NBA Positional Rankings: Top 10 point guards entering 2021-22

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NBA Sacramento Kings De’Aaron Fox (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /

No. 8: De’Aaron Fox, Sacramento Kings

2020-21 Stats: 25.2 PPG/3.5 RPG/7.2 APG/1.5 SPG/.477/.322/.719

I gotta say, man, the Sacramento Kings make me feel bad. It is just not a fun organizational atmosphere right now. Richaun Holmes re-signing for cheap was cool. Davion Mitchell is gonna be like the third straight good shooting guard that the Kings have drafted, which means SOMETHING but I truly have no idea what. Oh, and they got the Fox.

Hoooooo boy. De’Aaron Fox is developing like crazy, man. After averaging 20+ points for the first time of his career last season, he averaged 25+ this year. His effective field goal percentage (accounts for the fact the 3’s are worth one more point than 2s) has gone up in each of those seasons too. The 3-point percentage is still middling, but that’s been one of the only holes in his game.

In normal Sacramento years, it would be the roster failing the star talent (I miss Sactown Boogie). In this case, though, the roster is solid. Fox/Tyrese Haliburton/Buddy Hield/Harrison Barnes/Richaun Holmes is a fivesome that should have challenged for the play-in at least. And to be fair, they did run into some injury issues during the season. It is also partially on probably the worst coach in the NBA (although some of these new hires are prime for the designation), failing to do anything with his talent.

Unless a Simmons trade is on the horizon, the Kings are pretty much running it back this year. And that’s not good enough in this Western Conference. Expect another wasted year of Fox’s early prime.