The Sacramento Kings are expected to open up talks for a potential De’Aaron Fox trade ahead of the Feb. 6 deadline, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Tuesday.
Fox, 27, has one year left on his contract before he hits free agency in the summer of 2026.
There will be plenty of suitors for Fox, who made an All-NBA team in 2022-23, but it’s believed that the Kings point guard has a target destination in mind ahead of his free agency, sources said.
The Kings fired head coach Mike Brown last month after the team appeared to be falling short of expectations. Since then, the Kings have won 11 of their past 15 games under interim coach Doug Christie.
Sacramento enters Tuesday night 1½ games up on the Golden State Warriors for the final play-in spot in the Western Conference.
Fox, in his eighth season in the league, is averaging 25.2 points and 6.2 assists while shooting 46.8% from the field.