Report: Teams eyeing Fox trade believe offseason move more likely

Report: Teams eyeing Fox trade believe offseason move more likely originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

If De’Aaron Fox eventually becomes available on the trade market, it may not be until this offseason.

As the rumors begin to swirl the star guard’s future in Sacramento after the Kings’ (15-19) slow start to the 2024-25 NBA season and the recent firing coach Mike BrownFox has not requested a trade, The Athletic’s Sam Amick reported in his latest column citing league sources.

Amick also reported that while Fox hasn’t requested a trade, that hasn’t stopped interested teams from planning a potential run on the 27-year-old, who they believe is more likely to be available this summer rather than before the NBA’s February. 6 trade deadline this season.

The teams Amick mentions that are most discussed as potential Fox landing spots if he eventually becomes available are the San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers, with the Orlando Magic and Houston Rockets also considered two teams that could make sense .

In 34 games this season, Fox is averaging a career-high 26.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game on 49.2 percent shooting from the field and 32.9 percent from 3-point range.

Both Fox and the Kings, at least publicly, are committed to turning Sacramento’s season around and make a playoff push with the second half of the season just around the corner.

But if things continue to fall apart for Sacramento, there likely won’t be a shortage of interest in Fox if he becomes available in the coming weeks.

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