After Sabonis Jr., the boss of another team will also be put on the shelves.
Although at the beginning of the season, the Kings management still had hopes for Fox, but as the schedule deepened, their patience has been worn out little by little, and the firing of Luke Wharton is the best proof, in addition, they are also trying to communicate with the 76ers to discuss the possibility of trading Ben Simmons, and the main chip is Darlon Fox, obviously, the little fox is no longer a non-sale of Sasco.
Look at Fox's performance today, no three-pointers, no organization, no defense, almost no help to the team, can only find a sense of presence in the low-end game, 7 games so far in the season 30+, 5 of which have been won by opponents with less than 50% winning percentage.
No three points
Since Fox entered the league, the outside world has predicted that the three-point shot will be the key to Fox's ceiling, and now it seems that this is true, so far this season, his shooting rate outside the three-point line is only 25.3%, a large number of offenses are all ended by shooting, in the small-ball era, this is a very inefficient way of attacking, of course, the league also has no shortage of stars who survive by shooting, such as Paul, Durant, DeRozan, etc., but their shooting rate is extremely high, all above 50%, Durant's long two points are even as high as 57.4%. Fox, on the other hand, is only 44%.
So, don't look at Fox can still average 20.9 points per game, but the actual efficiency is not high, the true shooting rate is only 53.1%, ranking fifth from the bottom among all players in the league who use at least 27%.
inorganization
Fox is an attacking guard with scoring as the first choice, although he can also deliver 5.0 assists in one game, but to connect the whole team to attack, he is still too far away, not only the assist rate (23.8%) is not high, the assist rate (18.5%) is also very low, The assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8) is ranked outside the league's 140th, and in the case of equal usage, his organizational tandem ability is even inferior to the Thunder's Shay Gilgers Alexander, the Pelicans' Ingram, and even the 76ers' Embiid.
No defense
Fox on the defensive end is completely the existence of a cash machine, and there is no defensive effect at all, whether it is the inside line or the outside line, in the area of less than 6 feet, the opponent will increase the shooting rate by 6% under his defense, and outside the three-point line, the opponent's shooting rate will also increase from 34.9% to 36.1%.
The data shows that when Fox is on the floor, the Kings have a net loss of 4.9 points per 100 possessions, and when he is not present, the Kings have a net loss of 1.2 points per 100 rounds.
Fox is a double-edged sword, he can improve the team's attack, but also can reduce the defense, but if you kill a thousand enemies, self-damage eight hundred, the king can also endure, but now, the personal offensive ineffective Fox, is completely to kill a thousand, self-inflicted damage of one thousand and two.
For comparison, let's look at his deputy, Terrys Halliburton, who, although only 21 years old and a second-year student, is much more efficient than Fox on both ends of the board.
On the offensive end, Halliburton's efficiency in almost all scoring means is higher than Fox's.
Singles: Fox 0.98 points per game, Halliburton 1.31 points per game
Blocking offense: Fox 0.90 points per game, Halliburton 0.89 points per game
Conversion offense: Fox 1.07 points per game, Halliburton 1.20 points per game
Fixed-point shots: Fox 0.92 points per game, Halliburton 1.13 points per game
Organizationally, Halliburton sent 7.1 assists at a rate of only 17.1%, with an assist rate of more than 30% and an assist rate of 33.8%, ranking 13th in the league, while in terms of control errors, Halliburton also did quite well, with assists and turnovers as high as 3.2, better than star defenders such as Lowry and Lillard;
As for defense, although this is not Harry Burton's strength, under his defense, the opponent's shooting rate will rise by 4.1%, but on the three-point line, Halliburton can still play a certain defensive role, so that the opponent's shooting rate can drop from 35.3% to 32.3%;
That's why many Kings fans want management to help Harry Burton right.
Of course, the Kings still have many reasons to continue to trust Fox, after all, Haliburton now looks more like Brogdon's type of team point guard, and it is uncertain whether he will develop a stable ball-holding offensive skill in the future, and at this stage, only Fox can take on this responsibility, although he is not very efficient.