Can De'Aaron Fox lead the Spurs back to the playoffs?
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Let's start here with the news.
What does it actually mean for how good the Spurs will be on the court for the next couple of years?
The number one thing it means is that Victor Wembanyama is going to have a runway with a running buddy, somebody whos going to be able to run pick and roll with him.
Uh, DeAaron Fox, one of the fastest players in the league with the ball in his hands, adept at getting downhill, perennially up at the top 10 or so in the league and drives to the basket per game.
He had Chris Paul last year, Victor Wembanyama did, but at a different kind of stage in his career, not somebody who's getting into the teeth of the defense collapsed.
It drew attention.
It was all eyes on Vic.
Now there's going to be somebody else that defenses have to account for in terms of that downhill rim pressure.
That should create more opportunities.
And then for Fox, he was used to playing with Domantas Sabonis, an excellent All-NBA caliber center, but certainly nowhere near the stretch threat, right?
Somebody that can pop off the screen and then a defense has to account for him out on the perimeter.
Fox should see the widest open drive.
Lanes of his career next season playing off Victor Wembanyama.
And the hope is that inside-outside tandem, that push and pull you can put on defenses could help the Spurs get up to, you know, up near out of the bottom tier of the defenses of the offenses in the NBA, up closer to the middle of the pack or even the top 10.
And if you pair that with what they can be defensively with Victor Wembanyama on the back line, there's a chance that the Spurs could be contending for a postseason berth as soon as next year.
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