The Kings were not willing to entertain the thought of trading De’Aaron Fox last summer when they started surveying the market for a transformational move to alter the course of the franchise, but the situation in Sacramento has changed. A league source told The Sacramento Bee the Kings have stepped up their pursuit of Indiana Pacers big man Domantas Sabonis and they are including Fox in those discussions. Fox was so far off the table he wasn’t discussed when the Kings approached the Philadelphia 76ers about Ben Simmons last summer, sources with knowledge of the talks told The Bee, but now Fox is reportedly part of those conversations as well. The winds of change keep swirling faster in Sacramento with just over three weeks remaining before the Feb. 10 NBA trade deadline. The Kings (18-28) desperately want to end the NBA’s longest playoff drought after 15 consecutive losing seasons — or at least reach the play-in tournament — but at this point they are failing to meet even modest expectations. Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/article257471838.html#storylink=cpy
