At least he should be protected while not habing filled out his frame. Just play him alongside a center or at least have Sohan defend them.
Play Wemby as C again certain teams that are not playing traditional Centers and in some end of game situations. Long term, it might be best (ultimate skill ball) to have him Center fulltime.
Btw.: Anyone remember KD playing SG for some time wirth the Sonics? I remember that not going well, but why not experiment with Wemby playing alongside two other bigs at least if the oposing SF isn't a go to type of guy?
Because trash talking lebron is really not the main reason for getting canned. It's his production vs cost. That's why sochan can trash lebron if he wants as long as he plays well, just need to let production match.
If he doesn't then that will be a problem
Also, Sochan hasn't trash-talked LeBron. He posted some emojis on social media.
If he starts talking y before and during games, I'm sure Pop will take care of it.
I would pay brook lopez...He helped relieve pressure off antetounmpo defensively and offensively...Think he could do the same for wemby
zero reason when you have Zach Collins
Not to argue for Brooks but his defense is better then any of our current spurs, offensively he’s an idiot but he was locking guys up this year like him or not.
Didn't know "why the "king" is flopping so much" was an emoji.
That was just a comment on the game. The trolling was the emojis.
Tim Duncan also said he didn't like playing center and he played center his whole career, despite the Greatest Power forward of All-time narrative.
Wemby says he doesn't want to play center and that's exactly what he plays now in France. Playing center in today's NBA doesn't mean posting up on every possesion. It doesn't mean standing below the hoop all-game. It doesn't even have to mean guarding the likes of Jokic and Embiid.
But it does mean that when you do post up Wemby, you don't have a 7 foot stiff clogging up the paint. It means that when an opossing players attacks the basket, Victor isn't usessly standing around the 3 pt line on defense. Among some other things.
He's a center, he will be a center. That doesn't mean that you'll put him on a box and prevent him from displaying his entire arsenal.
He really needs someone with strength to play next to him. Whether you call that person a PF or whatever, it doesn't matter. But you don't want Wembanyama constantly bumped and hit by beefy guys with lower centers of gravity. As for playing style, he's not a center at all. Defensively is another matter.
The whole point of having a 7'4" guy that can dribble and shoot is causing matchup problems. If you play that 7'4" guy always on the perimiter and pair him with a traditional center, you wouldn't be creating any matchup problem.
I mean, he's not a center. You need to actually watch him.
You'll still get matchups when you play him along with Collins, which is what will happen. Collins can leave the lane when he needs to. He's a good shooter.
Just as often, Wembanyama will pull out of the lane to let others work. For example, Sochan making attacks at the bucket. This is what he does now. He'll be picking guards or floating away from the action. They're going to move him around a lot.
This isn't Duncan where you're posting him up even 80%. Not at all. Wembanyama is kind of terrible as a post guy and it's not his game, but they'll work on it.
I watch him play plenty, that's why I know he plays as a center in France.
I agree Collins is a decent fit, because he can easily play PF too. The idea of having to pair Wemby with a traditional center like a Duren or Poeltl is what I have a problem with. You wouldn't be getting the most out of Victor in that kind of setup.
I'm leaning towards Brook Lopez if it's a declining 3 year deal, or partial guarantee on the last year. It would probably only be good for 1.5 years like with Pau, but Brook can play inside or outside on offense as needed.
I'm not super thrilled about it, he'll be 35 next year. But they have money to spend and he should be off the books before a Wemby extension blows away any cap space.
You also wouldn't be getting the beat out of him in that kind of a setup, either. There's that.
Reaves will get at least 80mil/4 year. I could see Utah doing that or even the Spurs tbh.
This is 2023, nobody's beating the out of anybody.
Also, what do you propose? Have the 7'4" guy with an 8'1" wingspan standing around on the perimeter guarding the 3 pt line?
Wemby & Chet vs NBA centers
He'd play off the 3 point line and sag for WS blocks. He can recover from almost in the lane all the way to the 3 line in the blink of an eye.This is 2023, nobody's beating the out of anybody.
Also, what do you propose? Have the 7'4" with an 8'1" wingspan standing around on the perimeter guarding the 3 pt line?
There are still enough big 5s to punish him in the paint. You don't even have to be all that big. He's a twig.
I wouldn't worry much about Wemby getting bullied by NBA centers. Aside from Nurkic and Valancunias, what other bigs really feature a banger-type offensive game? Embiid is constantly flopping and settle for jumpers. Jokic is unstoppable regardless. But there arent many low-post banging Cs these days so idk why everyone is so worried about Wemby being able to hold his own against NBA centers
He has an 8-foot wingspan. He moves great laterally. Around the paint he’ll alter so many shots that teams will start just not taking them.
I guess the trade off is that stronger 5’s will be able to back him down in the paint. Maybe they’ll bully him out of some rebounds.
Which 5s big enough do you know that post up? Jokic, Embiid. Who else?
But in any case, you don't need traditional centers to defend them. Look how Hachimura has maneged to contain Jokic after the Serb went for 33 pts in the first 3 quartes of the WCF. I could see Sochan doing that type of job for the 6 or 8 games in a season we'll need to defend those type of centers.
i mean... having an NBA forward try to defend a 7'4 guy does sound like a matchup problem. hard to contest a guys shot with that kind of length. its what makes durant so great
hopefully its a midnight offer sheet. put the lakers on the clock. they are going to want to abuse his low cap hold to make some maneuvers. forcing an accelerated timeline could really screw them
Wemby is nowhere near the kind of shooter nor ball-handler that Durant is, though, and never will be. Opposing coaches would be happy with Wembanyama taking fadeaway jumpers over their forwards all day long, tbh.
Wemby isn't going to win games with his jumpshot and perimeter play on the NBA. He's gonna win them with his size and hability to do things at the center position, that other centers can't do. But for that to happen, you have to play him at center.
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