The Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox has become the first professional athlete to sign a deal with Stephen Curry’s Under Armour brand, Curry Brand. While Curry has been with Under Armour since 2013, he launched his own brand under the company in 2020.

“This is definitely a special occasion. … To be able to partner with somebody like D-Fox while we’re still competing, while we’re still battling,” Curry said after the deal was signed. “For me to be sitting next to him, to understand what this opportunity really means and allow him to take it and run with it is a dream come true for me because there’s no better guy than him.”

Fox served as a Nike athlete during the first five years of his career before becoming a shoe-free agent last season. It was during that campaign that Fox’s reputation soared, with the player averaging 25 points, 6.1 assists, and 4.2 rebounds en route to being named as an All-Star. He also won the inaugural NBA Clutch Player of the Year award.

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The Sacramento Kings All-NBA center Domantas Sabonis has agreed to a five-year contract extension, the player’s agents, Greg Lawrence and Jason Ranne of Wasserman, confirmed on Saturday night.

Over the five years, the player’s extension is set to cost the Kings $217 million, including $195 million in new money. The Kings used some of their cap space to add an additional $8.6 million to raise Sabonis’s 2023-24 earnings to $30.6 million.

Sabonis has still not taken the maximum salary available to him, however, having previously told the Kings’ leadership that he is prioritizing the franchise’s ability to build a strong roster over his earning potential.

A central figure in the Kings’ locker room, Sabonis has proven to be essential to the team’s revival since arriving from Indiana in 2022. Averaging 9.1 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 7.3 assists, Sabonis lifted the Kings to the playoffs for the first time in 16 years.

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The Sacramento Kings are a playoff team again. After a 16-year wait, the Kings will make the postseason in 2022-23 after mathematically securing a playoff spot in the Western Conference with a 120-80 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday.

Sacramento improved to a 46-30 record with the Blazers’ win, meaning they can’t finish worse than the sixth seed in the West. This marks the end of the longest playoff drought in the history of the NBA. Also, there was no franchise in the NFL, MLB, and NHL that had been kept longer out of the postseason than the Kings. 

All-Star guard De’Aaron Fox scored 18 points and added six assists against the Blazers, with shooting guard Malik Monk contributing 19 points off the bench.

“I guess this would be like relief. People can’t keep saying it. It’s over and done with,” Fox said after the game. “We want to do bigger things. But [16] years, it’s a long time. It feels great to get it off of us.”

The Kings made several moves in the past two years that set them up for success in 2022-23. They swapped talented guard Tyrese Haliburton for All-Star center Domantas Sabonis last season and followed that up by hiring former Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Brown as their new head coach. Both moves paid off, as Sabonis has been playing on an All-NBA level while Brown built one of the league’s best offenses.

But the Kings don’t want to be content with just making the playoffs. They want to prove they belong there and continue building on this successful run.

“We know what our goal is. It’s not just to make the playoffs. It’s to make noise there,” Monk told reporters.

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The Sacramento Kings decided to fire their head coach Luke Walton. The franchise officially announced the move on Sunday. The Kings also confirmed that associate head coach Alvin Gentry will take over the team on an interim basis. Gentry joined the Kings organization in 2020 after parting ways with the New Orleans Pelicans.

Walton is out after the Kings struggled so far in 2021-22 despite having high hopes ahead of the season. The team lost seven out of their last eight games and currently owns a 6-11 record. That was enough for the No. 12 in the Western Conference.

Speaking about the decision, general manager Monte McNair said that Walton is not the only one to blame for the Kings’ poor performances.

“We all know all of us have to be better, especially over the last two weeks,” McNair said via ESPN. “We’re not meeting expectations. That’s not just on Luke. That’s on me, the rest of our coaches, and players. Everyone acknowledges that.”

Reportedly, Gentry is expected to stay at the helm at least until the end of 2021-22. Based on the results, the team will then decide in the offseason whether to remove the interim tag or embark on a search for a new head coach.

“I think we have the talent,” McNair added. “We’ve shown that we can do that. We’re going to get back to that, and Alvin will be the guy to lead us there.”

Luke Walton was hired as Sacramento’s head coach ahead of the 2019–20 season following a three-year stint with the Los Angeles Lakers. Walton compiled a 68-93 record during his time with the Kings while the team missed the playoffs in both of his two full seasons in charge.

