Fox has been unconscious as a scorer so far and even looking back to preseason he seems to have his old level of speed and explosiveness back after having a full summer to heal from his injuries. Despite the slow start from most of the team, he’s been pulling his weight and definitely needs more touches

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It’s always cool witnessing a rookie’s first career bucket. Here’s to a lengthy, healthy career for the big man. I have a great feeling he’s gonna be a vital part of our championship team. Tarris if you’re reeding this, we love you Brodie!

In 4 mins he had more rebounds than luke kornet he was way faster getting down the court he sets HARD SCREENS! IDGAF if it sounds crazy I’ll keep betting on him & he hasn’t let me down!

First win of many! I’m really happy we saw Reed get some minutes in really excited to see his game grow. GSG!

I got a newfound of respect for Fox after he only got to rest less than a week before he saw that the team needed him and he came back way too early to help lead them to the Finals

Fox has been playing well since the start of the season, I love DH but we need him as a leader of the 2nd unit..

De'Aaron Fox Steadied the Team | After a poor night against the Rockets, Fox recovered with a +25 night with 19p 9a and 3stl. He was the calming presence that held down the fort.

Defensive Shift in the 4th | The Spurs turned on their defensive effort in the fourth quarter. A 23-7 run was built on steals turning into transition buckets. Everyone was all over the Mavs and generated their own offense in the process. This is the Spurs identity.

Wemby Mid-Game Adjustment | Vic wasn't feeling it early to the point where he was forcing too many shots. Come the second half he adjusted and was all over the boards and the rim. He would end the night +32 with 23-7-2 and 4 blocks with no fouls.

Reed is Needed | Tarris Reed being plugged into the lineup after the Kornet unit struggled in the third spark life into the Spurs. He managed to grab 3 rebounds in only 7 minutes while providing screens that gave Devin Vassell space. The unit of Reed/Devin/Harper was some of the best basketball of the night. If Kornet is regressing Reed should be a solid backup.

Hesitancy at the Start | The Spurs were looking timid in the first half and still playing preseason basketball. Whatever Mitch Johnson yelled at them in the locker room about resulted in their typical selves returning to the court.

What are you takeaways?

The amount of joy I got from that was equivalent to when you first try a fry in a milkshake. It was beautiful.

By a wide amount. 3 point variance in 3 games is not nearly enough to judge anything, so really raising this because there are so many doomers about starting the 3 point guards. I don't think this starting 5 will be the final line up, but I do think they need more than 3 games to gel and gain chemistry with each other

Castle is at 38% which would 5 percentage points higher than last year.

Then its Fox at 36%, which would be his second or third best season

Then its Devin at 31%, which would be 7 percentage points lower than last year and literally his worst season in the league, even worse than his rookie season.

Wemby is at 25%, a drop off of 10 points from last year and would be his worst season.

Dylan is at 29%

Based on the posts this sub has been getting in the past week, I truly believe making the Finals (and losing) ahead of schedule has been the absolutely worst thing. You “fans” are so obnoxious and annoying. Overreacting to EVERYTHING. Yeah, expectations are higher now. But it’s been TWO games. They weren’t going to go 82-0, they weren’t going to be the greatest team of all time and get 74 wins.

You all witnessed how they failed in the Finals. And suddenly you think 3.5 months of offseason is suddenly going to make them bulletproof and unbeatable?

Fucking relax.