{"id":115636,"date":"2025-01-02T10:32:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=115636"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:32:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:32:52","slug":"major-details-emerge-potential-deaaron-fox-trade-sacramento-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/02\/major-details-emerge-potential-deaaron-fox-trade-sacramento-kings\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Details Emerge About Potential De’Aaron Fox Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of this year’s NBA Trade Deadline, one of the major names to monitor is Sacramento Kings<\/a> guard De’Aaron Fox<\/a>. Next season is the last on his five-year, $163 million contract, and he may not sign a new deal to remain in Sacramento. Additionally, the Kings could remain interested in shaking things up after shockingly firing head coach Mike Brown<\/a> in late December.\u00a0The Kings are currently 15-19 and own the No. 12 seed in the Western Conference. After acquiring DeMar DeRozan<\/a> last summer, it seems that the Kings are in win-now mode. Due to their slow start nearly halfway through the season, making a trade could help them in the short term. However, it does not seem likely that moving on from Fox is going to happen during the season.<\/p>\n

According to Sam Amick and Anthony Slater of The Athletic (subscription required<\/a>), there is a better chance of the Kings trading Fox in the offseason.<\/p>\n

“While league sources say Fox has not asked for a trade, that hasn\u2019t stopped interested teams from planning for a possible run at the 27-year-old former All-Star. Among interested teams, there is a strong belief that Fox is more likely to be available this summer rather than before the Feb. 6 trade deadline.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Major Details Emerge About Potential De’Aaron Fox Trade<\/h2>\n

Possible De’Aaron Fox Trade Destinations<\/h3>\n

In their report, Amick and Slater listed multiple teams currently linked to Fox. If the Kings opt to trade the Kentucky alum, it would make sense to monitor these teams.<\/p>\n

The San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers top the list of teams that are most often discussed as possible Fox landing spots, with others sure to make a run at him if (when?) he\u2019s truly on the market. The Orlando Magic, for example, are known to be contemplating a pursuit. The Houston Rockets, who want to analyze their current core through this season but could be in the market for another All-Star-caliber player this summer, are also known to be intrigued by the idea of partnering with Fox, who is a Houston native. Make no mistake, though: the Spurs noise is the loudest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox went to high school in Texas, so he has some ties to teams like the Houston Rockets<\/a> and San Antonio Spurs<\/a>. Additionally, the Miami Heat<\/a> could be a good destination for him as well, especially if they trade Jimmy Butler<\/a>. This would change their timeline as a championship contender, one that Fox would fit. Additionally, the Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> could make sense as well. They recently shipped D’Angelo Russell<\/a> out to the Brooklyn Nets<\/a>. Additionally, pairing Fox alongside LeBron James<\/a> and Anthony Davis<\/a> is intriguing.<\/p>\n

The Last Word<\/h3>\n

Though the Kings are not having a great season, Fox is having another fantastic campaign. Through 34 games, the 27-year-old is averaging 26.8 points, 5 rebounds, 6.2 assists, and 2 steals. The one-time All-Star is making a solid case to earn the honors once again. Whether he could do it with the Kings or another team in 2025, however, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ahead of this year’s NBA Trade Deadline, one of the major names to monitor is Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox. Next season is the last on his five-year, $163 million contract, and he may not sign a new deal to remain in Sacramento. Additionally, the Kings could remain interested in shaking things up after shockingly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":95629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,2,62,3,29,4721],"tags":[664],"class_list":["post-115636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","category-kings","category-trade-rumors","tag-deaaron-fox"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115637,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115636\/revisions\/115637"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}