San Antonio Spurs star De’Aaron Fox is ready to make his season debut in opposition to the New Orleans Pelicans at dwelling on Saturday, the workforce mentioned Friday.
Fox has rehabbed from an offseason hamstring harm and ramped up this week for his weekend debut.
The Spurs will now have a doubtlessly lengthy runway this season with the All-Star duo of Fox and Victor Wembanyama after simply 5 video games and 120 complete minutes collectively final season following San Antonio’s deadline deal for Fox from Sacramento.
Fox is the primary of a number of injured Spurs who will return as reinforcement and depth on the roster. Rookie guard Dylan Harper is sidelined for a number of weeks with a calf pressure, and heart Luke Kornet is working towards a return from an ankle sprain.
Fox, 27, is one in every of simply two gamers to common 20 factors, 5 assists and 1 steal in every of the previous six seasons together with Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic.
The Spurs are 5-2 getting into Friday evening’s NBA Cup dwelling sport in opposition to the Houston Rockets.

