Sacramento's Domantas Sabonis is about to join a pretty special group of rebounders.
There are six players in NBA history to win at least three consecutive rebound titles: Wilt Chamberlain, Dennis Rodman, Moses Malone, Kevin Garnett and Andre Drummond. Of those, Drummond is still active and — now that Howard is going in — the other five are all members of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis dunks during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis reacts during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate, right, guards against Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (11) reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis (11) reacts to a foul called on him during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
And Sabonis is on the brink of being in that club.
“I didn’t know that they're all there," Sabonis said of the Hall of Fame ties that the other players with three consecutive rebound crowns share. "That’s pretty cool, pretty cool. Pretty exciting, you know. At the same time, I’m just trying to go out there and play and do my job for the team and help whatever I can do to let them win. But obviously, it’s an honor to be mentioned with those guys. I think that’s really cool.”
He'll clinch his third consecutive rebound title on Sunday when the regular season ends. It won't be mathematically certain until then, but for Sabonis to lose the crown Denver's Nikola Jokic would need at least 76 rebounds on Sunday — so it's relatively safe to presume the Kings' center will take the title, again.
It could also bring another three-times-in-a-row honor: Sabonis will be a strong candidate to make the All-NBA team for a third consecutive season. Only six other players could make All-NBA for a third consecutive season (or longer) this year, those being Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, LeBron James and Stephen Curry. Luka Doncic will see his five-year All-NBA streak end this season because he won’t reach the 65-game threshold for eligibility.
“It would be an honor," Sabonis said. “I never dreamt of being in the top 15 players of a season, let alone my name carrying a legacy, my dad’s name, the number, everything. It's just awesome.”
Sabonis has seen his rebound numbers rise in each of the three seasons that he's led the league: he averaged 12.3 in 2022-23, 13.7 last season and he's at 13.9 per game this season with one game left — Sunday at home against Phoenix, with the Kings trying to lock up the No. 9 spot and a home game in the play-in tournament.
His name is one of those often brought up in trade speculation, and that might happen again this summer. For his part, Sabonis insists he's happy with the Kings — who went through tumult this season with a coaching change from Mike Brown to Doug Christie, and a slew of trades that included sending De'Aaron Fox to San Antonio and acquiring Zach LaVine from Chicago.
“I’m happy I’m in Sacramento," Sabonis said. "My offseason home’s in Napa. I couldn’t be happier here. I love the fans. I love playing for the city. I just wish we could perform better and give them what they deserve.”
Besides those other three-time rebound champs, there's another obvious tie he has with the Hall of Fame.
Arvydas Sabonis, his father, is a Hall of Famer. Arvydas Sabonis is generally considered to be a player who changed the way many thought about how big men could play; not only was he strong around the basket, he had 3-point range and exceptional passing skills. These days, there's no shortage of bigs with those abilities. A couple generations ago, that was absolutely not the case.
Domantas Sabonis does not mind the inevitable comparisons.
“People always said that it could hold you back or whatever. But for me, if anything, it just motivated me more," he said. “The more they compared us, the more people talk trash on the bench or anywhere, it motivated me. I get to keep this legacy going. I’m proud of it. I am proud to wear this jersey. And it helped me get to where I am today.”
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Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis dunks during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis reacts during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate, right, guards against Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 4, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (11) reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets, Friday, April 4, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis (11) reacts to a foul called on him during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Clippers, Friday, April 11, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good directly to her office, challenging the Trump administration's decision to leave the investigation solely to the FBI.
Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, she is concerned by the Trump administration's decision to bar state and local agencies from playing any role in the investigation into Wednesday's killing of Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
She also said that despite the Trump administration’s insistence that the officer who shot Good has complete legal immunity, that isn’t the case.
“We do have jurisdiction to make this decision with what happened in this case,” she said at a news conference. “It does not matter that it was a federal law enforcement agent.”
Moriarty said her office would post a link for the public to submit footage of the shooting, even though she acknowledged that she wasn't sure what legal outcome submissions might produce.
