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Blake Wesley...more like Baby Westbrook tbh. This dude needs half a season in Austin at a minimum, but I don't know that they can afford to keep him there with exactly one true PG on the roster.
Blake is going to have some rough moments this season. He doesn't seem to know how to play in a team system very well, but to be fair this barely a team they are throwing out there. But you have to love his aggression.
I'm not sure what the best approach is to his development. If he could play in San Antonio next to Sochan whom we hope can help the ball move and flow, then maybe that's actually better than getting rebuilt in Austin. Same for Branham. It's not like we're trying to win a lot of games this year.
Blake Wesley...more like Baby Westbrook tbh. This dude needs half a season in Austin at a minimum, but I don't know that they can afford to keep him there with exactly one true PG on the roster.
Spurs continue to show their ability to draft well at the end of the round. Jury's out on anything in the first half of the first round.
Just play all the young players. This is a tank season anyways.
They need to show some competency out there or they will form bad habits. Blake can benefit from playing in Austin, winning games and slowly bring him in. Unlike Tony with DRob and Timmy who allowed young Tony to make mistakes. And Tony was tough. Anybody else could break from Pop grueling him every chance. Tony was made of some tough
Tony was tough. He had to be playing professionally in France as a kid against grown men. Plus, being French made him pretty much immune to Pop’s verbal onslaughts.
He does have a lot attributes (speed, quickness & first-atep) similar to Westbrook and Parker. Has to get better and a lot more crafty around the rim and develop his PG skills. Right now, he gets tunnel - vision and misses too many teammates, but that's a given being that PG is new to him.
I go to the spurs game here almost every year and I’ve been witness to Pop cussing Tony out! Tony never showed is tail, he would just keep doing his thing! Tony was different…..They need to show some competency out there or they will form bad habits. Blake can benefit from playing in Austin, winning games and slowly bring him in. Unlike Tony with DRob and Timmy who allowed young Tony to make mistakes. And Tony was tough. Anybody else could break from Pop grueling him every chance. Tony was made of some tough
That was also that turned me off Dejounte, that squabble at the bench. You don’t get to make other players in-line doing that, especially with a very young team. That wasn’t setting a good example, especially as the captain of the team, imo.
Yup I think Wesley is a top 10. Spurs got 3 lottery picks, plus Barlow is early 2nd round. It’s still early but I like it.
He does get tunnel vison, but at the same time has delivered some really amazing passes- so I think there is potential. Evidently ran the pick and roll well in college.
The other real positive is his willingness to play defense.
Reminds me a bit of Sprewell, with the speed, quickness and frame. Hopefully more sane.
^ He is super compe ive I’ve heard multiple times too!! This may end up being the draft we look back and say this is when it turned around for us! He could end up being devastating once those handles, shooting/finishing and all around decision making comes along! I wouldn’t be the one to bet against the kid
Darn, that is a name I haven't heard in a long time. If he could be a similar to Latrell Sprewell, I'd be pretty happy with that as Sprewell's was a player I always wanted on the Spurs. You never know, Blake could end up even being better. Having said that, I love that he is aggressive and takes it to the rim. That is my sort of player.
You know who Wesley reminds me of if you squint? Marcus Smart.
More athletic/less bulky, but Marcus Smart.
all of yall obsessed with the Spurs getting a top 5 pick by tanking. We got a top 5 talent at #25 and it can be done every year.
he's pretty much dominating out there on the regular
You might get a top 5 talent of that particular year, but you are almost never getting a generational talent. The type of talents that turn a franchise around. The Shaqs, the Lebrons, the Duncans. Those are usually known with anticipation and need a top 3 pick to get them.
Giannis
Kawhi
Jokic
Kawhi's peak was too short to call him a generational talent. And Jokic still needs more time and accoled3s to call him that, but he's on the way for sure.
When I said "you almost never get a generational talent" I was thinking exactly of Jokic and Giannis, and that's only because the NBA still has some doubts when it comes to drafting international prospects with top picks. But that would be further from the truth with each passing year, as we can see now with that French kid that everybody knows should go #1.
Generational talents are get in the top 3 99.9% of the time.
Yup.
And it's not just that. If your scouting and player development personnel are able to consistently (I'm not saying always) turn picks in the 20s into top-10 players in their drafts, even if it's not top 3, you can put together a package for a superstar much more easily. Obtaining mid to late firsts is not nearly as hard as getting unprotected picks.
Imagine the Spurs having a draft pick trove like the Thunder's.
You CAN, but even if they're available, they're much harder to identify. Literally every team in the league had a chance to draft Jokic, yet they all passed on him, some TWICE. Why? Because it would have taken some incredible foresight to see that coming, to the point where even the team that drafted him couldn't really tell... otherwise do you think they wouldn't have let him slip 30 more spots from their first pick at 11 before finally snatching him at 41? I understand (and agree) that perpetual tanking is a horrible strategy with nasty side effects... but a high pick is far and above the best bet to get yourself a franchise player, even if it's not a guarantee.
He shot 3-20 last game lol. But the other 3 games he’s looked really good aside from turnovers.
It does speak well of him that, despite shooting horribly, he was still able to put up 20 shots. Lesser talents sometimes don't even get to the spot of being able to get a shot off.
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