De'Aaron Fox is a better basketball player than Austin Reaves. We can get that part out of the way from the start. There is no real statistical argument otherwise. Even the most optimistic projections of Reaves' increasingly bright future have to acknowledge that Fox has physical gifts that he simply does not.

Trading for Sacramento Kings star De'Aaron Fox may be cheaper than what the Cleveland Cavaliers paid to acquire Donovan Mitchell in 2022. According to

As the trade deadline nears, one league source says more than half of the league’s teams have inquired about the 27-year-old Kings’ star.