De’Aaron Fox on Kings recent play & being named as Team USA finalist

De’Aaron Fox on Kings recent play & being named as Team USA finalist

Uh definitely definitely um how uh how do you feel like I saw obviously the news yesterday with the Olympic team being part of that pool what does that mean to you uh I mean it’s an honor to be able to represent my country I mean

Uh I talked to Grant a little bit so um I was I was already in the loop and uh obviously I want to continue to focus on what we’re doing right now but uh it’s definitely an honor to be uh be able to be mentioned with a lot of those players

Who have um already won gold medals being a part of that before does this feel like it might at a better time in your career uh definitely and uh obviously um it’s FEA fee was a bit different for for the US than it is you know viewed

Around the world but uh just being able to be in that conention to be in the Olympics which is something that um obviously America takes a lot more seriously than other things uh is definitely an honor for sure obviously NBA’s a goal growing up but but do you

Kind of think about the the Olympic team and and playing on that that level as a a kid too yeah definitely uh you know watching for us you know people my age being able to watch the redeemed team um definitely has me definitely puts memories in your head and um for me

Obviously the way that like someone like Melo played in the Olympics and and what he did I think uh our lasting memories so uh being able to be in that position is definitely an honor and a blessing you started out really hot this year and

Have kind of just slowed down a bit but how difficult is it to sustain just that level that you were at at the beginning of the year I mean I think consistency is always that word so um you know you want to be as consistent just knowing

That you go through slumps is is human and normal but just trying to be able to get to that level of play while also winning games is definitely a goal where do you feel like you guys have been at as as a team recently um like I said

Before we have to be able to finish games I think um the road trip we could have easily gone you know 4- one but you come back going two and three isn’t something that you want to do but we we handed a couple games away um just not

Being able to protect home court uh like like we wanted to and like we did before we went on that road trip is something that we have to be better at the stretch that domas is showing I mean I know you guys talk about him all the time but in

Terms of maybe not getting the love he he needs but the numbers itself is it kind of blow you away would he even be able to do you have like a idea of what he is and then he maybe even go to a next level with some of these triple

Doubles and double doubles yeah I mean like we said before uh those are things that he does on a normal basis and um uh you know we don’t want to necessarily get used to it or get numb to it but um he’s going out there he’s

Doing what we expect him to do uh and if people you know aren’t taking notice of that that’s on them you guys had some really strong defensive moments against Atlanta we saw some of the flashes too against Phoenix how how close do you think you guys are maybe to turning the

Corner like what’s it going to take for you guys to do it consistently we just got to be able to put complete games together uh I mean most of the Phoenix game we were we were great outside of the last you know seven minutes and then um mostly the Atlanta game especially in

The first half we were great and uh we had some lapses in the second half so we have to just be able to put a complete game together that last game I mean we saw a couple things that might have been a little different this might be more of

A question for Mike but is that kind of what you expect rotationally situationally from this team oh I have no idea I have no idea Keegan’s been taking a lot more mid-ranges this year just how do you feel like he’s been there and how important is that for the

Long-term development of his game yeah I mean whenever you get the get the reputation of being shooter obviously they try to run you off the line and um he’s been taking that and and turning it into more of a strength not just being uh someone who Rovers around the

Three-point line do you think he has a enough of a bag to kind of get to a shot right now or yeah he definitely does I mean and then being you know 68 makes it tough for people to block a shot or even contest it so um if he has that

Confidence in being able to get to a spot I feel like that makes the game a whole lot easier for him did you give him about being sorry stuff about being about not being able to finish the best on the team uh last year I hell I

Haven’t finished this year so I I don’t even know what they what the numbers look like yeah Darren you’ve always been really good with us in the media was your your your recent like media silence frustration with the media directly no no was it was it and if you don’t mind

Me trying to pinpoint it was it like was there misom no you just don’t want to comment at all okay you know with the trait deadline coming up obviously there a lot of distractions and whatnot what do you guys as a team you know doing just to block out all of that stay

Focused stay the course and continue doing what you guys are doing honestly the other day I just found out that it was two weeks away so I had no idea how close it was so uh but no I mean you be a professional you come in here you do

Your job uh you leave and you can read all the stuff that you want who cares uh but whenever you come in here you worry about the guys who are in here thanks sir

Sacramento Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox talks about the honor of being named as a Team USA finalist, the Kings recent play, how they looked vs. Atlanta, the upcoming road trip and Keegan Murray’s midrange game.

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