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As of this moment, the franchise cornerstone tag has been placed on 23-year-old point guard De'Aaron Fox -- and rightfully so. Now in his fourth season in the league, the fifth overall pick of the 2017 NBA Draft has emerged as one of the most promising young players in the league.

Fox is in the midst of another breakout campaign for Sacramento. Over his first 20 games of the season, he put up averages of 22.1 points (on 47.0 percent shooting), 3.4 rebounds, 6.4 assists, and 1.3 steals, while also connecting on 1.8 triples per game on a 35.0-percent clip. Fox has also been quite durable to open the campaign.

It goes without saying that Fox's further development over the next few years will directly correlate with the Kings’ success as a franchise.

The fact that Sacramento signed Fox to a massive five-year max extension worth $163 million during the offseason proves just how much confidence they have in this young man.