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we need a pg or another playmaker
we need a pg or another playmaker
Thanks Timvp. I thought Wemby did well despite the enormous pressure surrounding him, advertised nationally televised and in front of a sold out, celebrity packed arena. I wouldn’t worry too much. The whole team didn’t shoot well. But as Timvp mentioned, his defense was elite and that will translate in day 1 of the regular season. Playing along better shooters should open the lanes for him, along with better plays from Pop. I’m not worried.
Champagnie continues to sizzle. He is playing man among boys, his composure, strength. The game just basically slowed down on him and he’s able to pick his spots.
Malaki had a better game the orevious game. But I think the team tried to incorporate Victor and Malaki got lost somewhat as the go-to guy. I really think he excels better when he is expected to score and being the number one option in the court.
Blake needs to tighten those handles. I think he still plays a little too fast and needs to slow down and pick his opponent. Regardless, I think he produced well tonight, but still needs to be the best handles protecting the ball if he would play the PG.
Barlow I think complimented well. It wasn’t his best game, but able to compliment well and in flow of the team.
Cissoco was an energizer bunny. But yes he needs to be more disciplined not committing too many fouls. But I’llngive him a flyer as those were committed being actively defending and hassling. I think Pop will like his motor.
Tonight wasn’t the best game. But I think they’re playing the best team basketball and it says a lot about the maturity of our young players coming from the off-season. Good job all.
Cissoko has played a combined 69 minutes this summer and hasn't made a single FG. This has to be some kind of record.
I sincerely hope he will get out off this slump. It should be rough for him.
B- for wemby ...
LJ has low expectations for this dude looks like
Not worried about Wemby at all.
We saw what he can do on an off night and it's impressive - he bends the opposing team's defense with his mere presence and on defense he literally shrinks the court and makes everything that much more difficult - drives, shooting, everything, attackers always think twice and are mindful of him lurking because he can literally guard two positions/spaces on the court at the same time.
His offense might take a while, but his defense will be elite from day 1, no doubt whatsoever, and the intangibles he brings will help the other players as well.
Sorry LJ, can't see that as a B- game from Wemby. Loved what I saw in the first half but the second half was burn the ing tape bad on offense, as Wemby looked frustrated as .
If Wemby is going to maintain this playstyle, he has to stop trying to dribble into a crowded paint. Just pull up when you see that or do a turnaround J. He’s thinking he can dribble all the way to the basket for a layup or dunk too often. This is what I said all predraft process long and what Draymond said recently— he’s not gonna get that easily in the NBA. He’s gotta discern better when he should and when he shouldnt.
The only thing that was actually concerning for me was his rebounding.
He showed no effort. Not boxing out, not getting rebounds well within his range. Let's hope it's just down to not trying his best in summer league, but he definitely needs to be more engaged on the glass.
Offense went as expected. His first few jumpshots barely missed and then he lost confidence.
Handles are rough, but I don't really want him handling the ball as much.
One thing that was really annoying was him not getting any mid-range looks, seemed to be his game in France. Easy shots just outside of the paint.
I'm not worried at all.
Branham, Barlow and Champagnie played as expected, will definitely get good minutes this seaosn.
Cissoko looks like a potential lockdown defender, but his offense is disgustingly bad other than some nice passes.
Wesley...idk. He most definitely can't run the point in the NBA and there's no way Pop gives him minutes at point unless he makes significant improvements.
Branham is way more composed, but still not a true point guard.
What I fear is that Wemby will play for the “ooh and aahs” of the crowd. It certainly seemed that way the entire game, like he was trying to show off his repertoire. The crossovers are nice but if he relies on it so much, it’s just going to lead to turnover after turnover. Playing winning basketball is what matters.
my opinion on the pg situation is that I dont really care how the offense is being set up if we’re constantly winning by +10. Something is being done right when it’s like that tbh. It may be that Wesley’s defense outweighs whatever a true pg would provide.
You could tell Wemby was nervous during the game, and looked a little s -shocked after the game. He sounded disappointed in his game but stuck to "glad we got the team win" which shows maturity. The more failure right now the better imo.
