De'Aaron Fox recently withdrew from Team USA to focus on the upcoming season and bringing the Sacramento Kings to the playoffs, a sign he's hoping to change the course of the organization.
Naturally, the 6-foot-5 point man isn't planning to just stand and watch before taking his chance to take a crack at a big market, rather enjoying being one of the pillars of how his franchise is rapidly becoming a team to watch out for:
“I don’t crave to be in a big market,” Fox told Corban Goble of ONE37pm. “After last season, there was a buzz in Sacramento. Everyone in Sacramento is a Kings fan. If we start making the playoffs, or if we become a championship contender, the entire city is going to go nuts. That’s the difference between a big market and a small one.”
There is a different scope when being in a smaller market compared to a large market. There is hope instead of expectation, there is joy instead of relief, and there is rabid fan support instead of overwhelming pressure to come out a winner. It's those factors that make it appealing for Fox to change the face of the franchise instead of being one of many cogs tasked with keeping a team in contention.
Fox and backcourt partner Buddy Hield have had a huge part in how Sacramento is inching close to the playoffs in a loaded Western Conference. A full year of Harrison Barnes and the development of Marvin Bagley III should help this team steer much closer this upcoming season and surprise a lot of other teams that looked past the Kings in years past.
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