the De’aaron Fox era Sacramento It has ended, but the kings get another star guard in return.
the Kings The fox is traded to San Antonio Spears While acquiring the goalkeeper Zach Lavin from Chicago Bulls As part of a three -team deal, according to multiple reports. ESPN was the first to inform the deal on Sunday.
Sacramento will also receive three options from the first round of San Antonio (selecting Hornz 2025 from the first round, the best 14 reserves, chosen Spears 2027 from the first round; Timberwolves 2031 of the first round) in addition to three choices from the second round (Bulls 2025 Choose the second round. Sidi CisokoAccording to ESPN.
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He will receive bulls forward Zach CollinsIt protects Tri Jones And the full rights to choose the first round of 2025 of the Spears Plus goalkeeper Kevin Hearter From the kings. Tottenham will also get the goalkeeper Jordan McLeulin From the kings.
Fox, 27, signed a five -year rising contract of $ 163 million with Sacramento in 2021 and still has one year for his contract, but the kings decided to move from Fox after it became clear that he would not sign another contract.
Fox now joins the Spears team, which has its favorite title for all stars and defensive operator for the first time in the favorite year Victor and Yumanama. Tottenham is currently sitting in the twelfth place in the Western conference ranking in 21-25, but Fox can help them make a late match this year. They are two matches from the final center from Sunday evening.
Kings chose Fox with the choice of No. 5 in the 2017 US Professional League draft. Within eight years with kings, Fox was voted as stars once and was appointed to the third team of All NBA for the 2022-23 season.
The average Fox reached 21.5 points, 6.2 passes, 5.0 rebound balls and 1.5 theft per game in 499 games with kings. He finished the 2023-24 season with most of the theft in the league.
Lavin will compensate for the fox loss of the kings. It is in the midst of the epithelium season, with a average of 24 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 passes for each game.
It is rumored that all the stars twice in the commercial bloc for several years because it is in the third year of a five -year contract worth 215 million dollars. This step will also reunite Lavin with his former teammate on the Bulls team Demar Derozan In Sacramento, where the duo hopes to return the kings to the qualifiers. They sit in tenth place on 24-24 as of Sunday.
As for the bulls, the trade represents a clear sign of the beginning of reconstruction. Chicago was in the midst of another medium season, but it recently fell to 21-29. He still sits in the tenth place in the east conference, but the trade is likely to place it to decline in the No. 1 selection in the US Professional League draft 2025, which is widely expected to be Duke Star Cooper Flagg.
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