Can the Kings get the ‘Donovan Mitchell package’ in a De’Aaron Fox deal?

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It was reported this week that the Kings are open to trading De’Aaron Fox, and the Spurs are the team at the top of his list. Both franchises could be under pressure to get a deal done, but how? Kevin O’Connor and Tom Haberstroh discuss what a trade package should look like in this excerpt from “The Kevin O’Connor Show” which has been edited for length and clarity.

Kevin: O.K., we gotta talk about De’Aaron Fox.

What type of package should the Kings be looking for here? Picks, players? What path should they be going?

Tom: The Donovan Mitchell package. That’s the asking price. Ton of picks. They got Lauri Markkanen. They got Collin Sexton — he was a young, 24-years-old at the time of the deal. And they got the 2022 first-round pick, Ochai Agbaji, who was just drafted. So they got three firsts unprotected, two pick swaps, and Agbaji that was effectively another first-round pick.

Kevin: That’s a lot, Tom.

Tom: Three young players, three firsts and two pick swaps. Now that’s the asking price. That’s the benchmark for De’Aaron Fox. If you’re Sacramento, you say, look, a great young player, an All-Star who is the clutch player of the year. He’s under contract for next season. What is my incentive to move him right now? You’re going to have to come in with multiple first-round picks — at least three first-round picks — and a young player to build around.

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If you’re the San Antonio Spurs and you have the opportunity to go get De’Aaron Fox, you obviously want to pair Victor Wembamyama with another star for this very reason we talked about last week. For the next three years, Victor Wembanyama is going to be paid $14 million on average — this season, the season after that, and the season after that. If you acquire Fox, you’re getting an All-Star-caliber player who plays downhill in the way that you’re so desperately needing — he’s one of the top drivers in the NBA, the San Antonio Spurs are a bottom-five driving team. This seems like a seamless fit.

Sacramento gets on the phone and says, “Alright, Stephon Castle coming our way and a couple of first-round picks….

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Publish date : 2025-01-30 23:06:00

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