Report: The Spurs positioned themselves for a potential Fox trade of the Kings first appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
It appears De’Aaron Fox is the future with the only NBA franchise known to have reached a point of contention.
Fox agent, Rich Paul, met with Kings general manager Monte McNair and assistant GM Wes Wilcox on Wednesday morning to discuss the star guard’s future in Sacramento, The Athletic’s Sam Amick and Anthony Slater reportedcite sources.
While Fox hasn’t asked for a trade, league sources told Amick and Slater, rival executives are “monitoring Fox’s position closely,” with one team in particular — the San Antonio Spurs — positioning itself to pursue Fox to potentially join forces with the 7-foot-3 Victor Wembanyama, Amick and Slater reported, said league sources.
Fox is from nearby Houston.
If a trade becomes a more obvious option for Fox and the Kings, other teams around the league will show interest, too, Amick and Slater added.
The 27-year-old has spent his eight-year NBA career with the Kings after being selected No. 5 overall in the 2017 draft. His comments on a recent episode of “The Draymond Green Show” echoed what he has said over the years back: He loves the city of Sacramento and its fans, but he also loves to win.
“It has everything to do with the team, the organization. Where are we going? I want to make sure we’re in a position to try and win in the future because ultimately that’s what I want to do,” Fox said on the podcast. the. “I feel that I continue to improve as a player every year, but for me, it seems that we continue to improve year after year? And we will be able to compete at a high level. That’s all mine.
“If we can show that this year, he signed an extension now. Obviously, I still have another year, but this is where my mindset is. I love the city, I love to be here, I have raise my family here. Love to be here, retire here.”
The Kings have failed to do so consistently this season, falling to the No. 12 seed in the Western Conference with a 13-15 record. Fox refused King’s three-year, $165 million contract extension offered before the start of the 2024-25 NBA season to wait and see how Sacramento’s season ends.
The ability to decline an extension again this summer could force the Kings to consider trading Fox instead of losing him for nothing in free agency in two years.
The trade deadline is February 6, 2025.
