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Young-star exchange · February 8, 2022

The rare star trade that reset Sacramento and Indiana together

Sacramento acquired Domantas Sabonis, Justin Holiday, Jeremy Lamb and a second. Indiana received Tyrese Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson.

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The original receipt

Every asset in the deal

Each team panel shows the players and draft assets it received.

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SACReceived

Sacramento Kings

PDomantas Sabonis
PJustin Holiday
PJeremy Lamb
#2023 second-round pick

Why it happened

The bet each side made

The move changed the NBA roster map during an active transaction window.

Why history remembers it

Sabonis helped Sacramento end its 16-year playoff drought. Haliburton became Indiana's All-NBA lead guard. Both franchises established a new offensive identity.

The family tree

Where the picks and rights went

Selections, swaps and later trades are traced separately so a downstream player is not mistaken for a direct one-for-one return.

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    Domantas Sabonis's path · traded

    The next branch of Indiana's Paul George return

    Sabonis arrived with Oladipo in 2017. Indiana later combined him with Holiday, Lamb and a second-round pick in this Sacramento deal.

What changed

The consequences

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