{"id":360071,"date":"2026-06-14T05:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/360071\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:05:12","slug":"nba-insider-calls-kings-hornets-sabonis-trade-pretty-unlikely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/360071\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA insider calls Kings\/Hornets Sabonis trade &#8216;pretty unlikely&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2026 NBA Draft approaches, many teams are monitoring the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/charlotte-hornets\/5312\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Charlotte Hornets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Charlotte Hornets&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Charlotte Hornets<\/a>, who hold two first-round draft choices, the No. 14 and 18 overall selections. Earlier this week it was said that one of those picks could potentially be used in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dukewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2026\/06\/11\/kings-hornets-preliminary-conversations-around-domantas-sabonis\/90516217007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:trade;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;trade&quot;}\" class=\"link \">trade<\/a> to acquire <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/players\/5642\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Domantas Sabonis;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Domantas Sabonis&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Domantas Sabonis<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/sacramento-kings\/23\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sacramento Kings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sacramento Kings&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Sacramento Kings<\/a>, shoring up Charlotte&#8217;s frontcourt.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sactown1140\/status\/2065489628157858243\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;according to&quot;}\" class=\"link \">according to<\/a> NBA insider Sam Amick, the two sides may not come to a deal after all. Amick reported that although the Hornets have &#8220;genuine interest,&#8221; a deal is &#8220;pretty unlikely&#8221; as Charlotte would rather hold on to both of their first-round draft choices this June. Either way, the Hornets will be a team to watch come draft night due to their unexpected success last season and their flexibility this summer.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Rookie Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/therookiewire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/rookie\/2026\/06\/13\/nba-insider-calls-sabonis-to-charlotte-trade-pretty-unlikely\/90543626007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NBA insider calls Sabonis to Charlotte trade &#039;pretty unlikely&#039;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;NBA insider calls Sabonis to Charlotte trade &#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">NBA insider calls Sabonis to Charlotte trade &#8216;pretty unlikely&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the 2026 NBA Draft approaches, many teams are monitoring the Charlotte Hornets, who hold two first-round draft&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[20519,7003,77239,121,123,128,122,146525],"class_list":["post-360071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-domantas-sabonis","tag-nba-draft","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-kings","tag-sacramento-news","tag-sam-amick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}