The De’Aron Fox Extension: the San Antonio agreement with the dynamic point guard is how it seems?

The San Antonio Spurs gave de’Aron Fox a complete complete extension, for a total of four years and $ 229 million, underlining their belief that the flagship guard will be able to return in the form of All-Nba while it works like the secondary star next to Victor Wembanyama.

We talk about it.

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The half -perspective half prospect

Even through the largest lens of optimism, this extension involves risks. Fox is not a long -range natural shooter, and this is a non -insignificant defect in 2025, especially when the Spurs in particular must optimize the spacing around Wembanyama.

In addition, Fox at 30% of the limit could see the decline in its commercial value in this new era of aprons, in which each dollar is squeezed to the maximum of its potential, in order to avoid being put in financial handcuffs.

There is also the age element. Fox is 27 years old, six years more than Wembanyama, which means that their long -term future as a duo could get, well, a little messed up.

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In Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo has spent years surrounded by older players in the form of Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez. In the end they aged and became less effective, leaving the dollars in a situation in which they could not replace them, given that the money was linked to them and their commercial values were decreasing within the year.

Fox still has a few years before the Spurs must worry, but it is worth remembering the example of Bucks, only for future reference.

The half -perspective half glass

While there should be some long -term concerns, from the point of view of the flexibility of the roster, with the extension of Fox, it is essential to remember that it is one of the most explosive and dynamic guards of the NBA.

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He is a 21.5 -point career marker, an athletic blur and his defensive skills were generally underestimated due to the fact that he played in the sacrament for almost eight years.

Fox is also a real point guard, in the sense that it can set the table, manage the show, differ when necessary, involve some players when they have not seen the ball for five possessions in a row, and it is at all accounts an exceptional presence on the changing rooms that it was historically a huge communicator.

Not only those leadership skills will help the Spurs on the floor, but will also provide the recent choice of the Dylan Harper lottery with a world of insights on what is needed to be a leader of the natural floor.

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Finally, Fox’s presence provides the Spurs with a high base of talents, as he can flake him and Wembanyama, to make sure there is a player of gauge all-stars on the floor at any time possible.

The largest perspective

All in all, it is right not to appreciate this contract, just as it is right to love it. In essence, it is about what financial flexibility appreciates and if you think Fox is a player worthy of such commitment.

There is a difference between Superstar and Fringe All-Stars, of which Fox belongs to this last category with his only mention of the head, and most of the teams are deeply aware of the fact that the payment of the best dollar for non-superstar can prove to be problematic.

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It is also worth considering that the Spurs will also have to deliver an extension to Wembanyama after the conclusion of the next season, which is triggered in 2027.

So, perhaps then, there is an ongoing plan to use the 24 million dollars spent on backup centers in this offseason, not to mention the modest salary of Keldon Johnson of $ 17.5 million, to play a game for something bigger while the team approaches the commercial deadline.

The extension of the Fox could also be seen as an insurance, the teams should eventually be willing to pay the resources for him and see the fact that he is on books to as long as a resource in his own.

Regardless of this, equally or unjustly, expectations are now in Fox to live up to this agreement and to demonstrate that it is the boy to help the Spurs to climb at the level.