One of the NBA’s most prominent stars has spoken up in defense of De’Aaron Fox’s exclusion from the NBA All-Star Game.
Speaking to reporters during All-Star Weekend, Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker shared that there is a Kentucky player missing from seven that will feature on the All-Star Game squads.
And there shouldn’t be a surprise to Booker’s analysis.
How many of us is it?” Booker asked reporters. “Six? Seven? [It] should be eight. De’Aaron should be here too.”
Despite the Kings being a playoff-contending team all season long, Team West All-Stars will not feature a single Sacramento player after Fox and Domantas Sabonis were left off the starters and reserve lists altogether.
Categorized by many as a “snub,” Fox headed into the All-Star break averaging 26.8 points from the floor while adding 5.5 assists and 4.1 rebounds, leading Sacramento – alongside Sabonis – to 31 wins and the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference standings.
