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Oh yeah - was that Gobert they were talking about in the video?
I wont speak to why anyone else hates green - but I hate him regardless of Kawhi - and it has nothing to do with greens overrated defensive skills , which IMO would not even exist if he had been on a team without a big market...
but I digress...
I just hate him because of his personality and his dirty play and his being allowed to get away with it while other semi-dirty players get shut down quickly. I will never understand why green can literally put a saddle on his opponent, ride him while the refs are watching, hack and hack and hack while drawing contact on every hack -
and the refs just swallow their whistle.
On top of that - when he DOES get called, the en led prick throws a tantrum and gets away more often than not - with THAT!
THAT is why I hate him.
Oh yeah - was that Gobert they were talking about in the video?
Can't crowd him every second, or if you try, that's a perfect illustration of "gravity", and allows the rest to essentially play 4 on 4.
My guess is that he will almost never bring the ball up the floor in year one. He'll primarily be a lob threat, catch kick outs for jumpers, and pass over the top to cutting players.
Draymond's absolutely right in saying that rim protection is Wemby's most translatable skill, and it's not a simple case of his height + wingspan. He has great defensive instincts and mostly stays vertical without fouling. He averaged 3 bpg and only 2 fouls per game, and had nine teammates who averaged more fouls per game than him, despite the fact that he led the team in mpg. Those are incredible numbers.
Also interesting that PG casually said "yeah, he's a 7'5" 3 man..."
Teams might think they’re better off playing 4 on 4 against the rest of the lineup than having to deal with wemby depending on how quickly his offense refines
think playing with another big will open up a lot for him, especially getting pin down screens to help him pop up for those midrange bunnies that he thrived at in France
Wemby is going to make a ton of good passes to open Spurs.
Will they convert?
Especially catch n shoot type receptions.
To me this will be a huge factor in how Year 1 goes.
As to otherwise teamates, so far not a GNob, Parker or DRob in sight.
The Draymond slurping is always good for some LOL.
Notice he chooses a mainly phan and media controlled goal "I don thinks he will make the All Star team."
Well Apemond, you and the Warriors don't get a load of awards nor Championships if they are given out on merit.
Myself i think Wemby will be legit All Star in Year 1.
However if his Spurs teammates lay non stop bricks, well that could keep him out.
Already wondering if Pops Pets Tre and McDougie will see the bench if sucking.
Low-key shooting at Gobert.
Strength is much easier to improve through training than quickness and speed. Last season the french league who is not essentially age capped at 22 like the NCAA decided to throw strong men at him and crowd him. He still performed.
Now sure the strength level in the NBA is a cut above but DG's strategy is not something that will be unfamiliar. He will be more prepared than your typical NCAA recruit. Seems the NCAA does a pretty ty job at player development. I can understand why top prospects are preferring the G-league and not only because of the money.
SpursTalk with the inevitable victim syndrome
”How dare this piece of claim that a rookie will struggle and not make the ASG in year one?”
how dare he say he will have an approach to defending wemby? they need to just bend over and allow him to score for freeSpursTalk with the inevitable victim syndrome
”How dare this piece of claim that a rookie will struggle and not make the ASG in year one?”
^ said no one on this thread.
2 above.
Anyone who thought low man wins means shorter players are better need to stop posting. Never heard phrase but common sense and bball knowledge said it was center of gravity reference lol
The thing is that Wemby will likely make the All-Star team on fan votes alone. He'll have the NBA hype machine behind him, nearly an entire country, and San Antonio - plus Spurs fans elsewhere - all voting for him.
He will struggle as a rookie but will likely have numbers similar to Kristaps Porzingis' rookie season (15 and 7).
Will he?
Or is Stern Jr working with the Lakers and Warriors on a scam to get him to one of them?
I think he's Spur for life. Or at least the next 5 years unless the Holt Jr's flip out.
Sure it's a common expression and frankly common knowledge.
However if Gaymond or any of his slurpers think this is some super insight along with "crowding" giving some fabulous *edge* against Wemby, they can GFTs.
The link you provided showed how much Duke basketball espouses the Low Man strategy.
Notice how their asses have been wiped the last 5 NCAA tournaments.
I repeat, imo the biggest key to Wemby Year 1 is how are other Spurs going to respond to his kick ass passes. A healthy offense making shots or bricklayers?
It seems that quite a few people here have never really considered the biomechanics of basketball. Wemby's height is an advantage so long as he avoids too much contact. But he'll have to adjust to physicality on both ends of the court. I think he'll start off elite defensively, then guys will figure out ways to score around him, then he'll adjust to become elite again. Offensively, so long as he avoids dribbling in traffic too much and not trying to create his own shot near the rim, I don't think contact will be too big of an issue. If you try to hug a player up and down the court, it will put you at risk of foul trouble, and trying to overplay him will give Wemby and the team leverage to score easy buckets. It'd likely be a similar process to where he starts out having success until the league adjusts to him and then will have to adjust back.
And yes, being tall makes it harder to dribble. It's part of the reason why the unicorn fantasy some have where lineups will just be five interchangeable guys is very unlikely to happen. There are trade-offs, on average, when it comes to height.
I mean I know Raymond is an “all-time great” defender, but how tf is he stopping a jump hook from Wemby. Wemby doesn’t have to back down anybody. He can literally walk to his spot, demand the ball, and shoot over Raymond
The video is worth watching. Dray acknowledges that if you let Wemby gets to a spot he is comfortable, it's over. Dray says that Wemby probably won't even notice or see you trying to contest, he'll just go right over you like you aren't there.
i mean yeah, there comes a point where the height difference is somewhat insurmountable for the defender. its going to be a matter of pushing wemby as far out of his spot as possible. you cant really front a guy that tall if you are draymond. dont even need a high-low at that point with a good pass.
It comes down to, unless you're a true 7 footer, you're going to have to hustle your ass down the court to beat him to his spots and keep him from getting there with leverage and muscle while swiping his dribble and pull-ups.
A lot of effort and concentration, but it's possible.
Honestly, only Wemby can stop Wemby. He needs to clean up his shot a bit, but he's a kid so he has time and in 3 years, barring injury, he's going to be the scariest player on any court on both ends.
Wemby vs Chet might become a really great rivalry to come. Looking forward to it.
Wemby pretty much owned him in FIBA, even though the US won.
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