De'Aaron Fox predicted the future and his prophecy has come true

"We will be the best pick-and-roll combo in this league," De'Aaron Fox told reporters at the conclusion of the 2024-25 campaign. The speedy point guard hadn't had much chance to work with Victor Wembanyama yet, but he knew the potential that existed between their two skill sets. Less than a year later, he's being proven right.

The only issue one can find in this graphic is that we haven't seen the Alien and the Fox run that play enough. Stephon Castle has orchestrated the offense for much of the season with immense success. There wasn't a reason to change anything up.

Now that we're inching closer to the postseason, it seems Mitch Johnson is ready to let his two best players find their groove together, and we're seeing results are more than encouraging.

The Wemby/Fox duo has been dormant for long enough

I mean, they don't even have a nickname, for God's sake. The Silver and Black are pseudonym central right now, with some guys like Stephon Castle having several different names to go with different partners. White Castle, Slash Bros., Area 51. These are all fantastic and creative even if some of your friends tell you it's ridiculous to have so many (mine have).

What does Fox have in that regard? Nothing. That's fine, though because he'll have the ball in his hands a whole lot during the postseason. With defenses selling out to make sure Wemby doesn't evolve into the destroyer of worlds—something he has the potential for every night—Swipa gets to eat as much as he wants.

The conflicts the pairing poses are obvious, especially when Vic is shooting the ball like he has recently. The Defensive Player of the Year frontrunner has been drilling 40% of his threes over his past 10 games and rained eight of them (a career high) on Boston during that stretch.

Defenses have no good options against these two

While defenses often have to decide what they're going to give up when dealing with great players, Wemby will make that decision incredibly difficult. Are you going to give up the middle, or will you allow a legend-in-the-making to drown you in three balls? Because he absolutely will.

Fox is so fast, he'll force teams to collapse in the paint to stop his onslaught. If you don't, he'll drop 30-40 points on you; if you do, he has options all over the court capable of making opponents pay dearly. The first one will be that extraterrestrial overlord fully capable of giving out 40 of his own, and he'll do it in under 30 minutes.

A supremely built roster furnished with unselfish players will be carving up teams if you find a way to cover the first two options. They've done it all year, and their efficiency has only been sharpened by the season.

Down the stretch, fans should expect to see more of this as the team fine-tunes all of their weapons for the postseason. When the playoffs arrive, Fox and Wemby will make every defensive coverage look like a massive mistake, leading to an abundance of points and a whole lot of winning.