People in the Houston suburb of Katy, Texas, aren't surprised that there is a lot of buzz surrounding De'Aaron Fox heading into Thursday's NBA draft.
They have been experiencing such hoopla since Fox was dominating varsity competition as an attack-minded freshman at Cypress Lakes High School.
So, folks in the southeast part of Texas weren't amazed when the Kentucky point guard scored 39 points in an 86-75 victory over UCLA in an NCAA Sweet 16 game in March. That's the night that Fox destroyed UCLA point guard Lonzo Ball and momentarily quieted Ball's outspoken father, LaVar.
"They would be crazy not to" draft Fox, Cypress Lakes athletic director and football coach Ronald Patton said of the 76ers.