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Sacramento Kings trade De'Aaron Fox to San Antonio: "I wanted to end my career here"

De'Aaron Fox posts farewell message to Sacramento after trade
De'Aaron Fox posts farewell message to Sacramento after trade 01:10

Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox is headed to San Antonio following a blockbuster three-way trade. 

CBS News Sacramento confirmed the details of the trade over the weekend, with the Kings on Monday officially announcing the deal. 

"De'Aaron has played a pivotal role with our franchise, and we are deeply grateful for everything he did to support the organization on and off the court," said General Manager Monte McNair in a statement.

Fox is one of the centerpieces of the trade agreed to by three teams -- the Kings, the Chicago Bulls, and the San Antonio Spurs. Zach LaVine will be moving from Chicago to Sacramento, while Zach Collins is heading from San Antonio to Chicago, and Kevin Huerter moving from the Kings to the Bulls.

Additionally, Jordan McLaughlin goes from Sacramento to the Spurs, Sidy Cissoko goes from the Spurs to the Kings and Tre Jones leaves the Spurs for Chicago. There is also a slew of draft capital in the agreement, with Sacramento set to get at least three first-round picks -- Charlotte's 2025 pick, The Spurs' 2027 pick and Minnesota's first pic in 2031 -- as well as three second round picks: Chicago's 2025 pick, the Denver Nuggets' 2028 selection and getting the King's previously traded 2028 pick back.

On Monday, Fox posted a farewell statement to Sacramento on his Instagram page

"To the fans -- y'all deserve the best. I wanted to end my career here and never expected it would end this way, but I'll always be grateful for your support," Fox wrote. 

Fox is averaging 25 points, 6.1 assists and five rebounds per game this season for the Kings. He's been an All-Star and an All-NBA player, and now in his eighth season gets to team up with perhaps the league's brightest young star in Victor Wembanyama.

And the Spurs made that happen without giving up much of their copious stash of draft picks or the keys to their young core — players like rookie Stephon Castle, Jeremy Sochan and Keldon Johnson. The Spurs also held on to veterans Chris Paul and Harrison Barnes, both of whom are in their first year with San Antonio.

It's a new start for LaVine as well — sort of. He goes to Sacramento, where he'll be reunited with former Bulls teammate DeMar DeRozan and is set to play alongside a perennial All-NBA candidate in Domantas Sabonis.

LaVine is averaging 24 points per game this season, putting him on pace to average at least that many points for the fifth time. He's a 20.7-point-per-game scorer for his career after stints with Minnesota and the Bulls.

The LaVine will be in uniform for the Kings when they host the Orlando Magic from the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Wednesday, a league source tells CBS News Sacramento.

Huerter has averaged 11.5 points in his career, first with Atlanta and then with the Kings. He'll also benefit from a fresh start after coming off the bench 28 times in 43 appearances with Sacramento this season.

Collins averaged 4.6 points for the Spurs, Jones averaged 4.4 points and Cissoko 1.3 points in 17 appearances with San Antonio. McLaughlin averaged 1.9 points in 28 games for the Kings.

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