The San Antonio Spurs are set to use a three-guard starting lineup for their season opener, starting De’Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper alongside Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Multiple outlets frame the plan as an early-season test of whether playing three guards together improves the team’s balance and on-court fit. The Athletic reports the three-guard group’s preseason debut as a “natural evolution,” noting that Fox, Castle and Harper started together for the first time in that lineup configuration.
Yahoo Sports adds context around the preseason stretch, including that the trio’s first look together came in a preseason game versus Phoenix, where the lineup showed both strengths and weaknesses. Yahoo also notes Fox missed the first two preseason games due to a hip injury before returning in time for the lineup’s debut.
