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Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox joins illustrious company after accomplishing this feat

By Mat Issa

Oct 24, 2024; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) warms up before the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images
Oct 24, 2024; Sacramento, California, USA; Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) warms up before the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Golden 1 Center. Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images / Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images
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On Tuesday, the Sacramento Kings secured their first win of the season over the Portland Trail Blazers. In that game, Fox scored 24 points. For a player who averaged 26.6 PPG last season, putting up 24 doesn't seem like a big deal. But during the game, Fox reached a milestone that made this game very, very special.

De'Aaron Fox joins the 10,000 point club

Against the Blazers, Fox scored his 10,000th career point. This accomplishment makes him only the 399th player in NBA history to get to that benchmark. His teammate, DeMar DeRozan, is one of those players. Meanwhile, Domantas Sabonis is 867 points away from reaching 10,000 career points himself.

And given the fact that Fox has only ever played for the Kings, that means that all of his points came while wearing a Sacramento uniform. Very few players have ever been able to say they did this. In fact, Fox is one of five players in franchise history to score 10,000 points while being an employee of the organization. The other four are Oscar Robertson, Jack Twyman, Mitch Richmond, and Tiny Archibald.

Player Name

Points Scored

Oscar Robertson

22,009

Jack Twyman

15,840

Mitch Richmond

12,070

Tiny Archibald

10,894

De'Aaron Fox

10,007

If Fox continues scoring at his current rate (22.4 PPG) and plays 75 games (right around the number he's played in each of the last two years), Fox will surpass Archibald on this list and be just 450 points behind Richmond. So, barring any injuries (*knocks wood*) Fox will be third all-time on this list before the end of the 2025-26 season.

If Fox ends up signing an extension with the Kings, he will surpass Twyman in either the 2026-27 or the 2027-28 season. However, if he wants to catch Robertson, Fox may have to spend his entire career with the Kings – something that would likely garner him consideration for a statute outside of the esteemed Golden 1 Center.

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