De’Aaron Fox’s return to action from an ankle sprain has helped catalyze a six game winning streak for the Kings and his effort hasn’t gone unrewarded. Today the NBA announced that Fox has won the Western Conference Player of the Week for Week 4. Fox averaged 32.3 points, 6.3 assists, 4.8 rebounds and 2.3 steals, but more importantly helped lead Sacramento to a 4-0 week. New York’s Jalen Brunson won Player of the Week for the Eastern Conference.
This is the fourth time De’Aaron has won the Player of the Week award and probably won’t be the last. De’Aaron has been putting up MVP type numbers so far this season. His 31.9 point average is tied with reigning MVP Joel Embiid’s average to lead the league. He is also shooting a career-best 41.7% from three on 8.6 attempts a game. in Friday’s In-Season Tournament game against the San Antonio Spurs, he scored a season-high 43 points, just one point shy of tying his career-high. Fox is playing at perhaps his highest level yet and that includes the defensive side of the floor where he’s emerged as a leader.
Fox wasn’t the only King nominated for the award, as his running mate Domantas Sabonis also got some votes and would have been a deserving winner in his own right. Sabonis averaged 27.8 points, 13 rebounds, 7.5 assists and a block in those same games and did it while shooting an absolutely ridiculous 75.4% from the field.
These awards are nice, but the best part is that this individual success is also coming with team success. The Kings are 8-4 after a 2-4 start and are currently leading the Pacific Division and are 4th in the Western Conference. The team is getting its offense back on track and the defense has jumped substantially (currently ranked 14th in the league). If the Kings can keep this up, the sky’s the limit.
Congrats De’Aaron! Let’s celebrate with another win tonight in New Orleans.
Congrats, Foxy!
Congrats to De’Aaron! Well deserved and keep’em coming!
De’Aaron Fox named Western Conference Player of the Week
You’re god damned right, he was!
I hate Matrix references, because, Jesus, fuck your stupid pills, but Fox is like third-act Neo, he’s lightning-fast calm in a sea of slow chaos. He doesn’t even seem to be working very hard, and there hasn’t been a successful defense thrown at him other than sticking a foot under him.
He’s killing it from every aspect, and still the fastest player in the league. To paraphrase, De’Aaron Fox is who Ja Morant thinks he is.
Well deserved! Congratulations young man.
Congrats De’Aaron…best kept secret in the NBA!
I also like #14 in the league in defense. If we stay around that mark for the year then yes the sky is the limit. GO KINGS!
Only current King I have a jersey for right now is Fox and I didn’t think it was possible to expect THIS type of play. Legit MVP candidate if this holds up for the long haul of an NBA season, but wowzas. We got a good one.
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