Sacramento Kings Trade All-Star Point Guard De'Aaron Fox in Three-Team Deal
The Sacramento Kings have traded All-Star point guard De'Aaron Fox in a three-team deal, which also involves Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine. The article discusses Fox's performance, trade preference, and recent team developments.
The Sacramento Kings have agreed to trade their All-Star point guard De'Aaron Fox in a three-team deal on Sunday night, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The move also sends Chicago Bulls star Zach LaVine to the Kings.
Drafted fifth overall by Sacramento in 2017, the 27-year-old Fox has averaged 21.5 points (on 47/33/74 shooting splits), 6.1 assists, 3.9 rebounds, and 1.4 steals in 33.2 minutes per game over his eight seasons.
Fox is two years removed from a career season. In the 2022-23 campaign, he made his first appearances on both the All-Star and All-NBA rosters, capturing Clutch Player of the Year honors along the way. He led the Kings to a 48-win season, ending the franchise's 17-year playoff drought, and lost in the first round.
The Kings failed to make the playoffs last season, when Fox's 26.6 points per game marked a career high.
Sacramento started this season with a 13-18 record, which resulted in the firing of recent Coach of the Year Mike Brown. The Kings promoted Doug Christie to the front of the bench and promptly won seven straight games. They currently own a 24-22 record and are clinging to the final play-in tournament berth.
When retired NBA player-turned-commentator Lou Williams suggested that a rift between Fox and Brown played a role in the coach's firing, Fox fired back on X, "There was never any push back about anything. This narrative of us butting heads or me going to management saying anything is bulls***."
The Kings opened trade discussions about Fox to the rest of the league on Tuesday, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. Fox reportedly listed the San Antonio Spurs at the top of his preferred destinations. He is owed $37 million next season and can become an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2026.
