The Philadelphia 76ers are trending in the right direction, but they could have their hands full with Domantas Sabonis and the visiting Sacramento Kings when the teams square off Wednesday.
Christie spent countless hours with Sabonis over the past three years as his player development coach. Christie has watched Sabonis improve his 3-point shooting dramatically from 23.5% in his first season with the Kings to almost 48% this season while doubling his volume.
The Sacramento Kings' star center Domantas Sabonis is having an incredible season, and he is currently in elite company alongside the likes of Wilt Chamberlain.
Anytime your name appears alongside the legendary Wilt Chamberlain in the record book, it must be for a special reason. Domantas Sabonis had a wonderful performance in the Sacramento Kings game on Monday.
Three-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis, among the best bigs in the league for multiple seasons, has stepped up his game with a career-best campaign for the Kings so far in 2024-25.
Doug Christie has transformed the Sacramento Kings from one of the league's biggest disappointments into the hottest team in the NBA
Tracing Doug Christie’s path from Seattle high school star to Pepperdine, the NBA, TV, radio and interim coach of the Sacramento Kings.
The three time NBA all star was joined by his wife, Shashanna, and his children, Tiger and Eleven for the ceremony.
In Little Caesars Arena, Italian Simone Fontecchio recorded five points, two rebounds, and one block in just under 18 minutes as the Detroit Pistons lost, 111-100, to the Indiana Pacers. Swedish Bobi Klintman remained on a G League assignment.
Because the Kings are flying with Sabonis with three consecutive victories and a record of 10-2 since the firing of Mike Brown. Last night they beat Curry's Warriors by 117 to 123 with his 39th double-double of the regular season, the absolute leader in the NBA.
Though the Kings star is making his future intentions clear, he's doing so while giving Sacramento a chance to fully evaluate the market.
Just hours after ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that the Sacramento Kings were fielding offers for a potential De’Aaron Fox trade,