After years of experience in helping light the beam for a different postseason hopeful out West, De’Aaron Fox, unsurprisingly, had little issue lighting up the scoreboards in his San Antonio Spurs debut. Patient, and willing to ease into the offensive flow, San Antonio’s new gamechanger decides to shift into bucket-getting mode, taking a pass from his fellow floor general with the Atlanta Hawks’ transition defenders backpedaling in a full-on retreat. Knowing just the move to keep them guessing, Fox feigns the idea of a drive before pulling up into a 3-pointer. Having opened the season with a more methodical, bottom-of-the-league pace, Fox’s addition encouraged yet another reason for San Antonio’s breakneck pace during February 5, 2025’s win. Proving to be a hand-in-glove fit in his first silver-and-black cameo, Fox collected 24 points (on 11-of-22 shooting), with an equally-impactful five-rebound, 13-assist, three-steal, two-triple addition. History wasn’t far behind, as Fox became the first player in Spurs history to record a 20-point, 10-assist showing in one’s debut. · Feb 6, 2025