De’Aaron Fox may not have needed a coming out party for NBA fans, but he threw one on Saturday anyway — 38 points and he was the best player on the floor against Stephen Curry and the defending champs, lighting the bean in a Kings’ Game 1 win.
However, maybe more impressive is that Fox racked up those numbers while guarding Stephen Curry for long stretches. Curry still finished with 30 points and was 6-of-14 from 3, but he had to work for those buckets. After the game, Fox was asked about guarding the reigning Finals MVP.
De'Aaron admits that guarding Steph is no joke 😂 pic.twitter.com/g555VvxeHj
— Kings on NBCS (@NBCSKings) April 16, 2023
Fox is referencing J.R. Smith on J.J. Redicks’ brilliant “Old Man and the 3" podcast where Smith showers Delly — Matthew Dellavedova — with praise for his coverage of Curry in the Finals. “Delly almost died guarding Steph Curry. No, literally almost died.”
Shoutout to @matthewdelly.
— TheOldMan&TheThree (@OldManAndThree) April 13, 2023
Watch the full episode with @TheRealJRSmith, @jj_redick, and @talter: https://t.co/GTa1GOmKTq pic.twitter.com/wNj7mZq0lW
You heard Fox, that s*** real.
So is Fox.
If he has three more games in him this series like the last one, the most popular lower-seed pick on the board in the first round will go to the higher-seed Kings.
