Brown challenges Kings star Fox to unleash fire on his own

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Brown challenges Kings star Fox to unleash fire on his own originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Dillon Brooks and the Houston Rockets unleashed the beast within De’Aaron Fox on Tuesday night, and the NBA world — including his Kings coach Mike Brown — wants to see more of it.

Brown is now challenging Fox to unlock that fire on his own.

“I love it. But I’m going to challenge you, De’Aaron Fox. You got to figure out how to get to that level without having somebody piss you off,” Brown told reporters after practice Wednesday (h/t Sactown Sports’ Brenden Nunes). “Because you’re a great player, and great players get to that level on their own, whether it’s finding somebody to piss them off or finding something else.

“Maybe there’s a 5-year-old kid who has an opposing player’s jersey on and not yours — that should piss you off.”

Mike Brown’s message to De’Aaron Fox:

“You’ve got to figure out how to get to that level without having somebody piss you off because you’re a great player and great players get to that level on their own.”

“Maybe there’s a five year old kid that has an opponents jersey on and… pic.twitter.com/93YfRRo77h

— Brenden Nunes (@BrendenNunesNBA) December 4, 2024

It wasn’t a 5-year-old who triggered Fox during Sacramento’s thrilling 120-111 victory over Houston earlier this week, but rather a second-quarter skirmish with Brooks and Jabari Smith Jr.

Brooks was up to his usual gimmicks, first trying to annoy Kings star center Domantas Sabonis but failed. Fox and fellow Kings guard Malik Monk stepped in, though, and exchanged words with the pair of Rockets before all players had to be separated and directed to their respective benches.

The scuffle resulted in technical fouls assessed to Monk, Smith Jr. and Brooks.

After the game, Fox shared several cryptic messages in response to whether the incident — and others like it — ignite something within him.

“You say something to me, come along for the ride,” Fox said.

In Tuesday’s win, Fox finished with 22 points on 9-of-19 shooting from the field and 4 of 6 from 3-point range, adding six rebounds, seven assists, three steals and one…

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Publish date : 2024-12-05 19:26:00

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