Mike Brown: 'If Sabonis and Fox aren't All-Stars, shame on the whole process' / News - Basketnews.com

Kings coach Mike Brown pleads for All-Star consideration for Domantas Sabonis and De'Aaron Fox: "Hopefully, sooner than later these guys start getting the appropriate love from around the league that they deserve."

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Domantas Sabonis posted his fourth triple-double of the season to push the Sacramento Kings past the visiting Houston Rockets 139-114 on Friday night.

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Sabonis put up a career-best 16 assists to complement 19 points and a game-high 15 rebounds in Sacramento's third-straight win. He is just the 12th player in NBA history to record this statline or better, via StatMuse.

For his part, De'Aaron Fox aided the Lithuanian big man with 24 points and 5 assists.

The deadly pick-and-roll combo is the biggest contributor to the successful season of the Kings, but none of them would be in the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, according to the current results.

Fox was tenth among Western Conference guards following the second fan vote results, while Sabonis did not even make the Top 10 in the big men's department.

"If Domas and Foxy aren't All-Stars, shame on the whole process because those guys are more than deserving," Kings coach Mike Brown said of his duo. "You are talking about the guy [Sabonis] who is tied for the single-season triple-double record in the Sacramento era.

It says something. And it's not something that we are sitting in 12th place. I truly believe you have to give heavy consideration to everybody's record when it comes to voting for All-Star players."

Sabonis became the first Kings player with a 15-15-15 game (points-rebounds-assists) since Oscar Robertson on Jan. 8, 1965.

"Domas and Foxy, they are just not getting enough love. It's a shame," Brown claimed. "The triple-double he [Sabonis] had, the way he got it, I think Oscar Robertson was the only one who had a triple-double like that. To me, that's absolutely amazing. And it's not the one-off because it's not his first triple-double. So, hopefully, sooner than later these guys start getting the appropriate love from around the league that they deserve.

Start with the media because it has a lot of influence, especially the national media. They have a lot of influence on the people that they are writing to and speaking to. Hopefully, Domas and Foxy will get their due respect because they are doing it night in and night out," the head coach said.

Sacramento (23-18) is five games above .500 for the first time since 2006.

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