By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-06 12:55:25
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
圣安东尼奥马刺队的达龙·福克斯在2025年3月2日星期日于圣安东尼奥举行的NBA篮球比赛中运球上篮，对手是俄克拉荷马城雷霆队。(美联社照片/Darren Abate)
萨克拉门托——达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)将他NBA生涯中最美好的几年奉献给了萨克拉门托。
在他为国王效力的八个赛季里，他场均贡献21.5分、6.1次助攻、3.9个篮板和1.4次抢断。这段时间包括2022-23赛季的爆发，他入选了全明星阵容和NBA最佳阵容，并带领国王自2006年以来首次进入季后赛。萨克拉门托在第一轮与金州勇士的七场比赛中失利，但福克斯表现出色，在第一场比赛中砍下38分，追平了NBA历史上季后赛首秀得分第二高的纪录，场均得到27.4分。
可以毫不夸张地说，球迷们在他效力于这座“树之城”期间有很多值得欢呼的理由。
但是，自从国王在2月3日的三方交易中将他交易到马刺后，当他周五晚上首次在金州第一中心球馆比赛时，福克斯可能会受到褒贬不一的欢迎。
他说，这无关紧要。
“对于那些仍然爱我的人，我当然非常感激，”福克斯说。“但对于那些不喜欢我的人，我们永远不会担心心怀不满的人。”
在福克斯表示他首选的目的地是圣安东尼奥之后，马刺队抓住机会得到了他，他的经纪人也倾向于这个目的地，因为这样他就可以和21岁的超级中锋维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)并肩作战。据《萨克拉门托蜜蜂报》报道，在国王队告诉他将被交易后，福克斯表达了加入马刺队的愿望。
“就达龙而言，他在萨克拉门托度过了八年。这很好，但该是改变的时候了，”Klutch Sports的里奇·保罗在吉尔的竞技场（一个由前三次入选全明星的吉尔伯特·阿里纳斯主持的播客和YouTube节目）中说道，当时距离将扎克·拉文从芝加哥送到萨克拉门托的交易完成两周。
“我个人想把他放在文班旁边一起成长，”保罗继续说道。“他也认为这很有道理。这是他的选择，但那是他想去的地方，我很幸运，也有能力实现这一点。”
就国王管理层而言，在福克斯拒绝在赛季前签署续约合同后，他们似乎与福克斯友好地分手了。
“达龙，是一位令人难以置信的球员。与此同时，除了之前公开的和私下的关于教练变动的对话之外，我们还提供了多次续约合同，”萨克拉门托总经理蒙特·麦克奈尔在交易福克斯三天后告诉媒体。
“所以对我们来说，很明显，没有达成长期协议的途径。这也是我们今天在这里的原因。”
当然，福克斯的决定激怒了许多国王球迷。即使其他人为他所做的贡献欢呼，他们也可能会在周五晚上让他听到他们的不满。
在最近一次与记者的赛后交流中，当被问及他在国王的时光时，福克斯表现得很豁达。
“我喜欢它，伙计，”他在谈到萨克拉门托时说道，然后谈到了他有多喜欢北加州萨克拉门托山谷的气候，以及国王作为这座城市唯一的主要职业体育球队是多么受人喜爱。
“每个人都流着紫色的血液，所以去杂货店，去餐馆总是很棒，”福克斯说。“那里每个人都非常友善和感激。当我们开始赢球时，到处都是‘点亮光束’。所以，你真的能在城市里感受到它。对我来说，在那里待了这么长时间绝对是一个好地方。我真的很感激我在那里的时光。”
但这些积极的评论在萨克拉门托的某些地区会充耳不闻。
这种戏剧性将使这场比赛成为许多NBA球迷必看的比赛，包括布鲁克林篮网队的教练乔迪·费尔南德斯，他在2022-2024年担任萨克拉门托的助理教练时曾执教过福克斯和哈里森·巴恩斯，马刺队在去年夏天与国王的三方交易中获得了巴恩斯。
“非常好的球迷基础，”费尔南德斯在谈到萨克拉门托时说，“当你在那里比赛时，那个地方非常热闹。球迷们喜欢它，而且他们非常热情。这将是一场有趣的比赛。我想我会看的。”
马刺队在周二以127-113击败了篮网队，由于血栓导致文班亚马赛季报销，他们的战绩提高到3胜5负，总战绩为26胜34负。他们将面对国王队，国王队在周三晚上以116-110输给丹佛掘金队之前取得了四连胜，战绩下滑至32胜29负。
自从交易福克斯以来，萨克拉门托的战绩为8胜6负，在西部联盟积分榜上排名第九，领先第13名的圣安东尼奥5个半胜场。马刺队在拥有福克斯的情况下取得了5胜8负的战绩，福克斯在他的新球队中场均贡献19.3分、6.6次助攻、4.2个篮板和1.8次抢断。
39岁的克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)在他的20个NBA赛季中为7支球队效力过，他非常熟悉福克斯重返萨克拉门托时将经历的情绪。
“我经历过几次这种情况，这将很有趣，”保罗说。“能够接受这一切，看着这一切发生将会很有趣，特别是这次我不是关注的焦点。”
无论发生什么，保罗都相信27岁的福克斯会处理好一切。
“他是一名职业球员，”保罗说。“我只知道当我处于那种情况下时，我只希望我的队友支持我，这就是我们所有人将要做的事情，并努力出去确保我们赢得比赛。”
如果嘘声像雨点般落在福克斯身上呢？
“那不是我的问题，”他说。“正如我所说，对于那些仍然支持我的人，我喜欢它。对于那些不喜欢我并想喝倒彩的人，我们不在乎心怀不满的人。”
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox and Victor Wembanyama talk as they watch their team take on the Brooklyn Nets at Frost Bank Center on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Spurs guard Blake Wesley (14), from left, guard Devin Vassell (24), guard Chris Paul (3), guard De’Aaron Fox (4) and other Spurs players hype themselves up before taking on the Brooklyn Nets at Frost Bank Center on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs defeated the Nets, 127-113.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) and Brooklyn Nets guard D’Angelo Russell (1) fight for the ball during the fourth quarter at Frost Bank Center on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas. The Spurs defeated the Nets, 127-113.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) goes to the basket against Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 2, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox, center, tangles with Brooklyn Nets guard D’Angelo Russell during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
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Fox unworried if ‘bitter people’ boo him in return to Sacramento
San Antonio Spurs’ De’Aaron Fox runs upcourt during an NBA basketball game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Sunday, March 2, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
SACRAMENTO – De’Aaron Fox gave some of the best years of what should be a long NBA career to Sacramento.
