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De'Aaron Fox made a choice when he left Sacramento, and San Antonio was at the top of that list. Now he's doing something unexpected for a guy who just arrived — playing the elder statesman. Fox has become the veteran compass for a young Spurs group still finding its identity, and early returns suggest the fit is real.
Shifting to the hardwood and the conference finals, the trends shaping this playoff run are hard to ignore. Victor Wembanyama is asserting himself as a force that defenses simply have no clean answer for, while Cleveland is dealing with a scoring drought that threatens everything they built this season. Which brings us to the Cavs' sideline — Kenny Atkinson is coming back as head coach next season, sources confirming the news Tuesday. Cleveland is clearly betting that continuity is the cure, even as questions about their offensive ceiling hang over the franchise heading into the offseason.
And across the Atlantic, Giovanni Reyna is back in the fold. Mauricio Pochettino named the Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder to his twenty-six man roster for the two thousand twenty six World Cup, four years after that messy falling-out in Qatar nearly ended his international career before it started. Redemption arcs don't get much cleaner than this one.
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