Could De'Aaron Fox team up again with Bam Adebayo? "Tea leaves are reading that (he) is going to ask out."

The Sacramento Kings have fired head coach Mike Brown, doing so immediately following the franchise’s first two winning seasons in two decades, one of which earning him unanimous Coach of the Year honors for the first time in NBA history. After a 13-18 start sitting on a five-game losing streak in his third year with the team, he was canned.

To say it was a controversial decision would be an understatement. Denver head coach Michael Malone said the franchise had “no class, no balls” by firing Brown. Indiana’s Rick Carlisle added that Brown is “one of the standard bearers for integrity for our profession” and he is “just absolutely shocked” Sacramento made the move. Golden State’s Steve Kerr shared similar “really shocking” verbiage before thanking the Warriors for being a franchise that “really values continuity and that allows our team and our staff and our group to get through the rough patches.”

Point being, the Kings found their greatest run of success in the modern era under Brown, and that has overlapped with the greatest run of success De’Aaron Fox has found in his NBA career. He’s averaged 25.8 points per game in three years while never shooting below 46.5 percent from the field or 32.4 percent from three — plus at least 5.6 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game in all three seasons.

With Sacramento an absolute train wreck — and seemingly forever a train wreck — will Fox make the correct long-term career move and get the hell out? One NBA insider seems to think so.

ESPN’s Tim MacMahon says the tea leaves are ‘pretty clearly’ trending toward a trade request from Fox. And if he does ask out, one move could have him teaming back up with Bam Adebayo in Miami.

“Look, if it sets up — the tea leaves are reading that Fox is going to ask out. Like, come on. It’s pretty clearly reading that way,” he said. “… If he does ask out, certainly San Antonio and Houston — keep an eye on those two. I’ve heard Lakers, but it’s hard to tell how much of that is just people jumping to conclusions because he’s a Klutch client. I’ve heard Miami with the Bam connection there. Who knows what other suitors might or which of these teams will actually be suitors if it comes to that.”

A pairing with Victor Wembanyama in San Antonio would be a blast and we could see him alongside Reed Sheppard in Houston — assuming the former Wildcat wouldn’t be used as trade bait to get Fox there — but I’m sure everyone would want to see the 2016-17 Kentucky teammates back together again with the Heat. Maybe Sacramento can include Malik Monk, who is also having a career year in purple and black?

Whatever it takes to get our guys away from that dumpster fire.