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De'Aaron Fox Arrives Healthy and Backing Three-Guard Plan for Spurs

Fox’s readiness and public support for a shared backcourt puts pressure on the Spurs to use preseason minutes to lock down roles around Victor Wembanyama.

Overview

  • Fox said he has a “gift in being able to move on” as he reports to his first fully healthy Spurs training camp since joining the team.
  • The Spurs' Finals loss to the New York Knicks ended in five games and featured a pivotal Game 4 moment when OG Anunoby blocked Fox’s drive and tipped in the go-ahead basket.
  • Fox arrives under a four-year, roughly $223 million extension and after a second All-Star season in which he averaged 18.6 points and acted as a veteran leader.
  • Coach Mitch Johnson praised Fox’s balance of leadership and scoring ability, and Fox publicly endorsed the coaching plan to play him with Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper.
  • The team will use preseason and early regular-season minutes to finalize starting lineups and rotations, a process that will determine how minutes are divided among the three guards and around Wembanyama.