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The Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox has become the first professional athlete to sign a deal with Stephen Curry’s Under Armour brand, Curry Brand. While Curry has been with Under Armour since 2013, he launched his own brand under the company in 2020.

“This is definitely a special occasion. … To be able to partner with somebody like D-Fox while we’re still competing, while we’re still battling,” Curry said after the deal was signed. “For me to be sitting next to him, to understand what this opportunity really means and allow him to take it and run with it is a dream come true for me because there’s no better guy than him.”

Fox served as a Nike athlete during the first five years of his career before becoming a shoe-free agent last season. It was during that campaign that Fox’s reputation soared, with the player averaging 25 points, 6.1 assists, and 4.2 rebounds en route to being named as an All-Star. He also won the inaugural NBA Clutch Player of the Year award.

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The Sacramento Kings All-NBA center Domantas Sabonis has agreed to a five-year contract extension, the player’s agents, Greg Lawrence and Jason Ranne of Wasserman, confirmed on Saturday night.

Over the five years, the player’s extension is set to cost the Kings $217 million, including $195 million in new money. The Kings used some of their cap space to add an additional $8.6 million to raise Sabonis’s 2023-24 earnings to $30.6 million.

Sabonis has still not taken the maximum salary available to him, however, having previously told the Kings’ leadership that he is prioritizing the franchise’s ability to build a strong roster over his earning potential.

A central figure in the Kings’ locker room, Sabonis has proven to be essential to the team’s revival since arriving from Indiana in 2022. Averaging 9.1 points, 12.3 rebounds, and 7.3 assists, Sabonis lifted the Kings to the playoffs for the first time in 16 years.

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The Sacramento Kings are a playoff team again. After a 16-year wait, the Kings will make the postseason in 2022-23 after mathematically securing a playoff spot in the Western Conference with a 120-80 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday.

Sacramento improved to a 46-30 record with the Blazers’ win, meaning they can’t finish worse than the sixth seed in the West. This marks the end of the longest playoff drought in the history of the NBA. Also, there was no franchise in the NFL, MLB, and NHL that had been kept longer out of the postseason than the Kings. 

All-Star guard De’Aaron Fox scored 18 points and added six assists against the Blazers, with shooting guard Malik Monk contributing 19 points off the bench.

“I guess this would be like relief. People can’t keep saying it. It’s over and done with,” Fox said after the game. “We want to do bigger things. But [16] years, it’s a long time. It feels great to get it off of us.”

The Kings made several moves in the past two years that set them up for success in 2022-23. They swapped talented guard Tyrese Haliburton for All-Star center Domantas Sabonis last season and followed that up by hiring former Golden State Warriors assistant Mike Brown as their new head coach. Both moves paid off, as Sabonis has been playing on an All-NBA level while Brown built one of the league’s best offenses.

But the Kings don’t want to be content with just making the playoffs. They want to prove they belong there and continue building on this successful run.

“We know what our goal is. It’s not just to make the playoffs. It’s to make noise there,” Monk told reporters.

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The Sacramento Kings decided to fire their head coach Luke Walton. The franchise officially announced the move on Sunday. The Kings also confirmed that associate head coach Alvin Gentry will take over the team on an interim basis. Gentry joined the Kings organization in 2020 after parting ways with the New Orleans Pelicans.

Walton is out after the Kings struggled so far in 2021-22 despite having high hopes ahead of the season. The team lost seven out of their last eight games and currently owns a 6-11 record. That was enough for the No. 12 in the Western Conference.

Speaking about the decision, general manager Monte McNair said that Walton is not the only one to blame for the Kings’ poor performances.

“We all know all of us have to be better, especially over the last two weeks,” McNair said via ESPN. “We’re not meeting expectations. That’s not just on Luke. That’s on me, the rest of our coaches, and players. Everyone acknowledges that.”

Reportedly, Gentry is expected to stay at the helm at least until the end of 2021-22. Based on the results, the team will then decide in the offseason whether to remove the interim tag or embark on a search for a new head coach.

“I think we have the talent,” McNair added. “We’ve shown that we can do that. We’re going to get back to that, and Alvin will be the guy to lead us there.”

Luke Walton was hired as Sacramento’s head coach ahead of the 2019–20 season following a three-year stint with the Los Angeles Lakers. Walton compiled a 68-93 record during his time with the Kings while the team missed the playoffs in both of his two full seasons in charge.

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