When the Spurs announced De'Aaron Fox's timeline, the expectation was that he would return in the first week of November. That remains the case, according to local reporters who indicate that the league's fastest guard looked good in 5-on-5 drills recently. The team has fared well without him thus far, but they'll need him to reach their peak.
However, if they go undefeated with their second-best player sidelined, that tells us something about what that peak could look like. Knocking off Dallas was a big deal. It was the first time the Spurs won their first game of the season in years, and the Mavericks' frontline posed a challenge that was confidence-boosting to conquer.