This is part of why trade packages for players like De'Aaron Fox are typically built around draft picks. The idea is that the team landing the star improves now, and then the team giving that player away reaps the benefits later.

Even though the Sacramento Kings have been playing much better under interim head coach Doug Christie, this recent short-term success doesn't seem like

De'Aaron Fox could get traded before the NBA's Feb. 6 trade deadline, but the Lakers aren't willing to do one thing in order to land him.