The Spurs’ biggest offseason upgrade isn’t coming from the draft, free agency, or a trade. It’s the time De’Aaron Fox and Victor Wembanyama are finally getting together on the floor.
That was the missing piece all along. Fox arrived in San Antonio and immediately talked like a man already seeing the finish line, saying in his exit interview in April 2025, “We will be the best pick-and-roll combo in the league,”
The problem was simple: the two stars never really got the chance to build that kind of connection. Not with the injuries that kept interrupting everything.
Fox didn’t get much time to start working with Wembanyama until November 8, two weeks into the season. Wembanyama had already been sidelined by the blood clot five games after Fox got there. Then Fox’s season was derailed by surgery to repair his busted shooting hand, and after he came back from that, a hamstring sprain kept him from doing real work with his teammates.
Stephon Castle made the situation pretty clear after Fox’s first game back. “We’ve been waiting for Fox to get back, really all summer,” Castle said.
That helps explain why San Antonio leaned on its second-year playmaker to run the offense, even as fans wondered early on about all the turnovers from the younger half of Area 51. The Spurs were basically asking him to carry the load because he had the most consistent runway through the offseason and training camp.
Now, though, Fox and Wembanyama finally have the chance to do what elite duos are supposed to do: spend empty-gym hours building timing, trust, and rhythm. That’s the part the Spurs never had before.
And that’s what makes this so intriguing. San Antonio was already dangerous without that chemistry fully in place.
The offense was so potent it nearly produced a historic eight players averaging double figures. With more polished pick-and-roll timing, quicker decisions, better late-game execution, and the trust that comes from real reps, the next step could be even louder.
This is the version of the Spurs fans pictured from the start: a pick-your-poison attack built around Fox’s speed and Wembanyama’s freakish everything. If it turns into the nightmare matchup it can be, it won’t happen by accident. It’ll be because they finally got the offseason they never had before.
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