The prosecutor's announcement came on a third day of Minneapolis protests over Good's killing and a day after federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.
Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday saying, “kindness radiated out of her.”
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns," Becca Good said.
“I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him,” she wrote. “That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.”
The reaction to the Good's shooting was immediate in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of protesters converging on the shooting scene and the school district canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution.
On Thursday night, hundreds marched in freezing rain down one of Minneapolis’ major thoroughfares, chanting “ICE out now!” and holding signs saying, “Killer ice off our streets." And on Friday, protesters were out again demonstrating outside of a federal facility that is serving as a hub for the immigration crackdown that began Tuesday in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Authorities erected barricades outside the facility Friday.
City workers, meanwhile, removed makeshift barricades made of old Christmas trees and other debris that had been blocking the streets near the scene of Good's shooting. Officials said they would leave up a shrine to the 37-year-old mother of three.
The Portland shootings happened outside a hospital Thursday afternoon. Federal immigration officers shot and wounded a man and woman, identified by the Department of Homeland Security as Venezuela nationals Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, who were inside a vehicle, and their conditions weren't immediately known. The FBI and the Oregon Department of Justice were investigating.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and the city council called on ICE to end all operations in the city until a full investigation is completed. Hundreds protested Thursday night at a local ICE building. Early Friday, Portland police reported that officers had arrested several protesters after asking the to get out of a street to allow traffic to flow.
Just as it did following Good's shooting, DHS defended the actions of the officers in Portland, saying it occurred after a Venezuelan man with alleged gang ties and who was involved in a recent shooting tried to “weaponize” his vehicle to hit the officers. It wasn't immediately clear if the shootings were captured on video, as Good's was.
The Minneapolis shooting happened on the second day of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, which Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers are taking part and Noem said they have made more than 1,500 arrests.
The government is also shifting immigration officers to Minneapolis from sweeps in Louisiana, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. This represents a pivot, as the Louisiana crackdown that began in December had been expected to last into February.
Good's death — at least the fifth tied to immigration sweeps since Trump took office — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, as protests happening in other places, including Texas, California, Detroit and Missouri.
In Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a woman held a sign that said, “Stop Trump’s Gestapo,” as hundreds of people marched to the White House. Protesters in Pflugerville, Texas, north of Austin, banged on the walls of an ICE facility. And a man in Los Angeles burned an American flag in front of federal detention center.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump and others in his administration have repeatedly characterized the Minneapolis shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.
But state and local officials and protesters rejected that characterization, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey saying videos show the self-defense argument is “garbage.”
Several bystanders captured footage of Good's killing, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown.
The recordings show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.
It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer, and there is no indication of whether the woman had interactions with agents earlier. After the shooting, the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.
The federal agent who fatally shot Good is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and ICE, according to records obtained by AP.
Noem has not publicly named him, but a Homeland Security spokesperson said her description of his injuries last summer refers to an incident in Bloomington, Minnesota, in which court documents identify him as Jonathan Ross.
Ross got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle whose driver was fleeing arrest on an immigration violation. Ross was dragged and fired his Taser. A jury found the driver guilty of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
Attempts to reach Ross, 43, at phone numbers and email addresses associated with him were not successful.
Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis; Ed White in Detroit; Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas; Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma; Michael Biesecker in Washington; Jim Mustian and Safiyah Riddle in New York; Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed to this report.
Protesters confront law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.(AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters' shadows are cast on the street near law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters confront law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.(AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
An American flag burns outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Two protesters are lit by a police light as they walk outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Protesters are arrested by federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters sit on a barrier that is being assembled outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as protesters gather in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters stand off against law enforcement outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Protesters chant and march during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer the day before, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, after she was fatally shot by an ICE officer the day before. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters confront federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, near the site of the shooting, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino arrives as protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
A protester pours water in their eye after confronting law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, near the site of the shooting, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
