De'Aaron Fox discusses how the Haliburton-Sabonis trade motivated him. His three-point shooting jumped to 38% after Sabonis arrived, thanks to the big man's passing from everywhere on the court. Fox describes the chemistry and how having shooters around Sabonis makes the Kings more competitive.
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What's up everybody? It's Draymond Green. Make sure you subscribe to the Volumes YouTube channel below so you don't miss any more of this great content going forward. At the deadline last year, you guys made a few trades, but obviously the big one being bringing in Sabonis. And I think, you know, that was a great value add for you guys with just what he brings to the table on a nightly basis. I think it's incredible. And like I said, still a fairly young guy.
Yeah.
What did that trade, what did that message send to you as the franchise guard? And also what were y'all able to find, like chemistry amongst you two towards those last couple months of the season that y'all got to play together?
Yeah, I mean, when the trade happened, obviously everybody's talking about, you know, the me and Tyrese dynamic, you know, who's picking, blah, blah, blah. And when the trade happened, for one, he told me, and I was like, "Yo, you lying." Like, "Yo, they didn't trade you." And then Woj tweeted like 2 minutes later. I'm like, "Wow, we really did that." But obviously seeing that we got Domas back, I'm like, every time we done matched up with bro, he's 20 and 20, 20 and 15 every time we played him. So I'm like, I'm excited to play with him. But for me, just playing with somebody, and hell, Steph could probably, Steph and Klay can attribute that to playing with you. Having a big that can pass the ball, the way that y'all pass the ball, is it opens up the world. And I mean, I was shooting like 38% from 3 since we got him. So he's just helped expand my game tremendously. And having a big like that and then getting shooters around him, I think it makes our team so much better.
And it's—
Absolutely. It's fun playing with guys that can pass the ball like that. Pass the ball outta the high post, pass it outta the low post, pass it out the top of the key. He can grab a rebound and go. Like, ask Steph or anybody, man, they have fun playing with people like that.
Absolutely, no doubt, man, definitely. And I think, you know, I wanna ask a question also along the same lines of the trade. What message did it send to you from the organization that they decided to trade Tyrese? 'Cause I know there was, you know, once they drafted Tyrese, there was like this thing of like, oh, are they, planning for Tyrese to be their franchise point guard moving forward. Like, how does this work? And then a year into him being there, or a year and a half or whatever it was, he gets traded. And in my opinion, I think that sends a clear-cut message. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
For me, it's like, man, for me, it's like, yo, they believe in me. But two, it's like, motherfucker, we just traded somebody who can be a franchise point guard either here or somewhere else. So you better get on your shit and you better start winning. Like, so it's like, does it add pressure? Yeah, a little bit. But at the end of the day, I've been trying to, you know, get us into the playoffs for years. So it's a little added pressure ain't never hurt nobody. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
