De’Aaron Fox on players-only meeting & optimistic play vs. Chicago

De’Aaron Fox on players-only meeting & optimistic play vs. Chicago

I feel better I was able to go through practice today so optimistic about tomorrow for sure you say what I say optimistic about tomorrow for sure uh we’ll do the whole practice today so yeah how um I know you had something similar to those on before

I mean they restricted any way no no they’re just pads and I don’t like really seeing the pads so I put long tights I mean it’s been a while since I wore tights like longer tights but that’s just because I don’t feel like taking them off after the game you’re

All sweaty and wet it didn’t feel like doing it anymore with with the the knee has it been pain tolerance are they worri swolling at all uh it was swolling a bit but um it’s like if I if I was standing for a period

Of time and it’ll be hard to sit down I was sitting down for a period of time then when I stood up it was like sore so um I mean it was pain tolerance but also it’s I be smart if I can’t go out there

And help my team then um know there I would to play is it a bone bruise is it a deep thigh bruise what do you got oh I think it’s a bone bruise I we in an MRI also don’t like sitting in an MRI machine for hour so um but I

Mean that wouldn’t have changed our course of action as far as treatment was concerned so uh I didn’t really feel the need to do it how did you feel like Keon did stepping in and playing for you that night I think it was great I mean I

Think he did uh what all what we all expect him to do go in especially on the defensive end be disruptive um being able to pick up guys full court I think he was great out there last game you guys had a player’s only meeting just I

Don’t we don’t want you to know what was said but just how good are those things to actually air some differences and kind of get on the same page oh it’s great I mean I think if you’ve ever been a player of any kind of sport you’ve

Been around some guys who um I guess don’t talk openly when there are coaches around like when you were a kid when you’re high school you’re College uh we’ve had guys that you know kind of don’t want to say anything when when coaches are around and I think that’s

What’s good about players meeting cuz uh nothing has to leave uh the meeting obviously whenever we’re back with coaches whatever our main point is we let them know what it is and at the end of the day when you’re a team you’re organization uh you have to have you

Know a middle ground obviously there are some things that you want to do that coach don’t want to do or uh coaches want to do that you don’t want to do and you have to find that middle ground and then you know everybody talks to each other communicates uh we go out there

And make it work were you one of those kids no no I’ve I’ve never been I don’t if you ever seen me argue with a coach I mean I’ve never really been that type of person but if I see something I I let I let Mike know i’ let Jordan know L Luke

Know so um rather if it’s calling a play what I see what we need to do defensively uh whatever you know scheme running at the time I let them know whatever I see whose idea was it to have the meeting uh Trey actually initiated it first

Um and you know I told him I would back him and uh guys got in guys talked and I think uh we definitely answered we definitely answered well after that Dem gameat the top in the NBA plus your conference so far that did kind of give you guys some motivation and I think

You’re seven of those games that y have wi one of them without you that kind of give you guys motivation two without me we be do without me too so uh but I mean you know we always talk about this as far as our consistency but also that any

Team can be any team in this league and obviously we need to be a more consistent team if we you know win some of the games that we’re supposed to win we’re probably in an entirely different spot right now so um for us it’s we go out there obviously

Schemes and things can be different based on matchups but you know our effort about executing whatever steam we’re running can’t change on a night to night basis how brutal is the next next couple of games especially here I mean this is big you you need to be able to defend home court obviously

And uh right now we’re fighting for playoff positioning or trying to get out of the play in and things of that sort so every single game at this point is is a good game for us circumstances did it feel like a landmark win for you this

Season I mean I think it was definitely big uh obviously going into we just played in two two of the toughest places to play two of the best teams in the league um one we didn’t we didn’t play well and then you were able to answer

Cuz you know it could be a Snowball Effect and you can go on a two- game Road Trip and get beat by 40 both games so um I definitely like the way that we played from start to finish last game Malik Malik obviously was big in that game is there anything that surprises

You at this point in the way he’s able to get a bucket no not at all not at all he’s been a score his whole life uh and I think we’ve we’ve seen it on all levels so uh I don’t think it’s just it’s should surprised anybody anymore

How important is it to have his like scoring and playmaking Off the Bench it’s big I mean especially if you know if I’m not playing or if I am playing and um obviously if we don’t have it going if we do have it going he still provides a spark no matter uh what’s

Going on in the game yeah what do you think it says about the resiliency of your group you see guys likeon Davon step up against Minnesota and kind of figure out ways to get their absence it’s big it’s always a next-man of mentality in this leag guys are out you

Know there’s there’s still no excuse to go out there um and and guys are ready guys guys stay ready and obviously last year we didn’t really deal with much injury but uh we’ve had some guys in this time and we’ve had guys like like you said Keon DAV stepped up Kesler in

His minutes uh whenever Chris is out there we’ve had guys Step Up on thanks everyone appreciate

Kings PG De’Aaron Fox talks about the win over Minnesota, the players-only meeting and he’s optimistic he’ll play vs. Chicago.

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