With Harper joining, Spurs hope Fox will give up on maximum salary renewal

The Spurs now have a large group of young talents. This year, they signed Harper, the second place winner, and Castle, who won the best rookie last year, so it feels that what the Spurs lack is not the defender, but time. So will the Spurs still keep Fox?

On August 4 this year, Fox can be qualified to renew his contract in advance and can sign a maximum salary contract of 223 million yuan for 4 years, with an average salary of more than 50 million yuan. But Spurs and team reporter Dusty Garza reported that the Spurs hope that Fox can give up the maximum salary renewal, otherwise the team may send him away.

Dusty Garza said: "With Harper's joining this year, and Castle, who won the best rookie last season, the team is not short of defenders now, and both are full of potential. So, General Manager John Hollinger will not put the maximum salary contract on the Fox negotiating table. "

"The Spurs will definitely strive for a price cut, according to the salary expert The Athletic expects Fox's starting salary to be 44.6 million, while the maximum salary contract starts at 49.6 million. There are now two options: one is a 1+1 contract, 113 million for two years, and the second year is the player option. The second is a three-year contract with 150 million for an average salary of 50 million, and the third year is the player option. The Spurs need to face the renewal of Wenban Yama in 2027, so they must maintain salary flexibility and are unlikely to sign a four-year maximum salary contract with Fox. "

Review how the Spurs got Fox at that time.

On February 3, 2025, the Kings, Spurs and Bulls reached a three-party deal. The Spurs sent Trey Jones, Zach Collins, Siddy Sissoko, as well as three first-round picks and one second-round pick, and got Fox and McLaurin.

The Kings received LaVin, Sissoko, the 2025 first-round pick (from the Hornets), the 2027 first-round pick (from the Spurs), the 2031 first-round pick (from the Timberwolves) and 2 second-round picks (2025 from the Bulls, 2028 from the Nuggets).

Bulls got Hult and a first-round pick from the Spurs.

At that time, the Kings were ridiculed by many fans. Fox and Halliburton chose one of them, and Halliburton eventually led the team to the finals with the Pacers, but Fox was unable to stay. In the end, the bamboo basket was useless and took over the premium contract of Laven. The Kings also wanted to take over Laven this offseason, but they couldn't trade it at all. It is reported that 29 teams in the league are not interested in LaVine.

Of course, this is no wonder the King, because it was Fox himself who filed a deal. Because it was said that he had a very terrible fight with head coach Mike Brown, the King immediately fired Brown, but Fox was still determined to leave and finally went to the Spurs. But his effect at the Spurs last season was average. Later, Wen's class was reimbursed for venous thrombosis, Fox also announced finger surgery and missed the remaining games.

Fox's offensive talent is in no way to say. Last season, he played a total of 63 regular season games, averaged 35.2 minutes per game, scored 23.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.5 steals, with a shooting percentage of 46.3%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 31%. The data is still very good, but his performance on the defensive end is indeed average.

However, there are too few samples of the Spurs and Wenban playing together. Now we can't say that the two are not in harmony. We can only look at their performance next season. Paul leaves next season and Fox returns to the No. 1 position, and he should play smoother.

In August this year, he will start his trip to China with Curry, and Fox is one of the spokespersons of the Curry brand.