Player The Layne Staley Depression-Laden Foxhole of De'Aaron Martez Fox

[scott]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned but the young guards seem to genuinely like having Fox around and have said how much he’s meant to their development. Besides him being good player he seems like a genuinely good guy to have around.

Irrelevant. Trade him to KD, who is ready to turn a new leaf

 

[TimmyBuckets]

He closed out the 2 most important games of the last 7 years for the Spurs. Cry more haters. Y’all don’t know what to do now do you? You think max contract is too high? I’m gonna hit up the mayor and make sure y’all’s tax money, and even my LA tax money go to Fox’s contract. No sales tax? I’m gonna veto his property tax too. Bow down.

 

[Paramore]

First Round series MVP is Fox!

Thank you for this round

 

[O_V]

Irrelevant. Trade him to KD, who is ready to turn a new leaf

You guys need to stop with the KD stuff or I'm going to start using words to describe him that will risk getting me kicked off of the forum. Please don't make me do that.

 

[scott]

You guys need to stop with the KD stuff or I'm going to start using words to describe him that will risk getting me kicked off of the forum. Please don't make me do that.

You’ll never get banned for “model teammate”, “the missing piece”, “hero” or “future spurs legend”

 

[Kick-Stand]

You’ll never get banned for “model teammate”, “the missing piece”, “hero” or “future spurs legend”

I prefer Dickerson

 

[Paramore]

 

[MannyIG]

Too bad we didn’t have Durant sitting at home instead of Fox tonight

Sure wish we had the guy who can't live without a Twitter burner account where he calls his teammates shitty names instead of building them up. Would have been a huge upgrade.

You can't fail to score 20 ppg in the playoffs if you're not in the playoffs!

 

[MannyIG]

Gonna need to see him cure cancer before I’m sure he has a place on this team

Dude is on a Max contract, gonna need to see him cure TWO diseases before we can be sure he's earned it.

 

[O_V]

Dude is on a Max contract, gonna need to see him cure TWO diseases before we can be sure he's earned it.

If he could just cure that locker room cancer thing, he'd probably be okay.

 

[dastexan]

If he could just cure that locker room cancer thing, he'd probably be okay.

I mean he got them to jettison Sochan....

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

Apologies to Fox

 

[spursparker9]

Castle is still very prone to playing out of control with his TOV and foul trouble issues.

Fox is still much needed for the team. The 3 headed monster Hydra, we will need at least 2 of out 3 playing well to stand a chance in every game

 

[DAF86]

omg start a Durant thread. This is for dunking on those with Fox Derrangement Syndrome

Imma post this here too, since it seems relevant.

I'm far from a Fox hater and I'm quite pleased with how he has accepted his diminished role on this team, but at the same time I'm realistic and realize Harper won't stay on the bench past his sophomore year. I know many Spurs fans expect Fox to accept a bench role and retire with us, but I think it would be more benefitial for the team to trade him for assets that keep us as a deep roster for years to come.

 

[SpursFan86]

Some of you people are insane tbh.

I think Harper is pretty clearly the future PG of this team, and will be all-NBA caliber. I think Castle will be a very important secondary creator who will have a huge role as well.

That being said…those guys are 20 and 21 years old respectively. This team just won 62 games and more or less breezed through the 1st round. Fox is not going anywhere until the 2027 offseason at the earliest. Any talks about wanting to move him just seem wildly premature and I don’t get why some Spurs fans are so intent on discussing this

If you think he hasn’t played up to his contract that’s fair, but I’d argue he’s done pretty much exactly what he’s been asked. We didn’t bring him in to be a 25 ppg high usage guy…and if we were running the offense like that, everyone here would be shitting themselves over him stunting the growth of Castle/Harper.

Later on down the road when our young guys start getting paid we can have the conversation about whether Fox’s contract is worth the role he provides. Talking about this (ad nauseam) right now after the way this season has gone is so bizarre to me.

 

[ambchang]

I didn't change shit. It's not my problem you have basic comprehension problems.

lol. The entire thing is you gloating about you knowing Durant will be on his best behaviour because you were right when you said CP3 will fit in despite people saying he won’t.

So either you have the logic of an eggplant, unable to understand the difference between a free agent signing and trading away your 2nd best player on the team, plus not understanding that had less than 1/12 of the respondents disagreeing with you is different from 100% of the posters disagreeing with you, or

You can’t accept that the original premise was faulty, admit it and move on.

Hey, at least you stopped banging the drums on the CP3 thing again, just like you drop the Manu is the best passer ever, trade for Harden, Manu > Dirk and other unpopular opinions as if you’ve never mentioned it before.

 

[ambchang]

Total disclosure now because I know @DAF86 will come in and gloat about him being right and 7 levels above everyone else when / if foe is traded or even waived down the line, claiming he’s the only one who saw it coming when everyone else thought he’d be with the team until he retires.

I don’t think fox will be on the team until he retires, or even finish out his current max contract, as with most people on this board, but i think he is massively important at this stage of the teams growth and would love to keep him as long as possible, even at the max. I’d be ecstatic if he stays until he retires but im not expecting it.

 

[ginobilized]

Glad to see Fox playing like we need him to play. I tend to call them like I see them. He was masterful in games 4 & 5 and definitely not that in so many recent games. There is a LOT to figure out in how to close games and just getting reps is a big part of the process. We have been moving at warp speed in that regard. Most teams take a few years to learn each other, including coaches. I'm just happy to know that Fox can play like this, what a weapon for us.