Wemby was nervous and anxious as plain and simple he will be more than fine. When he came over to the US about 9 months ago and played those two games against Scoot and the G league Ignite he had 37 points and 36 points in those two games and looked great and looked nothing how he did last night.
this was a brick fest
Too many inefficient offensive possessions. Spurs cannot let him be content for half his possessions to be settled for fade aways.
Like timvp mentioned he needs to be putting pressure on rim - with what he showed passing he can handle making right decisions if he is going towards rim.
Defense he can absorb a ton. He can freelance for sure. Will be interesting to see if his instincts and ability to read plays vs just absorb them comes a long because if so he’s DPoy
based on this game I'm pretty sure Wemby can be an elite role player. probably one of the best ever
B- for Wemby is…. generous. That was hard to watch last night tbh. About as bad a debut offensively as we could’ve imagined. No offensive game plan with Wemby whatsoever, just letting him iso from the top of the key every possession like he’s Kobe Bryant which resulted in a turnover or a missed shot every single time. was terrible. He’s 7’4 FFS, get him some looks near the basket! He’s not a good enough shooter to solely rely on jump shots to score.
Defensively he was great as expected at least, which was his only saving grace last night. Really need to get him moving in some PnR’s (despite his weak screening ability, he needs to improve), and need to run some cross-actions for him down low to get him some easy looks around the basket.
I liked what I saw for the most part. His confidence wasn't there which surprised me, but that will come around once he has a more structured offensive system. As for his issues handling and turning it over on drives, that'll come around too. He's feeling it out and finding what he can't do here. He's smart and will figure that out real quickly. As for position and the argument between people who tjink hes a 4 and those who think he's a 5, i think he looks more like a 3/4 on both ends. He's not physical or aggressive enough to guard 5's and watching how he defended Miller on the perimeter made me feel pretty comfortable projecting him guarding most 3's. My biggest concern was aggression in the paint and on the boards. I 'think' that a product of his slight frame...at least i hope thats why its not there yet.
This gives people comfort? It’s exactly like I predicted. Expecting wemby to guard players like this on a consistent basis is going to lead to failure. Plus, I say again, look at the players who are on the court. Miller is playing the 4 man here, and Wemby has almost exclusively (except on necessary switches) defended either the big man or the second to the biggest big man, which happens to be Miller whom the Blazers put out as their 4.
The Spurs had little trouble with offense last year but was horrible at defense. Wemby immediately makes us light-years better on that side of the ball.
If that;s the case we can kiss switches goodbye.... And in todays NBA switches are everything
Thank god he has pop and this development staff
Low expectations for THAT gameB- for wemby ...
LJ has low expectations for this dude looks like
Wemby said himself in interview he sometimes had no idea what he had to do and played with guys he never played with and have diff goals that preparing the season.
He was rarely set up and had to improvise most of the time.
>50% of his offense needs to come from pick and rolls with a quick dynamic PG. Once you've established this in a game the rest will open up, and not only for him but also for his teammates.
Defensively, he's going to be coached up on court awareness and rotations. There were several times where a play was made behind him or where a board came off but he had his back or head turned.
And yes, he cannot dribble through traffic. His dribble is too high and that's not because he dribbles high its because he's 7'5" so his handles are just too high.
Pop and the coaches will find out how to make him lethal out there however in some combination of PnR or PnP, with less perimeter play.
His rotations need some help in the interior especially. On the perimeter he switched ok, but often left 3 pt shooters with too much space.
Overall, he's just got to adapt to the spacing, flow, skill, and athleticism of the NBA.
And he will. But it's not gonna happen overnight.
Yeah, his dribbling was easily disrupted and NBA players will be even harder to go against.
Once he gets set up with the big boy club, Spurs should be better suited to get him the ball in the right spots instead of him trying to do it all himself.
Also should watch some tape on KD. Durant has handles but you rarely see him getting flashy with his dribble...just kinda keeps it simple and dribbles straight into his spot and into his shot.
I'd hate to see what a C or lower game looks like tbh
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