The Kings had been anticipating that De’Aaron Fox would return to the lineup tonight against the Hornets and the point guard tells Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee he will do just that.
Fox missed the past 17 games with a left ankle injury and the team went 9-8 during that stretch. The Kings have hopes of making the postseason and they currently are sole owners of the seventh seed in the Western Conference, though six teams are within 2.5 games of them.
Fox is expected to start at the point guard, sending Cory Joseph to the bench. Joseph recently spoke about the former No. 5 pick returning to the court for the franchise.
“He’s a huge part of our organization, everybody knows that, so we’re happy to get him back,” Joseph said. “He looks good. He’s running good. So we’re excited. He’s huge to what we do here.”