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Robinson,duncan and wemby all in my lifetime
Wonder if Pop will play him enough to give him a real ROY shot.
Robinson,duncan and wemby all in my lifetime
They'll manage his minutes and I don't think he plays more than 65-70 games next year. But he's good enough to win ROY playing 25mpg for 60ish gams tbh
They'll manage his minutes and I don't think he plays more than 65-70 games next year. But he's good enough to win ROY playing 25mpg for 60ish gams tbh
He will still be ROY. I think Pop would not deny him that to include in his legacy. It didn’t prevent Banchero the ROY despite a dismal record.
Great article. A few thoughts I had while reading:
- Patience, yes. But with him being well over 7' his prime career will most likely be shorter than most players so there have to be upfront considerations even if he's only 19.
- Pop's age isn't exactly the elephant in the room. I love Pop but may not want to see an 80 year old coaching.
- For a starting 5, Vassell (and Tre Jones) would be the odd man out. It may be more prudent to bring in a veteran point guard. C-Collins, PF-Wemby, SF-Sochan, SG-Keldon, PG-?
Some fun years coming. Fvvk, yeah!!
All of my thoughts are random, btw
This is all so surreal.......literally a lottery win and at the same time, seems like this was always supposed to work out this way.
Pop is the right guy for this job, for awhile, at least.
I was going back even further and starting with Artis Gilmore, Robinson, Duncan, and Wemby as a list of big men in our lineage. That's up there as far as All-Time big men franchises.
What a weird, wild last couple of seasons, without which, no Wemby. Makes one consider how life actually works sometimes.
One thing other than his height, skills, athleticism that I really love about Wemby is his maturity. Doesn't force the game. Plays within a system. He and Pop could be a very powerful combo. Reminds me of TD in that respect.
I am right you with I want to see what he is good at and what is he bad at and based on that figure out who and what type of player fits with him. I definitely don’t want to be the Houston or Mavericks who have Stars but then bring in so called Star players who make your team worse ie, Kyrie Ivring and Harden. So I am all in for slow cooking using our current and future draft picks to build this team. Yeah in two or three years if everything is working out I might look at trading current first picks for established NBA players
Vassell is a looong SG who can fabricate points fast, while Tre Jones is our ONLY true PG who can set-up plays. It’s actually Keldon who is the odd-man out. He is a tweener at PF where Sochan/Wemby are the better players, slow(er) at SF to cover perimeter. If Spurs find a starting PG and slides Sochan back to PF, Wemby at SF, Keldon is out.Great article. A few thoughts I had while reading:
- Patience, yes. But with him being well over 7' his prime career will most likely be shorter than most players so there have to be upfront considerations even if he's only 19.
- Pop's age isn't exactly the elephant in the room. I love Pop but may not want to see an 80 year old coaching.
- For a starting 5, Vassell (and Tre Jones) would be the odd man out. It may be more prudent to bring in a veteran point guard. C-Collins, PF-Wemby, SF-Sochan, SG-Keldon, PG-?
Some fun years coming. Fvvk, yeah!!
I’d shop Keldon plus picks for Anthony Black right now.
I think he will average at most 15 minutes a game and probably play around 40 gamesThey'll manage his minutes and I don't think he plays more than 65-70 games next year. But he's good enough to win ROY playing 25mpg for 60ish gams tbh
10. There is no way this kid is gonna start flashing firearms on tiktok
keldon would leave the lineup before vassell doesGreat article. A few thoughts I had while reading:
- Patience, yes. But with him being well over 7' his prime career will most likely be shorter than most players so there have to be upfront considerations even if he's only 19.
- Pop's age isn't exactly the elephant in the room. I love Pop but may not want to see an 80 year old coaching.
- For a starting 5, Vassell (and Tre Jones) would be the odd man out. It may be more prudent to bring in a veteran point guard. C-Collins, PF-Wemby, SF-Sochan, SG-Keldon, PG-?
Some fun years coming. Fvvk, yeah!!
I‘m also for this. The FO has to figure out how to construct a roster that can dominate the league for years to come and win multiple championships. Use cap space wisely, front load every contract so they decline down the line to give you more flexibility. Make sure you have a ton of young guys on Wemby‘s timeline who will improve alongside him. Try to get a big FA signing in 2024. Stack more draft assets and bring in ring chasing vets down the line while having the ATL picks and the Boston swap to infuse more young talent to the team. If executed right the Spurs could dominate the league for years to come. The team needs to be absolutely stacked with talent
Put a team around Victor, and Honestly you don't even have to play him 65 games. The seeding won't matter. His potential is off the charts and he only needs maybe a solid second option for the Spurs to vault into contention in the current NBA environment.
Especially now that the era of the superteam seems to be fading -- you don't need 3-4 all-stars to compete with the Dubs and the Celtics, while set for years, are hardly an unbeatable team.
All signs point up for the Spurs right now. The priorities are finding a solid #2 in the next 2-3 years and keeping Wemby developing, healthy, and happy.
I don’t want LeBron, and his self centered values anywhere near our young guys.
My first thought is when will people start blaming Pop for Wemby not winning the MVP, Finals MVP, averaging 50.5ppg with 28.3 rpg with 4.6 bpg? Year 1?
i'm just worried about his injury potential. i say baby him as much as possible while giving him meaningful minutes. there's no need to rush things, we aren't going to be competing for a couple of seasons regardless. just let him grow...
Eeeehhhh, 25 mpg would be too low. I say 28-32.
Doesn't even feel real to me. I was in high school for Duncan draft. Crazy that I get to see my team with a chance to nab another generation dude. I'm thankful to get to see it, tbh.
And things could get interesting quickly because when he says, "I want a ring asap," what I hear is a very aggressive at ude. May not be able to keep from competing at a high level if he shows up and shows out from the jump, although I get why you would want to bring him along slowly as that would be my approach as well were I in charge. Gonna be fun
There are a lot of tweeners on the team. Sochan is only 6'-8". I'd rather shop Keldon for an existing NBA player than another draft pick project. Still think a veteran PG would help the younger Spurs.
It's funny because I have at times over the years asked myself, just as a fun thought experiment, "If there's ever going to be a future Spur who could surpass Tim Duncan in greatness, what would that look like? He would have to be a weird combination of insanely tall and insanely skilled." And I was imagining far into the future, with me being close to dying of old age and basketball being all futuristic and played by genetically modified human clones.
And now we literally are about to draft that guy, and I only had to wait a few years
Last edited by Arcadian; 05-17-2023 at 04:21 PM.
Spurs can get a George Hill who knows the system, until Malaki and Blake are ready to take-over. And you still have Tre Jones as Spurs capable PG as backup.
But the idea of getting Anthony Black if he could be had. He is a big 6’7” defensive PG, strong and can be the starting PG from day 1. Black has higher upsides and a position of need. They are not going to win a lot, until they get better together.
Can’t possibly be serious??Popovich turns 75 shortly after Wembanyama turns 20. Personally, I hope that Popovich can stick around for at least another five years or so.
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