{"id":6634,"date":"2023-01-11T19:44:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T19:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/deaaron-fox-deserves-an-nba-all-star-magic-johnson-isiah-thomas-believe\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T19:44:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T19:44:53","slug":"deaaron-fox-deserves-an-nba-all-star-magic-johnson-isiah-thomas-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/deaaron-fox-deserves-an-nba-all-star-magic-johnson-isiah-thomas-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"De&#8217;Aaron Fox deserves an NBA All-Star, Magic Johnson, Isiah Thomas believe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kings star guard De&#8217;Aaron Fox is adamant about becoming the first NBA All-Star of the season, but his efforts aren&#8217;t justified in the first round of fan voting. <\/p>\n<p>Sacramento kicked off an All-Star campaign this season for Fox and partner-in-crime star center Domantas Sabonis. <\/p>\n<p>But while NBA fans outside of Sactown don&#8217;t really love dynamic duos, the big names across the league do. <\/p>\n<p>Basketball fans are enjoying a season filled with rising stars and historic players like Luka Doncic and Donovan Mitchell, but Isaiah Thomas is skeptical about who will make his first All-Star appearance in February. I have an idea. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Fox is averaging 23.8 points, 50.2% shooting from the field, 4.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists in 36 games so far this season. Needless to say, he was Mr. Crutch for the Kings in a season with too many real games. <\/p>\n<p>According to KingsMuse, as of Tuesday, the Foxes lead the league in clutch shot and clutch field goal percentage and are second in total clutch points. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-link embed-tw\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">De&#8217;Aaron Fox is by far the most clutch player in the NBA. <\/p>\n<p>#1 for clutch buckets<br \/>\u25a0 Clutch FG rate 1st place<br \/>Clutch point 2nd place<\/p>\n<p>That De&#8217;Aaron only got 13% of the media votes for Clutch Player of the Year deserves a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014KingsMuse (@kings_muse) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kings_muse\/status\/1612920088767926273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 10, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fox&#8217;s dominance on the floor also caught the attention of Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. He loudly vouched for Fox&#8217;s All-Star campaign on Twitter. <\/p>\n<p><!-- Ad Slot --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-link embed-tw\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Two point guards to talk about in the All-Star Game are De&#8217;Aaron Fox (24 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists) and Jalen Brunson (22 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists). As of today, both players have teams in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ervin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MagicJohnson\/status\/1613174022761496576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 11, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former NBA champion and current NBA analyst for NBC Sports California and ESPN, Matt Barnes, is using his platform to help bring a little more love and attention to the Kings on a national level. He recently threw the names of Fox and Sabonis on ESPN&#8217;s NBA Today, wondering why their names weren&#8217;t mentioned in the initial results of the All-Star fan poll. <\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-link embed-tw\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">&#8220;Why can&#8217;t you see [Domantas] Sabonis \/ [De&#8217;Aaron] Fox also said&#8230;Sacramento has been in the ditch for a long time, but they&#8217;ve brought talent there.  &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Matt Barnes on the first return of the NBA All-Star voting.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@ESPNNBA<\/a>)<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWEJyQiheH\">pic.twitter.com\/bWEJyQiheH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clutch Points (@ClutchPointsApp) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPointsApp\/status\/1611111744382062598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">January 5, 2023<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>People are trying to do their part and spread the word, but Fox is only focused on one thing: making the playoffs for the first time in 16 seasons. <\/p>\n<h5>Related: Splash!Kings break his franchise&#8217;s 3-point record in Victory vs. Magic<\/h5>\n<p>NBC Sports California Kings pre\/post game live host Morgan Reagan after the Kings&#8217; 117-115 victory over the Utah Jazz in the fourth quarter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-timestamp=\"1673465825\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/momoragan\/status\/1610739174780600321\" target=\"_blank\">Asked Fox if he was going back to Utah<\/a> for the All-Star Game. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve always talked about it. I just want to win games,&#8221; Fox said on &#8220;Kings Post Game Live.&#8221; I want to do whatever I have to do. If I can do it and I can be on the All-Star team, so be it. <\/p>\n<p>Sounds like an All-Star midset, but we&#8217;ll have to wait and see. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script><\/p>\n<p>!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)<\/p>\n<p>{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?<\/p>\n<p>n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};<\/p>\n<p>if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';<\/p>\n<p>n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;<\/p>\n<p>t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];<\/p>\n<p>s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',<\/p>\n<p>'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>function getCookie(cname) {\n    let name = cname + \"=\";\n    let decodedCookie = decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);\n    let ca = decodedCookie.split(';');\n    for (let i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {\n        let c = ca[i];\n        while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {\n            c = c.substring(1);\n        }\n        if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {\n            return c.substring(name.length, c.length);\n        }\n    }\n    return \"\";\n}\n\n\n  if (getCookie('usprivacy') === '1YYN') {\n    fbq('dataProcessingOptions', ['LDU'], 0, 0);\n  }\n  \n\nfbq('init', '674090812743125');\n\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/__i\/rss\/rd\/articles\/CBMicWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5iY3Nwb3J0cy5jb20vYmF5YXJlYS9raW5ncy9kZWFhcm9uLWZveC1kZXNlcnZlcy1uYmEtYWxsLXN0YXItbm9kLW1hZ2ljLWpvaG5zb24taXNhaWFoLXRob21hcy1iZWxpZXZl0gF1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmJjc3BvcnRzLmNvbS9iYXlhcmVhL2tpbmdzL2RlYWFyb24tZm94LWRlc2VydmVzLW5iYS1hbGwtc3Rhci1ub2QtbWFnaWMtam9obnNvbi1pc2FpYWgtdGhvbWFzLWJlbGlldmU_YW1w?oc=5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Kings star guard De&#8217;Aaron Fox is adamant about becoming the first NBA All-Star of the season, but his efforts aren&#8217;t justified in the first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","two-columns"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/deaaron-fox-return-GETTY.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}