Overview
- San Antonio opened the look by starting De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper with Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama in a preseason win over the Phoenix Suns, and the unit started slowly before finding rhythm.
- The lineup managed only three points in the first five minutes while shooting 1-of-10, but the starters recovered and the team finished the game with a 123-103 victory.
- Victor Wembanyama led the group with 19 points and four blocks, Stephon Castle scored 18 with an efficient late-game free-throw stretch, Fox added playmaking and Harper contributed nine points and six rebounds in limited minutes.
- Wembanyama publicly defended the experiment as a fixable start and expressed confidence the look can work, while coaches have not finalized rotations and will keep evaluating personnel and minutes.
- Role tension between Harper and Fox, Fox’s large contract and Tobias Harris’s calf issue complicate quick decisions, so the Spurs will watch early regular-season minutes and Harris’s health to set the final rotation.