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July 4, 2025 | 9:00 am EDT Update

. The Lithuanian National team center, Valanciunas, was traded away from the Sacramento Kings to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Dario Saric on Tuesday. Valanciunas, a 13-year NBA veteran center, desires to ‘feel important’ and is willing to push the Nuggets to free him from his contract post-trade. His contract with Denver is worth $23.4 million over the next two seasons, with no guarantee in the second year. According to Marc Stein, the trade cannot be finalised until this Sunday, which is something to consider regarding the reported European deal.

They wanted to say thank you for everything that you did, but they’re trying to move on now and bring some new energy, some new players. And then I accepted it,” he said, “I’m glad I was part of the team for six years. For me, it was OK.”