{"id":721787,"date":"2026-06-07T21:52:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/721787\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T21:52:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T21:52:17","slug":"fischers-latest-sabonis-hawks-porzingis-wade-ellis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/721787\/","title":{"rendered":"Fischer’s Latest: Sabonis, Hawks, Porzingis, Wade, Ellis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Rory Maher<\/a> |
\n at June 6, 2026 2:04 pm <\/p>\n

Rival teams are expecting the Kings to make Domantas Sabonis<\/a> available in trade talks again this summer after he stayed with Sacramento through the February deadline, according to Jake Fischer of The Stein Line<\/a> (Substack link).<\/p>\n

As Fischer writes, the Kings are facing a significant cap crunch<\/a> this offseason and are \u201cknown to be looking\u201d to reduce their payroll if they can. Sabonis may more draw more interest than some of the team\u2019s other pricey veterans, Fischer notes. That group also includes Zach LaVine<\/a> (if he picks up his $49MM player option as expected), DeMar DeRozan<\/a> and Malik Monk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s more from Fischer\u2019s latest rumor round-up:<\/p>\n

In addition to the Bulls, Lakers, Hornets and Raptors, whom Fischer linked<\/a> to Mitchell Robinson<\/a>, the Hawks are another team eyeing frontcourt reinforcements this offseason. Fischer suggests the team may be in the market for a backup to Onyeka Okongwu<\/a> rather than a starting five.
\nThe Warriors are optimistic about their chances of re-signing Kristaps Porzingis<\/a> to a more team-friendly contract after he made $30.7MM last season while appearing in just 32 regular season games, per Fischer. However, if a deal falls through, Golden State would likely be in the mix for center help too.
\nCleveland essentially had to pick between re-signing Sam Merrill<\/a> or Ty Jerome<\/a> last offseason due to the team\u2019s high payroll \u2014 even after significant cost-cutting moves ahead of the deadline, the Cavaliers were the only team to finish over the second tax apron in 2025\/26. A similar situation could play out this summer, according to Fischer, with the Cavs expected to prioritize retaining Dean Wade<\/a> over deadline addition Keon Ellis<\/a>. Fischer hears Wade could command a \u201chealthy portion\u201d of the non-taxpayer mid-level exception, which starts at $15MM next season and projects to be worth up to $64.7MM over four years. Ellis\u2019 stock may be trending in the opposite direction after he didn\u2019t play much for Cleveland in the postseason, Fischer adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Rory Maher | at June 6, 2026 2:04 pm Rival teams are expecting the Kings to make…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,233324,62057,30415,12833,115194,85],"class_list":["post-721787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-dean-wade","tag-domantas-sabonis","tag-keon-ellis","tag-kristaps-porzingis","tag-onyeka-okongwu","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}