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Over the last three weeks, De’Aaron Fox has endured headaches, body aches, chills and a serious case of restlessness, while helplessly watching his Kings fade from the playoff race without him.
A particularly potent strain of the coronavirus walloped Fox on April 22, and has kept the Kings’ star point guard quarantined at home ever since.