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That was my guess for player A but it also looks like Shai this season as wellPlayer A: 3.8 3PTA/G, .321 3PT% - De'Aaron Fox before this season
Player B: 8.9 3PTA/G, .404 3PT% - De'Aaron Fox this season
That was my guess for player A but it also looks like Shai this season as wellPlayer A: 3.8 3PTA/G, .321 3PT% - De'Aaron Fox before this season
Player B: 8.9 3PTA/G, .404 3PT% - De'Aaron Fox this season
Your wrong in regards to Brown and I’m sure the players like playing for himRE: Some of the above posts about the Sabonis/Fox relationship.
Of the several contributions Sabonis makes to the Kings, his positiveness and encouragement stands out. He is the first to congratulate a good play, an important score, and even sometimes adds a hug. Fox, Keegan, maybe Sasha and some others respond to this joyfulness with increased output, performance, and enthusiasm. The mental side of basketball is crucial to success. When Sabonis came to the Kings he brought something vital that doesn't directly show up in statistics.
OTOH coaches, and particularly Coach Brown, mostly deal in negativity and punishment. Such is the nature of coaching, but it can be tempered to fit the situation and personality/sensitivity of the players. An example is free throw shooting. Fox and Sabonis have no physical reason for having a free throw weakness. In practices, players are punished team-wide for an individual missing free throws rather than being encouraged to improve. Such teaching tactics cause tension, guilt, and performance derogation.
It will be very interesting when Brown leaves (under whatever circumstances) to hear the reactions of the players to his tenure. Fear of his heavy-handed tendencies have them cowered as of now.
LMAO talk about "Trading the wrong point guard". I can't even begin to tell you the level of depression i'd be experiencing, watching Fox torch the eastern conference and the entire league with 8 threes alongside Embiid, as we hit the lottery for the 20th straight season. Dear God.Yeah, what if we traded him for Ben Simmons?
Whoa. I agreed with so much of this post until it got to Mike Brown. Fans and players love him for pretty much the opposite of what you'd described. Are we discussing the same Mike Brown, here?? He's super positive and encouraging, he just doesn't coddle. You need a balance, and, though he isn't perfect (no coach or player is) he's everything i wanted Adelman to be more of, at times.RE: Some of the above posts about the Sabonis/Fox relationship.
Of the several contributions Sabonis makes to the Kings, his positiveness and encouragement stands out. He is the first to congratulate a good play, an important score, and even sometimes adds a hug. Fox, Keegan, maybe Sasha and some others respond to this joyfulness with increased output, performance, and enthusiasm. The mental side of basketball is crucial to success. When Sabonis came to the Kings he brought something vital that doesn't directly show up in statistics.
OTOH coaches, and particularly Coach Brown, mostly deal in negativity and punishment. Such is the nature of coaching, but it can be tempered to fit the situation and personality/sensitivity of the players. An example is free throw shooting. Fox and Sabonis have no physical reason for having a free throw weakness. In practices, players are punished team-wide for an individual missing free throws rather than being encouraged to improve. Such teaching tactics cause tension, guilt, and performance derogation.
It will be very interesting when Brown leaves (under whatever circumstances) to hear the reactions of the players to his tenure. Fear of his heavy-handed tendencies have them cowered as of now.
Taking nothing away from Hali, but he was ignored by the media for a season and a half here and then instantly proclaimed a star before he even had plane tickets to Indy. Fox forcing his way onto the stage and MVP conversation while playing IN SACRAMENTO with the twin clouds of Luka and Hali hung over his head for no valid reason is next level stuff. Can you imagine what he'd be doing if he actually got calls when he drove to the hoop and got hacked like he does in Sac, which I assume he'd be getting in any other city?LMAO talk about "Trading the wrong point guard". I can't even begin to tell you the level of depression i'd be experiencing, watching Fox torch the eastern conference and the entire league with 8 threes alongside Embiid, as we hit the lottery for the 20th straight season. Dear God.
