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‘He can dominate’: De’Aaron Fox has something other rookies lack, Kenny Smith says

The 2017 NBA draft featured several point guards selected early, including the Kings’ De’Aaron Fox, who was selected fifth.

Fox has a gift others in his class lack, and it’s helping him adjust to the NBA, said Kenny Smith at a media session for TNT’s Inside the NBA analysts on Thursday.

“He has a gear that none of them have,” Smith said. “So he can dominate a game a little bit easier because he’s physically faster than guys, where he doesn’t always have to say I’ve got to put (the ball) between my legs, behind my back.