He was drafted in 2016, just completed what should have been his fourth season (he was out in 2018-19 with an ACL injury). He’s taken over as the leader of the Spurs offense, and yet his is just a mere quarter-century old.
That’s youth movement for you.
Dejounte was handed the starting point guard spot three seasons ago from Tony Parker. When Parker took that spot, Dejounte was five years old. That was the first major change in the position for the franchise in quite some time.
In many ways, the transition had the appearance of similar Spurs changing of the guards that maintain the attitude of team over player.