Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox is set to play Saturday night against the New York Knicks after landing on the injury report with a sprained right thumb.

The Sacramento Kings provided an injury update for De'Aaron Fox ahead Saturday's matchup with the New York Knicks.

Fox (thumb) has been cleared to play in Saturday's game against the Knicks. Fox had a shaky status ahead of Saturday's game in New York, but he will play through against the Knicks. The star point guard is having another stellar season for the Kings,

De’Aaron Fox is one tough cookie. The star Kings guard plans to play through his sprained right thumb against the New York Knicks on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. PT at Madison Square Garden, the Sacramento Bee’s Chris Biderman reported from the East Coast’s metropolis Saturday morning.

Why is it even a conversation? Kings star guard De'Aaron Fox hasn't signed a contract extension and his future in Sacramento is uncertain as he wants to win in his career. With this, Fox trade rumors have been spinning and one team mentioned -- per usual when a star is involved -- is the Los Angeles Lakers .

The Knicks will play their next five games at home, but all will be against formidable Western Conference opponents beginning with Saturday’s matchup against the surging Kings.

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OG Anunoby scored 33 points, Josh Hart added 20 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists in his sixth triple-double of the season, and the New York Knicks beat the Sacramento Kings 143-120 on Saturday night