De'Aaron Fox recently recorded five assists in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, helping the Spurs defeat the Thunder 111-103. Behind that clutch postseason poise is an almost obsessive, year-round training regimen that has become the talk of the basketball world. On Pardon My Take, coach Luke Loucks detailed the extreme lengths Fox went to early in his Sacramento tenure. Loucks revealed that Fox's team actually invited him to tag along on the player's romantic getaway to Venice, Italy, recalling: "Hey, we want you to come on the honeymoon."
To push De'Aaron Fox into the elite tier of NBA guards, Luke Loucks bypassed traditional development drills and initiated a literal trial by fire. He drove the young guard straight into a workout with the league's gold standard for conditioning, telling him, "De'Aaron, we're going down... We're going down to work out with Steph." Working alongside Steph Curry served as a wake-up call, redefining the level of daily intensity required to sustain All-Star performance.
While some old-school pundits might question whether bringing your trainer on a honeymoon crosses a boundary, the results of this obsessive preparation speak for themselves on the court. With another high-stakes season on the horizon, the expectation is that De'Aaron Fox will continue utilizing these hyper-intense summer regimens to keep his franchise in deep playoff contention.