De'Aaron Fox Rumors

“I’m not going to be perfect, but I just want to learn every day from the vets and the guys around me, like De’Aaron Fox, Harrison Barnes. Even a guy like Wemby, Steph Castle. Just learn as much as I can from everyone. I’m new. I’m going to be that guy with full energy, running around the gym and just trying to understand the game better. And as I’m getting better every day, that would be a pretty successful rookie year. I want to just go out there and show I belong.”

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So, you think we're getting to a point of either a best-and-brightest offer all the way around, or could you see a dark horse coming in here—someone we haven't talked about?" Sam Amick: "Well, it's again the question of: does Kevin change his stance on any of the teams not on his list? Now, I keep making this distinction. My understanding is you have the list—the thing his camp chooses to leak to the media—and then you have the real stuff, which is what Kevin is telling people. And we’ve come across some of that, and there’s reason to believe he’s looking at San Antonio above the rest. Now, as you know, Dave, because you and I lived it with the Fox trade, we just saw how the Spurs had zero intention or willingness to give up anything on their roster—let alone anybody in their young core. I don’t know that that has changed all that much. The way it’s put to me: they’re not going to go all in to get Kevin."

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Sources add that Phoenix is not enamored with the players San Antonio has made available in the teams' talks to date. It is obviously presumed that Kevin Durant would relish the opportunity to play alongside Victor Wembanyama, but it is also believed that the Spurs are only willing to discuss veterans such as Devin Vassell, Keldon Johnson and Harrison Barnes. The Spurs just managed to acquire De'Aaron Fox from Sacramento largely on their terms and the notion now of surrendering newly named Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle or the No. 2 selection in this month's draft is simply a non-starter.

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Legion Hoops: Momentum is “building” for college basketball to move from 2 halves to 4 quarters, per the NCAA. De'Aaron Fox: Sometimes the committee actually does something good 👏🏾

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Matt George: Sacramento Kings legend Peja Stojakovic appeared on the NBA Out of Bounds Podcast and had a lot to say about Rich Paul & the De'Aaron Fox trade: "It seems there was a directive from his agent, Rich Paul, who played a key role and blackmailed the teams on which player was supposed to get traded where. He brought Fox to the Spurs, and Zach LaVine, who is his player, brought him to Sacramento. By doing this, he limited Sacramento from a business standpoint, stating that they get a bit more from this trade with Fox if they had the same discussion with some other teams in the NBA." pic.x.com/3ZT4CKdTqC

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Fox is set to earn $37.1 million in 2025-26, the last year remaining on the five-year, $163 million max extension he signed with Sacramento. In early August, he is eligible for a four-year, $229 million extension in San Antonio. “I would definitely hope so,” Fox said when asked his optimism about signing an extension this summer.

Houston Chronicle

But with the Rockets amidst a revival and coming off a playoff appearance following a 52-win season, would Fox ever consider playing for Houston at some point in his career? “I don’t know,” he said. “I’m really focused on what we got going right now and just trying to be where I am.” Fox said he did not have any contact with the Rockets before he was traded from Sacramento. “Not at all,” he said. “I’ve actually never spoken to anybody from the Rockets, especially because when I was getting drafted (in 2017) they were one of the best teams in the league. So no, I haven’t.”

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He has since healed up and resumed basketball activities. “I’m doing well. The surgery went fine,” Fox said. “I’ve been cleared so I played a little five-on-five and I’ve done contact stuff, so I’ll be ready for next year.”

Houston Chronicle

But by the time 2022 came, when then-general manager Monte McNair and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox were looking for ways to turn their middling team into a playoff contender, De'Aaron Fox’s market value had plummeted to the point where Tyrese Haliburton became the focal point of their rebuilding efforts. League sources say the Kings explored trades involving Fox, who had recently signed a five-year, $160 million deal, but simply didn’t find a suitable return.

New York Times

The discussions with the Pacers, league sources say, were two-pronged but quickly turned from Fox to Haliburton when it was clear that was the only real avenue to a deal. In turn, with first-year Indiana coach Rick Carlisle on the lookout for a point guard who could push the pace and help them return to contention, the Pacers sent All-Star big man Domantas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick to the Kings in exchange for Haliburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson. Yet while that deal looked like a win-win for both sides when the Kings were enjoying their “Beam Team” run two years ago, it has since become one-sided in the kind of way that reflects incredibly well on the quality of the Pacers program

New York Times

DeMar DeRozan on Sacramento: It was a lot of firsts from the standpoint like you said it was just a lot that transpired a lot went on, from firing the coach to trading their franchise player, just so much stuff that just transpired man that I never would imagine, that was a first. So just from my experience of me just being a leader of just trying to keep everybody just kind of locked in for the most part, I tried to just be that and be in the moment of trying to figure out how to get through whatever it is we need to get through, make whatever we need to, do work. So it was a challenge, still a lot even to this to this moment. Still trying to just process everything that went on.

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He also noted that the San Antonio Spurs are excited about the opportunity to draft Harper and are not exploring any trades involving the second pick. "They are not pursuing trades from what we're hearing," Givony revealed. "They think that they can play Harper together with Steph Castle and De'Aaron Fox in the same backcourt."

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And the most difficult player to guard? Bilal Coulibaly: De’Aaron Fox just because he’s really, really fast, man.

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Chicago made LaVine available for the better part of two seasons until Sacramento lasered in on the former All-Star to headline the Kings' return for De'Aaron Fox. Yet it didn't take long after Sacramento hired Scott Perry as its new general manager for Perry's appearance on The Hoops Genius podcast last season — when, as an ESPN analyst, he noted that LaVine "to this point has not impacted winning to the level that his money says he should" — to resurface quickly:

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