The Spurs have won three of the last four games despite being without Victor Wembanyama and Dylan Harper for all of them and Stephon Castle for the last three. Despite some bad injury luck dating back to the offseason, San Antonio is still somewhat surprisingly a top-six team in the West.

De’Aaron Fox has a lot to do with the sustained success. The star point guard, who was out to start the season and has only suited up for eight games so far, is starting to look like the difference-maker the Spurs traded for, and his return to form is one of the silver linings of a tough time in San Antonio.

The trade for Fox received a surprising amount of scrutiny, considering what the Spurs gave up. A 2031 Timberwolves pick, which San Antonio acquired by trading the eighth pick of the weak 2024 draft

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