{"id":15162,"date":"2024-12-28T03:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T03:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162"},"modified":"2024-12-28T03:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T03:29:00","slug":"breaking-lakers-named-potential-landing-spot-for-163-million-all-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2183135677-e1731694579773.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2183135677-e1731694579773.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2183135677-e1731694579773.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2183135677-e1731694579773.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"JJ Redick, Anthony Davis\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" data-img-load-time=\"232\" data-dom-ready-time=\"348\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Lakers head coach JJ Redick and Anthony Davis<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0are among the few teams named as a potential landing spot for\u00a0Sacramento Kings\u00a0All-NBA point guard\u00a0De\u2019Aaron Fox\u00a0if he asks out, according to ESPN\u2019s Tim MacMahon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he does ask out, San Antonio and Houston\u2014keep an eye on those two. I\u2019ve heard Lakers, but it\u2019s hard for me to tell how much of that is just people jumping to conclusions because he\u2019s a Klutch client. And then I\u2019ve heard Miami with the\u00a0Bam [Adebayo] connection there,\u201d\u00a0MacMahon said on the \u201cHoop Collective\u201d\u00a0podcast on December 27.<\/p>\n<p>Fox, who made it to the All-NBA Third Team and the Clutch Player of the Year in 2023, is on the fourth year of a five-year, $163 million deal with the Kings. Next summer, Fox will be eligible for a four-year, $229 million extension.<\/p>\n<p>But his future in Sacramento has been clouded with uncertainty after his agent, Rich Paul, met with Sacramento Kings general manager Monte McNair and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox last week, per Sam Amick and Anthony Slater of The Athletic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe discussion, league and team sources said, was focused on an existential question that needs to be answered if this partnership that began eight seasons ago between Fox and the Kings is going to continue long term,\u201d\u00a0Amick and Slater wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Fox declined the Kings\u2019 three-year, $165 million extension offer in the offseason. It was a move not only to position himself for a more lucrative payday after this season but also to see if the Kings can truly help him contend for championships.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Lakers \u2018Open\u2019 to Trading First-Round Picks<\/h2>\n<p>The Fox trade rumor linking the Lakers came on the heels of MacMahon\u2019s ESPN colleague Shams Charania\u2019s report that the team is now open to trading their draft capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sources in that Lakers front office tell me they\u2019re open to moving \u2014 they\u2019ve got three first-round picks they can trade,\u201d\u00a0Charania said on the \u201cFirst Take\u201d on December 26. \u201cThey\u2019re open to moving that in a potential trade, but they want a player or players that they feel can get into this iteration of this team now with\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0and\u00a0Anthony Davis, but can also play for three, four or five more years under JJ Redick as the coach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers could technically offer three first-round picks for Fox, but one of those is the top-4 protected pick in 2027, which they currently owe to the\u00a0Utah Jazz\u00a0in the\u00a0Russell Westbrook\u00a0trade in 2023. They could trade that protection (meaning if it lands within the top four) in addition to their 2029 and 2031 selections.<\/p>\n<p>They would add more draft capital if they stand pat on the February 6 trade deadline and wait until the offseason to make a move.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Can De\u2019Aaron Fox Change Lakers Calculus?<\/h2>\n<p>While the Lakers are expected to be active buyers as the February 6 trade deadline approaches, they are not expected to make a splashy move.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jovan Buha of The Athletic, the Lakers \u201care not anticipated to be heavily in the mix for Miami\u2019s\u00a0Jimmy Butler, New Orleans\u2019\u00a0Brandon Ingram\u00a0or Chicago\u2019s\u00a0Zach LaVine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Butler, Ingram and LaVine are the biggest names who could be traded before February 6.<\/p>\n<p>Buha added the Lakers have been eyeing \u201ca tough, physical, defensive-minded center, a big 3-and-D wing who complements Davis and James\u00a0as a starter\/closer and a big, quick, athletic guard with point-of-attack defensive capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can the 27-year-old Fox, who was drafted fifth overall, three picks after the Lakers selected\u00a0Lonzo Ball\u00a0at No. 2, change the Lakers\u2019 mind?<\/p>\n<p>Fox\u2019s age and dynamic playmaking fit Davis\u2019 timeline even after James retires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Lakers head coach JJ Redick and Anthony Davis The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0are among the few teams named as a potential landing spot for\u00a0Sacramento Kings\u00a0All-NBA point guard\u00a0De\u2019Aaron Fox\u00a0if&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star.. - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star.. - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Getty Lakers head coach JJ Redick and Anthony Davis The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0are among the few teams named as a potential landing spot for\u00a0Sacramento Kings\u00a0All-NBA point guard\u00a0De\u2019Aaron Fox\u00a0if...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-28T03:29:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-228.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"780\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"438\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162\",\"name\":\"BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star.. - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-228.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-28T03:29:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-28T03:29:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-228.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-228.jpg\",\"width\":780,\"height\":438},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star..\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star.. - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star.. - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"Getty Lakers head coach JJ Redick and Anthony Davis The\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0are among the few teams named as a potential landing spot for\u00a0Sacramento Kings\u00a0All-NBA point guard\u00a0De\u2019Aaron Fox\u00a0if...","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2024-12-28T03:29:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":780,"height":438,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-228.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162","name":"BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star.. - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-228.jpg","datePublished":"2024-12-28T03:29:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-28T03:29:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-228.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-228.jpg","width":780,"height":438},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=15162#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BREAKING: Lakers Named Potential Landing Spot for $163 Million All-Star.."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15169,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15162\/revisions\/15169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}