I was there last night. Someone Courtside told fox "wake up, you playing like u was at magic city last night."
— Jevaughn S. Huggins (@Jhuggs34) December 30, 2023
Every bucket fox in the 2nd half looked/talked at that dude. Fox told him "you should have left me alone"
I was there last night. Someone Courtside told fox "wake up, you playing like u was at magic city last night."
— Jevaughn S. Huggins (@Jhuggs34) December 30, 2023
Every bucket fox in the 2nd half looked/talked at that dude. Fox told him "you should have left me alone"
Absolutely legend behavior.
This was why I initially didn't want to hire him. I would say that digging deeper into it and understanding the reasons (something I only did when it came down to him or Mark Jackson) - all of which were centered around LeBron and Kobe - who later in their careers heaped praise on Brown for teaching things they didn't want to learn that helped define them, was enough to turn me around.Recall that he has been dismissed from three previous head coaching assignments even after earning COY in one of those jobs.
Dude Foxed around and found out.I was there last night. Someone Courtside told fox "wake up, you playing like u was at magic city last night."
— Jevaughn S. Huggins (@Jhuggs34) December 30, 2023
Every bucket fox in the 2nd half looked/talked at that dude. Fox told him "you should have left me alone"
Absolutely legend behavior.
I think about this a LOT! And I’m so so glad he’s ours. One way or another, Fox and our team will get their respect. He’s leaving the league no other option at this point, slowly but surely.Taking nothing away from Hali, but he was ignored by the media for a season and a half here and then instantly proclaimed a star before he even had plane tickets to Indy. Fox forcing his way onto the stage and MVP conversation while playing IN SACRAMENTO with the twin clouds of Luka and Hali hung over his head for no valid reason is next level stuff. Can you imagine what he'd be doing if he actually got calls when he drove to the hoop and got hacked like he does in Sac, which I assume he'd be getting in any other city?
It's incredibly frustrating that he's still left wanting for obvious calls but I have no doubt he is the guy that is going to make Sacramento get respect again.I think about this a LOT! And I’m so so glad he’s ours. One way or another, Fox and our team will get their respect. He’s leaving the league no other option at this point, slowly but surely.
Every time I complain about the amount of 3s he's taking, he goes full Steph.
The only player shooting a higher 3pt % than Fox — that averages as many (or more) attempts per game — is Stephen Wardell Curry.
Tyrese Haliburton is shooting a higher % too, but his attempts are just slightly fewer and very very close.
The Warriors better be glad Fox hurt his finger in game 4. People would look at our squad totally differently than they do now, but, it's all good.The only player shooting a higher 3pt % than Fox — that averages as many (or more) attempts per game — is Stephen Wardell Curry.
Tyrese Haliburton is shooting a higher % too, but his attempts are just slightly fewer and very very close.
This.Fox is having issues with his right shoulder already for few games ...
I am not sure that this is the reason , but should he part of the problem
This.
You can see him grab his arm every game now.
This.
You can see him grab his arm every game now.
Brown said Fox was OK. Then he said the media should ask Fox if he has something going on. Does Brown talk to Fox? Does Fox talk to Brown? Is there some secret Brown can't reveal? Or is there really nothing?
Fox playing injured is an open secret. Understandably he doesn't want to admit the extent of his limitations to the press.Brown said Fox was OK. Then he said the media should ask Fox if he has something going on. Does Brown talk to Fox? Does Fox talk to Brown? Is there some secret Brown can't reveal? Or is there really nothing?
Fox playing injured is an open secret. Understandably he doesn't want to admit the extent of his limitations to the press.
Players that rely on forcing up through contact at the rim while getting swatted down on by a defender going for the ball is just a ticking time bomb. I remember when Rudy Gay messed his shoulder up. Both Fox and Morant use that same move to get to the line. Scary stuff.