The Fastest Kid in New Orleans
De'Aaron Jeffery Fox was born on December 20, 1997, in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family moved to Cypress, Texas, when he was young, but New Orleans was first — the city that put speed in his blood before anyone knew what to do with it. At Cypress Lakes High School, he averaged 32 points a game as a senior and was named a McDonald's All-American in 2016. He was the fastest player anyone had ever seen on a high school court.
Fox played one season at Kentucky, earned SEC First-Team honors and SEC Tournament MVP, and declared for the NBA Draft. The Sacramento Kings took him fifth overall in 2017, and what followed was a slow burn that eventually caught fire.
Sacramento's Franchise Player
Fox spent eight seasons building the Kings into contenders. In 2023, everything came together: he made his first All-Star team, earned All-NBA Third Team selection, and won the inaugural NBA Clutch Player of the Year award. He led the league in steals during the 2023-24 season and scored a career-high sixty points against Minnesota in November 2024. The kid from New Orleans had become one of the ten best players in basketball.
In February 2025, Fox was traded to the San Antonio Spurs, where he signed a four-year, $229 million extension — the kind of contract that would have seemed impossible for the undersized guard from Cypress Lakes who people worried was too fast for his own good.
New Orleans Speed
De'Aaron Fox plays basketball like he's running a second line — all rhythm and velocity, impossible to catch, and always heading somewhere the defense didn't expect. New Orleans makes fast people. Fox is the fastest of them all, and the NBA is still trying to keep up.
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