New season outlook: Coexistence of the Spurs three defenders?

After making preliminary results around Vinban Yama, the Spurs unexpectedly won the second pick again, and then selected point guard Dylan Harper. Even if Chris Paul was not able to keep, the Spurs still have three point guard players with great potential, namely rookie Dylan Harper, last season's best rookie Stephen Castle, and All-Star defender Dalong Fox.

For the upcoming new season, the first happy trouble that new head coach Mickey Johnson will face is who should be the first choice for the Spurs' point guard? How to arrange troops in the new lineup to achieve the effect of 1+1+1>3?

Previously, the Spurs and Fox completed a four-year contract renewal of 229 million yuan. For this signing that seems to be a bit excessive, from the perspective of many fans, the Spurs do not have to sign the maximum salary with Fox at all, given the premise that Castle and Harper are in hand.

But from a emotional perspective, the Spurs are indeed a team that is affectionate and righteous enough and has to do what they say. This is also the team culture of the San Antonio Spurs. They keep their promises to their players and renew their contract with Fox with a high salary. But even so, fans may not have to worry too much, because in the next three years, Castle and Harper will still be in the rookie contract stage. Even if Fox is included, the Spurs basically don't have to worry too much about salary issues.

And when Harper and Castle grow in the future, Fox's contract will basically expire, and the initiative will still be in the hands of the Spurs. From a long-term perspective, this part of the problem is actually not too big.

The main problem facing the Spurs now comes from Wenban Yama. The new season is about to be his third year in the league. He is no longer a rookie in the new season. It is time for him to lead the team to achieve results.

Comparison, Homgren, who was as famous as Wenban Yama, has helped the Thunder win the championship, and Wenban Yama has not even touched the playoff floor. Not to mention the playoffs, I have never even been qualified for the playoffs. From the performance perspective, Homgren's winning of the championship this season is more or less likely to bring some stimulation to Wenban Yama.

It is reported that Wenban Yama has completely recovered from the thrombosis problem and will return with full blood in the new season. According to current team news, the Spurs will use Wenban Yama and Fox as the double core in the new season. This pair of pairs will be the team's top two choices on the offensive end in the new season.

From the perspective of the players, Fox had proved his explosive scoring power as early as the Kings, and had also performed well in a single game with 60 points. As for Wenban Yama, the offensive end is still a little lacking in stability at this stage, and the choice of shooting in some rounds is not reasonable. But the Spurs in the past two years still continued the main line of allowing Wenban Yama to grow and train himself, and they should strictly regulate his offensive choices in the new season.

Compared with the huge room for improvement on the offensive end, the deterrent power on the defensive end is absolutely unquestionable.

Judging from the Spurs' lineup in the new season, Fox is responsible for the main attack, Vinban Yama is responsible for the main defense, and there are also Harper, Castle, Barnes, Sohan, Kelden Johnson, Carter Bryant and others. Although they are young, this is a very promising potential team. Regardless of the performance of the new season, there is no doubt that the Spurs are on the right path at the moment.

For the Spurs' new season, their first goal is to qualify for the playoffs, and then strive to become a dark horse in the Western Conference, and gradually accumulate game experience on the high-level stage. In terms of players, Wenban Yama wants to strive for the second All-Star in his career. At the same time, he also needs to stay healthy to compete for the best defensive player of the season and strive to enter the top ten seats in the MVP list. Fox also wants to win the All-Star, and rookie Harper’s goal is the best rookie.

If the above three player goals can be successfully completed, the Spurs will have players winning the best rookie for three consecutive years, with the first two being Wenban Yama and Castle respectively.

It is unquestionable that for the Spurs in the new season, as long as they keep the lineup intact, it is really worth looking forward to by fans.