SPRS GO All-in on de’Aron Fox, according to what reports a four-year extension, $ 229 million
When the basketball gods delivered the choice n. 2 and the possibility of elaborating the Punta Guardia Dylan Harper, there were questions in other offici fronts if the Spurs could play hardball in negotiations with De’Aron Fox and not give them the best that was expected after a mid-season trade for the former All-Star.
No, they paid him the best.
The Spurs and Fox have agreed with a maximum four -year contract that could be worth up to $ 229 million, His agent Rich Paul told Shams Charania by EspnSo the team itself confirmed a few hours later. (The actual total for the contract is probably closer to $ 222.4 million, the figure of $ 229 million is based on the salary limit that rises by 10% next year, while the NBA projects increase by 7%.) This is a four, without options for the player or the team, and starts for the 2026-27 season, keeping Fox under the contract until the summer of 2030.
The Spurs were exchanged Fox at the deadline in a massive three -team agreement (which included Zach Lavine Ai Re) According to reports, the representatives of Fox told Sacramento Management that he would not have signed an extension with the team, in part due to the frustration for the dismissal of the coach Mike Brown (and Fox who was the man of them online). Fox had previously questioned if the kings had been committed to “competing at high level”.
San Antonio was Fox’s favorite landing point, giving him the opportunity to combine me with Victor Wembanyama on a team building a contender. However, Wembanyama and Fox played only five games together before the French center was out for the season due to blood clots in his shoulder (from which it is now authorized). Fox scored on average 19.7 points per game, shooting 27.4% on 3 entrusted points well below his career mediums-in 17 games before ending his season in March to undergo surgery for fingers.
San Antonio is an organization of patients and coach Mitch Johnson should spend this season understand how Fox, Harper and Rookie of the year in office of Stephon Castle come together – and in particular the way they intertwine with Wembanyama. The expectation throughout the championship was that the Spurs will eventually have to go from at least one of their guard trio (exchange one or two for wing players), even if this Fox contract ends just when the second Harper contract should start, so the times could work. Fox, especially if his numbers immerse himself, will be difficult to trade on this new contract. Wembanyama can sign an extension after next season, and would have entered the 2027-28 season.
So far, the trade from Sacramento to San Antonio has worked and Fox hoped. Now he needs to earn that money on the pitch.