De’Aaron Fox of course took the high road when asked about Lonzo Ball sitting due to an apparent groin injury last night in the NBA Summer League.
He also said his twitter was “hacked” when he twitted the facepalm emoji.
“He’s a competitor,” Fox said of Ball after the Lakers held off the Kings to win 95-92. “If he’s hurt, like people say, it’s summer league, don’t risk it. When I tweaked my ankle [in the third quarter], Coach took me out and said the same thing.
“No one is ducking anybody at the end of the day.”
A third meeting between Ball and Fox was supposed to be the highlight of Monday’s session at the Las Vegas Summer League. Instead, Ball was held out due to a groin injury and Fox ended up sitting out most of the second half after injuring his right ankle.
Fox, who departed the game with 5:05 remaining in the third quarter and did not return, said the injury wasn’t serious.
He also insisted that a tweet he sent out with the “facepalm” emoji after the Ball injury news came out during the day was a lighthearted effort to stir up things with the media and not a dig at Ball.
“I got hacked,” Fox said before laughing. “Nah, I like to play with y’all. … I know what y’all do. It made a story, didn’t it?
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Fox is smart, but you know he knows what happened last night.
Right?
