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The Sacramento Kings have used a large chunk of their cap space to lock up one of their stars long-term. Domantas Sabonis and Sacramento are renegotiating-and-extending the All-NBA centers deal to add four new seasons to the deal and $195 million in new money. Sabonis’ full deal will now be for five seasons and $217 million.

Sabonis made All-NBA last season, while leading the NBA in rebounding at 12.3 boards per game. He also scored 19.1 points and dished out 7.3 assists per game. Sabonis was a big part of helping the Kings snap their 17-year playoff drought.

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has been dealing with a sore left knee at times this season. He missed the Bucks loss at the Miami Heat on Thursday, and Antetokounmpo is set to miss the second game of the mini-series on Saturday too.

This will be the second time this season that Antetokounmpo has missed consecutive games. In early-November, the Bucks big man missed games at the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs.

Overall, Saturday would be the eighth game Antetokounmpo has missed this season. Milwaukee is 4-3 in the seven previous games that Antetokounmpo has sat out.