The Fanatics 11-9-25: De’Aaron Fox Returns

Spurs get their starting PG back and the effect is obvious.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
How about them spurs Baby's seven and two, sir, time
you know at home they knock off the New Orleans
Pelicans last night, one twenty six to one nineteen. The
headline here Daran the Swiper Fox returns for San Antonio
thirty one minutes, twenty four points, nine of fourteen, shooting
sixty four percent from the field to a five from

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three point land getting in a.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
Set forty percent.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
Swiper, no swiping, swiper, no swiping, had one steal.

Speaker 2 (00:33):
Crucial last night, Shane.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
He was very crucial last night, and because New Orleans
would not go away last night.

Speaker 3 (00:39):
And not just that, because but you talked about in
your pregame that. Unfortunately, as much as Steph Castle has
improved offensively, he hath he led the NBA, I think
in turnover worthy plays up to that point. To his credit,
he played, He's been playing well defensively. He's doing a
good job scoring of the ball. But you need someone
you could consistently trust with the bomb there on their hands.
Excuse me, I had a hiccup there. And de Aaron

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Fox not only that he's a for general obviously obviously
has no problem scoring the ball. He last night said
I've been gone for months. I'm going to score. I'm
gonna shoots many shots as I want. I think he
was like second or even the most of the teams
in overall field goal shots.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
He looked prime.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
It felt like, I don't he barely missed. He missed
very few shots.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
It felt like, yeah, I know he did. I mean
he was.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
It's like he picked up where he left off, Shane,
you know what I mean. And the thing is is
about Stefan Castle. He had only two turnovers last night
and I would say it to this the Aaron Fox
is out there for the support right for Steph Castle.
Sureteph Castle last night fourteen assist seven in the first
quarter and that's just straight hustle. But one of the

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key players that I'm keeping my eye on Shane is
his good old Harrison Barnes. He seems to be reliving
on on what's going on with the Spurs. I mean,
I think he's a very key part of the Spurs here.
What do you think of Harrison Barnes.

Speaker 3 (02:01):
I think what's what's nice about him is that he
fits a new role. It feels like as that four
because now we don't have to necessarily forces like guys
like so hand to circle to pay the five. Now
you have him being able to stretch as a three
and the four. The depth has been really helpful. He
obviously is a key factor that being an experienced VET.
He his biggest contribution so far, it feels like, has
been his consistent three point shooting.

Speaker 2 (02:22):
That's been huge. Yeah, and that's been huge for me.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
Devin Visell a quiet killer for the Spurs, I think
so far. I think that he's been quietly getting his
double digit numbers and produces big threes when they're needed.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
And here's the thing.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
Over the past two games, Shane, the Spurs have attempted
eighty five three pointers in two games. They attempted forty
five on Friday night. They attempted another forty last night.
And I guess if they fall, they fall, because they
went fourteen of forty last night and the other night
I believe it was about seventeen of forty five or

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eighteen of forty five.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
I don't have the numbers in front of me.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
But has this team transitioned now to be one of
those teams where we have to rely on the three
point land because of what's going on with Victor win Binyama.

Speaker 3 (03:11):
Rely, No, I don't think we have to rely on
three point shooting, because I think we've done a good
job honestly, have also opened up the shots inside the paint.
But I think it's nice to know that we have
guys who consist who can consistently be threats on the outside,
whether it's Harrison Barnes, where there's Julian Shampanne who's been
playing Billie Waalders at the season, whether it's Devin Bissell,
who I think has been your most consistent score on
the outside. And obviously Wemmy's gonna take probably, like you know,

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seven to eight three point shots a game, so we
don't have to rely on the three point shot. It's
nice to know that we had that in our back
pocket because I believe, especially in today's NBA, teams that
rely too much on the three point shots are doomed
to fail.

Speaker 2 (03:47):
And I thought about you last night, Shane. Oh God, no,
in a good way. I don't like how that no,
Because here's the thing.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
I've been thinking a lot about Victor win bin Yama, right,
and in the transition that the NBA is doing with him,
how they're getting smaller defenders on him. How they're causing
physical havoc against him, causing him to make turnovers, which
he had five last night. What does he need to
do between Wemby and Jolkic do with me?

Speaker 2 (04:10):
No, I want your thoughts. Why can't he be more
like Yokic right now?

Speaker 3 (04:14):
Well, I mean does Jokic has just reputation that was
that was established. Wemby, I think, is established himself as
becoming one of the best defensive players in the country.
I think though. The Yolkic, though, is still a step ahead,
at least in terms of perception. Yeah, exactly, Well we'll see.
I mean, the Spurs take on the Chicago Bulls tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
So one hour down.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
Hey man, we're gonna go a NonStop thirty here coming
up on the Fanatics on ticket seven sixty