White hat on the head and small black jacket, De'aron fox -Perfectly primed-seemed mainly rested, the day after the All-Star Break. A cut of a few visibly beneficial days for the native of New Orleans (Louisiana), who spent a few days in Houston-where he already had a foot on the ground. “I didn't think about anything, not even to move, I have lived so many things for several weeks”blows the 27 -year -old, who passed from Kings to Spurs on February 5.
In one of the luxurious “Four Season Hotel” where Spurs stay for their two “home” meetings relocated to the Texan capital, Austin, the former Kings leader also expressed his ” excitement “ And his impatience to play Moody Center, the lair of the Texas Longhorns in NCAA.
Faced with the Suns and Pistons in “back-to-back”, he hopes to warm the hearts of fans of San Antonio, while Texas has been experiencing a freezing cold for a few days.
Above all, the 5th choice of Draft 2017 is determined to help the Spurs in their reconstruction project.
“I wanted to come here because this group has a lot of potential and will certainly be able to do great things in this league”,, he claims. This context where expectations are very high, the former high school student of Cypress Lakes High in Katy (Texas) has already known him when he arrived at the University. “When you get involved in Kentucky, you expect to win a title each year, even if more than half of our major five was 18 years old. So as soon as I got to the NBA, one of the most important things for me was to participate in the playoffs ”. A goal he will reach at the end of his sixth season with the Kings, in 2022/23.
For Kevin Durant ,'aron Fox is “a problem”
In the hollow of the wave since the beginning of 2025 with 6 victories in 19 games, and now deprived of “Wemby”, the Spurs have experienced a complicated “Rodeo Road Trip” with two defeats in the “back-to- Back »at the Magic and the Hornets.
“When Mike Brown was still coaching the Kings, he told us that we had to win the” game possession “(the fight of possession), avoiding the losses of bullets and scratching offensive rebounds, to give himself a good chance of win. And on our first games, we managed to thwart the plan of our opponents. With the athletic qualities and the size of the players, I felt that we were able to fly everywhere in defense. Obviously, having a player like Victor Wembanyama in defense gives us some comfort because we can try an interception, knowing that there are other players in defense behind. We do a better job recently on this point but we have to be more consistent and we win these “game possession” “.
Precious in its first five games with the Spurs (21.6 points at 50 % success in shots, 7.8 assists, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 interception in 22 minutes), de'Aaron Fox thus realizes the beginnings promising with San Antonio.
“You put it in any team, it will be a problem for its opponents”said Kevin during, Wednesday, at the end of the training, which estimates that the Spurs “Will be a big team in the future”. “De'Aaron is a world renowned player, an All-Star who can do everything in attack on a field: pass the ball, be athletic, shoot 3-point … You just have to succeed in creating cohesion. »»
From our special envoy to Austin (Texas).