In his eight seasons with the Kings, he averaged 21.5 points, 6.1 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.4 steals. The stint included a breakout season in 2022-23 in which he was selected to his first All-Star Game and All-NBA Team and led the Kings to their first postseason berth since 2006. Sacramento lost in seven games to Golden State in the first round, but Fox was outstanding, averaging 27.4 points after scoring 38 in a Game 1 win to tie for the second highest playoff debut in NBA history.
Suffice it to say, fans had plenty to cheer about during his stay in the City of Trees.
But when he plays at Golden 1 Center on Friday night for the first time since the Kings traded him to the Spurs on Feb. 3 as part of a three-team deal, Fox will likely receive a mixed welcome.
Not that it matters, he said.
“For the people who still love me, obviously I really appreciate that,” Fox said. “But for the people who don’t, we’re never worried about bitter people.”
The Spurs jumped at the chance to acquire Fox after signaling that his preferred landing spot was San Antonio, a destination also favored by his representatives because it would team him with 21-year-old superstar center Victor Wembanyama. Fox expressed a desire to join the Spurs after the Kings told him he was being shopped, according to the Sacramento Bee.
“In De’Aaron’s case, he had spent eight years in Sac. It’s pretty good, but it was time for a change,” Rich Paul of Klutch Sports told Gil’s Arena, a podcast and YouTube show hosted by former three-time All-Star Gilbert Arenas, two weeks after the completion of a deal that also sent Zach LaVine from Chicago to Sacramento.
“I personally wanted to place him next to Wemby to grow,” Paul continued. “And he thought that made a lot of sense too. It’s his choice, but that’s where he wanted to be, and I was blessed enough and able enough to make that happen.”
For its part, Kings management parted with Fox on seemingly good terms after he declined to sign a contract extension before the season.
“De’Aaron, incredible player. At the same time, we’ve offered multiple extensions that’s been public in addition to public and private conversations that happened before that decision on the coaching change,” Sacramento general manager Monte McNair told the media three days after trading Fox.
“So for us, it became clear that there was no pathway there for a long-term agreement. And that’s also why we’re here today.”
Fox’s decision, of course, angered many Kings fans. And they likely will let him hear about it Friday night even as others cheer him for his contributions.
Asked during a recent post-game session with reporters about his time with the Kings, Fox took the high road.
“I loved it, man,” he said of Sacramento before talking about how much he liked the climate in Northern California’s Sacramento Valley and how the Kings were beloved as the only major professional sports team in the city.
“Everybody bled purple, so it was always great just going to the grocery store, going to a restaurant,” Fox said. “Everybody there was extremely kind and extremely grateful. And then when we started winning, then it was ‘Light the Beam’ everywhere. So, you really felt it around the city. It was definitely a great place for me to be for as long as I was. And I really appreciate my time there.”
But those positive comments will fall on deaf ears in some quarters of Sacramento.
The drama will make it a must-watch game for many in the NBA, including Brooklyn coach Jordi Fernández, who coached both Fox and Harrison Barnes, who the Spurs acquired in a three-team trade last summer with the Kings, as an assistant in Sacramento from 2022-2024.
“Really good fans base,” Fernández said of Sacramento, “That place is pretty electric when you play there. The fans love it and they’re very intense. It’s going to be a fun game to watch. I think I’m going to watch it.”
The Spurs, who beat the Nets 127-113 Tuesday to improve to 3-5 since they lost Wembanyama for the season due to a blood clot and 26-34 overall, will face a Kings team that had won four in a row before losing 116-110 at Denver on Wednesday night to fall to 32-29.
Sacramento is 8-6 since trading Fox and ranks ninth in the Western Conference standings, 5 ½ games ahead of 13th-place San Antonio. The Spurs are 5-8 with Fox, who is averaging 19.3 points, 6.6 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 1.8 steals for his new team.
Having played for seven franchises in his 20-season NBA career, Spurs point guard Chris Paul, 39, is quite familiar with the emotions Fox will experience in his return to Sacramento.
“I’ve been in that situation a few times, and this is going to be fun,” Paul said. “It’s going to be interesting to sort of take it all, watch it all take place, especially with me not being the center of attention this time.”
No matter what happens, Paul is confident Fox, 27, will handle things well.
“He’s a pro,” Paul said. “I just know when I was in those situations, all I wanted was my teammates to support me, and that’s what we’ll all do and try to go out there and make sure we get the win.”
And if the boos rain down on Fox?
“That’s not my problem,” he said. “As I said, for the people that still support me, I love it. And for the people who don’t and want to boo, we don’t care about bitter people.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News