When it comes to any respective NBA draft class, there is always a budding rivalry between players at the same position. Lonzo Ball, Markelle Fultz, and De’Aaron Fox were all viewed as the top point guards in the 2017 NBA Draft, with competitive trash talk occurring throughout the process.
These guards are often compared to each other, with the media heavily critiquing the matchups between Fultz and Ball, as well as the matchups between Ball and Fox. Many immediately point to Fox’s 38-point performance that eliminated Ball and the UCLA Bruins in the NCAA Tournament, as a tipping point in Fox’s favor.