Sacramento Kings Fantasy Basketball Preview | Why Domantas Sabonis Might Be Overvalued
The Sacramento Kings enter the 2025–26 NBA season with a roster that’s confusing at best — and a potential fantasy basketball nightmare at worst. Josh Lloyd, host of the Locked On Fantasy Basketball Podcast, breaks down every angle of Sacramento’s fantasy outlook.
Are Domantas Sabonis, Zach LaVine, and DeMar DeRozan overvalued in drafts? How will the arrival of Dennis Schröder and the emergence of Keegan Murray reshape usage, pace, and production? Josh dives into the Kings’ guard logjam, forward shortage, and the ripple effects across fantasy formats.
🏀 Topics covered:
• Projected starting five and rotation issues
• Sabonis’ fantasy ceiling and floor
• LaVine and DeRozan’s usage clash
• Keegan Murray’s breakout path
• Undervalued sleepers like Keon Ellis
• Why Sacramento’s roster build could tank fantasy value
Make the right call before draft day — and don’t get burned by the Kings’ chaos.
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0:00 Sacramento Kings preview
2:05 Projected starting lineup
3:38 Roster depth problems
5:40 Guard rotation concerns
7:11 Team pace discussion
8:13 Keegan Murray’s role
9:44 Usage distribution challenges
11:47 Undervalued players
12:47 Overvalued players
20:58 Top 50 value players
23:03 New team arrivals
24:36 Potential breakout candidates
26:08 Injury and schedule updates
26:38 Draft strategy recommendations
27:39 Outro
14 Comments
Are there no more Lofb for auction leagues?
You have 5 of 8 main rotation guys as overvalued…. Josh does not like the kings this year
Sacramento posted 4 straight "get excited for coach Christie" videos.
When a team is hyping up the Coach more then the players… it's usually a sign of future lottery implications
Josh is going to feel stupid when the nba announces they will be playing with 2 balls simultaneously this season
I took Lavine at pick 49, but that was because 72 was my next pick, and zach was the only player left at rank 80 that was worthy of good stats. As a 5th pick, I would not call that a bust. Surprising to myself, he is only 30 years old.
Josh when do you suggest we end the fantasy season, I couldn't find ur guide xD, Thanks
Josh continually with the Aussie flashbacks
Josh, appreciate what you do and the energy you bring — hope you're having fun.
On Doma, where would you be comfortable drafting him in a standard 12 team 9 cat? Does he need to fall out of the second round or is late second reasonable value?
They got rid of Val to get Schroder.
Wemby or Jokic 1st overall
Derozan is 36 he's going backwards, Schroder is not needed but for a few more assists, Sabonis and Lavine are going to be the main scorers / usage guys. Murray and Monk are meh. Ellis will be the big mover.
Ahh I got Sabonis around 10 and picked up Monk with my last pick
Who could I trade Sabonis for (points ESPN)
The amount of people up in arms about sabonis not being a first rounder is laughable. 😂