De’Aaron Fox is used to covering a lot of ground in a very short period of time. In a sprint, his Kings teammates are advised to run the other way. His afterburners already have left blisters on a few of his NBA contemporaries, including 7-foot rim protectors who know he’s coming, but are too slow to react.
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“I’m a quick study,” Fox said before the Rising Stars game Friday night at Staples Center.
Too true. And that’s part of what makes the rookie point guard’s inaugural season so intriguing. Two months into his career, or right about the time he turned 20, Fox picked up the pace, accelerated the learning curve, began to resemble the player the Kings envisioned when they drafted him fifth overall out of Kentucky.