The Indiana Pacers appear headed for a rebuild and several of their stars are allegedly up for grabs. To make things easier on management, rising star Domantas Sabonis may make it easier with a report that he also wants out to play for another team.
The 25-year-old Lithuanian-American cager has spent the last four seasons with the Pacers and has been a prominent figure. If a trade does ensue, he is seen as the likely cornerstone of any deal, Matt Moore of the Action Network reported.
"That would assume these problems are isolated to this season; they've needed a change and known it for some time," an unnamed NBA source reported to Moore.
The Pacers are reportedly shopping Sabonis, Myles Turner and Caris LeVert, names that would surely entice any team to engage in a trade according to The Athletic.
But Sabonis is seen as the kind of player that could net the Pacers a large haul of future picks. He alone could do that and a deal may happen soon.
This means that Indiana may not need to deal Turner and/or LeVert alongside him. Both can be packaged separately or individually, depending on the level of interest in the three players.
Sabonis has been performing well this season, averaging 18.5 points, 11.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.1 steals. He also owns a good shooting touch from the field with a 59.1% clip.
The two-time All-Star has two years left in his $74.9 million deal with the Pacers that runs until the 2023-24 season.
The Pacers could technically keep the 6-foot-11 cager and build around him. But from the looks of it, Sabonis prefers to move and is not interested in waiting for that revamp to see how things turn out.
With a shaky start that has resulted in the Pacers owning a woeful 12-18 win-loss card, it appears Sabonis is possibly good as gone if the claims made by unnamed sources are true.
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