De'Aaron Fox hasn't been 100 percent so far this season for the Sacramento Kings. And that will probably be the case for the rest of time.

The 26-year-old point guard recently revealed more details about a finger injury to Kings Radio play-by-play announcer Gary Gerould, who noted that Fox played with taped fingers on his left shooting hand.

“Absolutely it's about it being the dominant hand,” Fox said Tuesday night on Sactown Sports 1140 after the Kings' 113-96 road win over the Utah Jazz. “It happened on the second or third day of training camp, so I was tapping my finger all season at that point.

“If we don’t get a month off at some point, it will stay like this.”

After last night's win in Utah, De'Aaron Fox told the G-Man that his finger problems will likely persist throughout the season.

“If we don’t get a month off at some point, it’s going to stay that way.”@ChrisMWatkins & @The_StilesFiles on Fox: pic.twitter.com/7MIOxnfkux

— Sactown Sports 1140 (@Sactown1140) October 30, 2024

That's worrisome news for the Kings, considering Fox suffered an avulsion fracture of the index finger on his left shooting hand during the first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors two seasons ago. Fox still played through the seven-game series with the broken finger, but it was obvious the impact it had on him in the final three games.

In the first four games of the series, Fox averaged 31.5 points on 44.7 percent shooting from the field and 34.2 percent from 3-point range, with 6.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists, 2.5 Steals and 3.0 turnovers in 38.5 minutes. In the last three games after suffering the injury, he averaged 22 points on 38.7 percent shooting from the field and 32 percent from distance, with 4.7 rebounds, 8.7 assists, 1.7 steals and 5.3 turnovers in 38.6 minutes.

He's dealing with a similar injury now – but he doesn't have a full season off to recover like he did back then.

However, through four games this season, Fox cannot be assumed to have played with an injury. He averages 21.5 points on 46.4 percent shooting, 4.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 1.5 steals in 36 minutes. His 3-point shooting is poor, he's just 29.2 percent from distance and he's averaging 3.5 turnovers per game.

The addition of DeMar DeRozan was expected to help take some of the pressure off of Fox and Domantas Sabonis, and while the Kings star hopes not to put more strain on his fingers, he'll likely do just that.

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