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N-E-W-R-X plumbing.com so what's it going to take for the Sacramento Kings to get better and move up the standings in the Western Conference?

How about we start with De Aaron Fox, considering that the Kings don't have much money to work with this off season?

One of the reasons why they don't is because

they gave Fox a Max Steel. The King's best move for improving the ball club this

year is with their mid-level exception at just over $10 million a year because they are over the

cap back to Fox who this year is supposed to make 30 million dollars he's got

four years left on his max deal, which will conclude making just over

37 million dollars. What are the kings need from Dearn Fox? They need a guy to look like a max player, not like a player that went through the motions

for most of last season, looked disinterested, looked like you didn't want to be on the court,

didn't have the passion, didn't have the vigor.

That's not what you want from a player that you reward a max contract to.

You want a guy that is 100% all in. Yes, he did look better once the trade to acquire so bonus was in the books, but come on. I mean, after all, you're a max player. It shouldn't take a trade in the middle of the season for you to get invigorated,

re-energized, and be a true professional.

To earn Fox entering year number six, which fox is it going to be is it going to be the

fox that we saw for the final few weeks of the season and when I mean the

final few weeks I'm not talking about the final final few weeks when he was on the sideline with an injury

I'm talking about the few weeks after the trade I mean yeah he looked really good

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