that would have paid him $14.3 million next season and will now average about $18.3 million over three years.
Clarkson averaged a career-high 20.8 points for the Jazz last season, and the extension will increase his on-court earnings to over $100 million for his career.
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