Monstrous duo expected to take league by storm after De'Aaron Fox bold remarks

There's a lot for Spurs fans to look forward to next season. After such an odd year where it felt like the team was constantly trying to overcome one thing or another, it would be nice to get back to some semblance of normalcy. But there will be a new but also familiar norm in San Antonio once the 2025-26 campaign begins.

The Silver and Black have had several iterations of offense over the years but the pick and roll is a staple concept they've thrived with for a long time. That's because they always have skilled bigs who can hurt defenses in a variety of ways. From David Robinson to Tim Duncan, LaMarcus Aldridge, and now Victor Wembanyama, you can never sleep on San Antonio bigs.

While Timmy D was the anchor of the Big 3 area, Tony Parker initiated the offense as the team's point guard and one of the fastest players in the league. The speedy De'Aaron Fox's addition will allow the Spurs to get back to dominating with those pick-and-roll actions and based on what he said during his exit interview, that's exactly what he's prepared to do.

The Spurs will be unstoppable if they perfect their two-man game

Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox only played 120 minutes together total this season before Wemby was ruled out for the season. That's not a large enough sample size to draw any conclusions but you can certainly make predictions based on their styles of play. Fox likes to get downhill and do damage in the paint whether that be with mid-range pull-ups, finishing at the basket, or collapsing the defense to find open teammates.

Vic is a jack-of-all-trades who will hurt you from literally any and everywhere on the floor but we know he has an affinity for the deep shot. But his playmaking ability allows him to create and distribute as the ball handler in the pick-and-roll so we'll likely see both versions of the PNR. One where Wemby is the screener and one where Fox is the screener. They'll frustrate defenses immensely with this.

There's a caveat to all of it, though. The effectiveness of this strategy is heavily dependent on the role of players in the lineup hitting shots. If they can't make defenses pay for blanket coverage on the stars then it's all a moot point. It's more important than ever for the guys coming back to work on their shotmaking and for the Spurs to get the right guys in the building who specialize in that.