The San Antonio Spurs made a blockbuster trade this past weekend, acquiring Sacramento Kings star De'Aaron Fox in a three-team trade to give Victor Wembanyama a

The story, as Buford tells it, goes like this: Claudio Crippa, an international scout for the Spurs, proposed going to see a youth game before checking out Doumbouya. Buford saw Wembanyama play for the first time that day. And the seeds for the Spurs’ new master plan were immediately planted.