Agree, but the frailty thing is often assumed of skinny athletes and not based on a fair assessment of their body's abilities and limitations. I mean, you could very well be right that Fox is somewhat frail. But I think I'll wait and see how frail he is over the course of this next season - not including injuries that have nothing to do with being frail.Fox is a lot like a thoroughbred race horse. Great speed and quickness with some frailty. He may not be able take the pounding night after night. He has the potential to take over games on both ends of the floor. No limits to his ability.
Asides from that, Joerger finally giving him the reins is going to be huge. He didn't really have any sort of green light last year and never got that opportunity to fully shine. There were lots of glimpses and if he can tie everything together we will go far.I think one huge thing we saw from Fox this summer league was he was straight muscling dudes at the rim and finishing. He didn't have that ability last year. If hes added that strength to finish at the rim, hes going to be unstoppable as its damn near impossible to stay in front of him.
When all is said and done, i think Isaac fox and mitchel will be the top 3 players from last years draft
I think one huge thing we saw from Fox this summer league was he was straight muscling dudes at the rim and finishing. He didn't have that ability last year. If hes added that strength to finish at the rim, hes going to be unstoppable as its damn near impossible to stay in front of him.
I agree but I would make it a top five and I would add Markkanen and Tatum to that list. That seems like it was a solid draft year with a lot of good players. Outside of Mitchell, who looks like the potential transcendent superstar, Fox was the best player for the Kings.
When all is said and done, i think Isaac fox and mitchel will be the top 3 players from last years draft
I mention frailty because of the amount of injuries, not because of the way he looks or has a slight frame.Agree, but the frailty thing is often assumed of skinny athletes and not based on a fair assessment of their body's abilities and limitations. I mean, you could very well be right that Fox is somewhat frail. But I think I'll wait and see how frail he is over the course of this next season - not including injuries that have nothing to do with being frail.
Critical for this will be fox not being paired with Zach for any significant amount of time this year. I think he completely threw off Fox's effectiveness last year, and in a lot of cases got him overthinking his role in the half court when they were both on the floor at the same time. If Zach is still on the team next year, i"m hoping it's in a role as a 15 min bench scorer when there is a matchup to exploit.Asides from that, Joerger finally giving him the reins is going to be huge. He didn't really have any sort of green light last year and never got that opportunity to fully shine. There were lots of glimpses and if he can tie everything together we will go far.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried at all about Fox's durability. He can't be a Russell Westbrook or a Wall and continually attack the basket in the half court and get hacked to death. Even Tyreke, a much stronger and physical guard, didn't get away with that. He's going to have to pick his spots, and be more like a Tony Parker, getting interior baskets with his quickness and craftiness, not with high-flying slam dunk acrobatics that leaves him very vulnerable to injury. Because Fox is a very smart dude, I think it's likely he does just that.
I'd still like to see him attack the basket much more than he did last year. I felt like he hardly did it. Mostly pulled up for midrange jumpers.
I think it has more to do with how he attacks the basket. In his earlier years Tony Parker attacked the basket a lot, but did wasn't going up in the air with tomahawk slam dunks to do it. This coming year I'd like to see him attack the basket in fast break or semi fast break situations 3x more than what he did last year; then pick his spots in the half court.
Parker also doesn't have the athletic ability Fox possesses, doesn't mean that Fox needs to stop going up strong. If he has been blessed with that type of leaping ability, why not turn it into a strength? That's not to say he can't learn the art of the floater, which he's shown he's capable of making last season.
It depends what you mean by going up strong. If you recall the first game of last season Fox went up very high for a slam dunk from the baseline, challenging a big man, and got met at the top floor by a block, which sent him crashing to the floor on his back. That was a "Welcome to the NBA" moment for Fox. It's those type of situations I don't want to see. (By the way, after that scary incident I didn't see Fox doing that anymore, a smart move on his part). Rather than challenging the length of big men by attempting a slam dunk over them, I'd rather see him challenge them more by using his quickness and speed advantage. Even with Fox's jumping ability, most big men in the NBA are going to be able to out-reach him if he is in their vicinity, but they won't come close to staying with his quickness or speed.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried at all about Fox's durability. He can't be a Russell Westbrook or a Wall and continually attack the basket in the half court and get hacked to death. Even Tyreke, a much stronger and physical guard, didn't get away with that. He's going to have to pick his spots, and be more like a Tony Parker, getting interior baskets with his quickness and craftiness, not with high-flying slam dunk acrobatics that leaves him very vulnerable to injury. Because Fox is a very smart dude, I think it's likely he does just that.
Kevin Martin found a way to survive. I strongly suspect Fox will, too.![]()
He definitely had a thicker coat in SL.Good point. There are a lot of thin players who had long careers. Also, from what little I saw in the summer league, Fox is going to be a much stronger Fox than last year!
Fox will be shut down without an outside shot.
He did not shoot the ball well in SL.
This goes for our other very young prospects like Giles and Bagley as well....Fox will be shut down without an outside shot.e did not shoot the ball well in SL.
Fox will be shut down without an outside shot.