Former Kings star De’Aaron Fox is all in on his new team.
The eight-year NBA veteran agreed to a four-year, $229 million maximum contract extension with the San Antonio Spurs, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported Monday, citing Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul.
Fox’s deal has no player option in the final year, according to Charania, keeping the guard with the Spurs through the 2029-30 NBA season.
He worked with Paul to orchestrate his blockbuster move from Sacramento to San Antonio at the 2024-25 trade deadline, sparking the multi-team deal that brought California native Zach LaVine to the state’s capital city from the Chicago Bulls.
It appears the Spurs are committed to Fox and 7-foot-3 center Victor Wembanyama being their duo of the future. And that’s precisely what Fox, a Texas native, wanted, as San Antonio was the one destination he claims to have wanted to be traded to.
Fox averaged 19.7 points, 6.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds over his first 17 games with the Spurs before ending his season for surgery on March 18 to repair tendon damage in his left pinkie, which he injured in his last Kings training camp in October. The Spurs clearly aren’t worried about Fox’s health and are banking on him returning to Kings form for the long haul.
Over eight seasons as a fan favorite in Sacramento, Fox averaged 21.5 points, 6.1 assists and 3.9 rebounds. He helped the “Beam Team” Kings reach the 2022-23 NBA playoffs after the franchise hadn’t been since 2005-06 and holds Sacramento’s single-game scoring record after dropping 60 points on Nov. 16 at Golden 1 Center in a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Fox played 521 games with the Kings, including Sacramento’s seven-game series defeat to Steph Curry and the Warriors in the first round of the 2022-23 Western Conference playoffs.
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