{"id":266049,"date":"2026-04-13T19:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266049\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T19:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:54:19","slug":"sacramento-kings-star-named-one-of-nbas-most-overrated-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/266049\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento Kings star named one of NBA’s most overrated players"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sacramento Kings star named one of NBA’s most overrated players<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 2025-26 NBA season was an absolute disaster for the Sacramento Kings<\/a>, but at least it’s over.<\/p>\n

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Now it’s time to pour some salt in the wounds.<\/p>\n

Domantas Sabonis makes list of NBA’s most overrated players<\/p>\n

Kings star forward Domantas Sabonis was recently named one of the most overrated players<\/a> in the NBA this season by Andy Bailey of Bleacher Report.<\/p>\n

“The Sacramento Kings are a disaster, and an injury eventually ended Sabonis’ campaign early, but Sabonis was a big part of why the team got off to the awful start it did,” Bailey wrote.<\/p>\n

“After leading the league in rebounding in each of the previous three seasons and making All-NBA in two of those campaigns, Sabonis’ numbers plummeted across the board in 2025-26. …\u00a0And perhaps most importantly, his struggles as both a perimeter defender and rim protector caught up to him in a big way.”<\/p>\n

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Nothing went right for the Kings this past season, so it’s tough to pin too much blame on Sabonis, but he certainly had a down year individually. He was limited to just 19 total games due to a back injury, and his counting stats dropped substantially during those games compared to previous seasons.<\/p>\n

Considering the fact that Sabonis made over $40 million for the season, it’s easy to see how he ended up on a list of the league’s most overrated players. He probably could have made a list of the most overpaid players, too.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the Kings, Sabonis still has two years and over $90 million remaining on his current contract. Moving that won’t be easy, so Sacramento has to hope that\u00a0Sabonis will respond with a better campaign next season.<\/p>\n

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