A cornerstone of Sacramento’s success this season, De’Aaron Fox has been giving of himself for a month, playing through injuries. The player said he had to deal with a foot injury for a month, the MRI having revealed a contusion on the level of the right foot.
“I’ve been in pain for a while. From Orlando actually (last November 4) », he revealed to the Sacramento Beeassuring that the injury still bothered him ” a lot “.
To make matters worse, other glitches have come to complicate his daily life, between a minor thumb injury and an illness from which he continues to recover.
“I don’t really have chest pain like before”he added before ruling out the prospect of spending a few games on the sidelines to recover. “I played well when I was in pain, so it will be fine”.
Less effective for two weeks
De’Aaron Fox has indeed had a few good nights with three games with more than 30 points and more than 20 points and 5 assists on average over the last month of competition. But the curve begins to bend since he only shoots at 38.2% shooting success, 28.6% from 3-pointers for seven games.
The point guard was thus limited to 15 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a loss against the Bucks on Wednesday at Fiserv Forum. With a poor 5/16 shooting including 1/6 from 3-pointers. What could also be a game-changer is that his thumb injury worsened in this game. Will De’Aaron Fox be able to grit his teeth? In any case, this is what Mike Brown hopes, well aware of the contribution of his playmaker despite his physical glitches.
“He’s been very good for us the last three games, setting the tone defensively, in particular. He can score. I don’t worry about him scoring baskets. I just want him to continue setting the tone from the start of the game defensively.”Slipped the Kings coach.
| De’Aaron Fox | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | BAG | 73 | 28 | 41.2 | 30.7 | 72.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 11.6 |
| 2018-19 | BAG | 81 | 31 | 45.8 | 37.1 | 72.7 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 17.3 |
| 2019-20 | BAG | 51 | 32 | 48.0 | 29.2 | 70.5 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 21.1 |
| 2020-21 | BAG | 58 | 35 | 47.7 | 32.2 | 71.9 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 25.2 |
| 2021-22 | BAG | 59 | 35 | 47.3 | 29.7 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 23.2 |
| 2022-23 | BAG | 22 | 32 | 50.7 | 36.6 | 82.6 | 0.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 22.8 |
| Total | 344 | 32 | 46.5 | 32.4 | 73.1 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 19.3 | |
