The San Antonio Spurs misplaced one star in Victor Wembanyama final month. They simply misplaced one other.
Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox will endure season-ending surgical procedure Tuesday for tendon injury in his left pinkie, in accordance with ESPN’s Shams Charania. The damage has reportedly been a season-long subject for Fox, who sustained it in coaching camp with the Sacramento Kings in October.
The Spurs acquired Fox on the commerce deadline final month after the All-Star requested a commerce from Sacramento, with San Antonio as his reported most popular vacation spot.
As Charania places it, the choice is designed to expedite Fox’s rehab and provides him an opportunity to work with the Spurs’ roster within the offseason. Considered from a special angle, the Spurs determined Fox being accessible for the offseason was extra vital than the present common season, during which they’ve little left to play for.
Wembanyama was dominated out for the season on Feb. 20 after he was identified with deep vein thrombosis in his shoulder, taking almost each gust of wind out of the Spurs’ sails following the Fox commerce. The staff is 3-8 since that day and at present sits in twelfth place within the West at 27-37.
With no Wembanyama, the staff is extra incentivized to lose as many video games as it might probably and hope a shiny new Cooper Flagg falls into its lap, moderately than push for a berth within the play-in event. Having Fox endure surgical procedure that has been bothering him all season, however wasn’t stopping him from posting his regular numbers, suits into that dynamic.
When each gamers are wholesome, Fox figures to be an ideal complement to Wembanyama’s other-worldly expertise. He simply did not have an opportunity to do this for greater than 5 video games this season.
