Regardless of whether the Sacramento Kings move De'Aaron Fox by the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline, they need to recognize this as an organizational pivot point.

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The Oklahoma City Thunder - like the rest of the NBA - is in the dog days of the season. The All-Star Break is still a month away, half the season has gone by a

Sacramento lost, 117-104, at the Wells Fargo Center, against a 76ers team missing former MVP Joel Embiid and All-Star Paul George, and that was also playing on the back end of a back-to-back.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander produced a dazzling performance as the Oklahoma City Thunder avenged last week's defeat ... Elsewhere, DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points as the Sacramento Kings halted the Houston Rockets' five-game winning streak with a 132-127 ...

During his time suiting up for the SuperSonics, Wilson wore only jersey No. 15 and put up 6.1 points and as many rebounds per game.

One player who constantly gets connected to Sacramento's trade plans is Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson. Kings fans have gotten very excited about the potential of adding an elite 3-and-D wing in Johnson, but with the trade deadline just two weeks away, time is running out for their long-awaited move.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points and eight assists in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled ... nine assists and the surging Sacramento Kings beat the Houston Rockets 132-127.

Despite sitting in second place in the Western Conference and boasting a haul of future draft picks, the Houston Rockets don't seem like they will

Last week's rematch between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder was all but certainly going to determine which team would take the No. 1 spot this week, and ... yeah ... OKC basically snatched it from Cleveland's hands with a 20-point win that was nowhere near that close.

“In this business, you have to put those emotions aside,” Fox said. “Obviously, everybody especially who were here during that long (postseason drought), and who was on this team when we made the playoffs, obviously that means a lot to everybody.