Keldon open to coming off the bench

[Maddog]

i facetiously stayed in another thread about the potential starting lineup, but could really see this lineup
Zollins
Wemby
Champagnie
Devin
Tre

You put Keldon and Sochan at 25+ minutes off the bench you've got a pretty good rotation.
Of course Champagnie has yet to show sustained output.

[spurraider21]

The quote by Keldon and how he expressed it is as if it’s writing on the wall… to all the folks saying, “well! There’s no indication this really means anything” people. You don’t really get asked that question if it isn’t the elephant in the room and he had an answer like he’s thought about it already/ been informed of the possibility.

or the reporter is speculating as much as anybody that one of last year's starters is going to come off the bench, and keldon is one of the possibilities, so he just asked him what he'd think if that happened

[spurraider21]

i facetiously stayed in another thread about the potential starting lineup, but could really see this lineup
Zollins
Wemby
Champagnie
Devin
Tre

You put Keldon and Sochan at 25+ minutes off the bench you've got a pretty good rotation.
Of course Champagnie has yet to show sustained output.

champ would have to have a sustained level of very good play for that to even be considered. keldon isnt a bad player.

with that said, a bench unit including sochan/keldon could be quite good

[Maddog]

champ would have to have a sustained level of very good play for that to even be considered. keldon isnt a bad player.

with that said, a bench unit including sochan/keldon could be quite good

Agreed
Champagnie has some interesting POTENTIAL as a starter- spreads the floor, moves well without the ball. He's definitely unproven.
Sochan and Keldon would be interesting off the bench as both are high energy players

[Uriel]

Really glad we have high character guys that have gotten over themselves on this team

[Mnky]

as much as i think keldon's best bet at long term success is a bench role, ive always seen sochan as the obvious candidate to come off the bench for now. he did so at baylor. we would have mostly a 3-man big rotation between collins/wemby/sochan. also makes sense since sochan can handle some ball handling duty as a backup when Tre is sitting

and keldon will space the floor much better than sochan would. wemby needs a lot of room to operate when he's facing up, especially if he's going to constantly use that long spin move

Wemby can space the floor for them. High pick and roll with sochan and wemby would be a fun concept and difficult for teams to match with their reach and agility. I don't expect them to be superstars their first year, but that could definitely develop into something special.

[scott]

i facetiously stayed in another thread about the potential starting lineup, but could really see this lineup
Zollins
Wemby
Champagnie
Devin
Tre

You put Keldon and Sochan at 25+ minutes off the bench you've got a pretty good rotation.
Of course Champagnie has yet to show sustained output.

I had a similar thought with a starting lineup of:

Tre
Bran
Dev
Vic
Zollins

I like the idea of BOTH KJ and Sochan off the bench.

[redman112]

I had a similar thought with a starting lineup of:

Tre
Bran
Dev
Vic
Zollins

I like the idea of BOTH KJ and Sochan off the bench.

KJ and The Destroyer will punish opposing teams bench. what an exciting season!

[timtonymanu]

Really glad we have high character guys that have gotten over themselves on this team

Just make sure they aren’t flashers tbh

[TrueSpursFan]

This never happened. Why do people insist on pushing this made up narrative?

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/w...or-phenom/amp/

Windy wrote up a profile of Wemby and stated that. That’s where it comes from.

[Fireball]

I think its best that Keldon comes off the bench. I want Sochans defense in the starting five and Wemby needs to be paired with Collins to not play center. It will be interesting to see which direction Pop goes ...

[John B]

It only makes sense for Keldon to play off the bench. Sochan fits better next to Wemby, than Keldon/Wemby. Sochan can help defend the post better than Keldon could, avoiding Wemby getting pounded than necessary. Sochan is a better facilitator to Wemby than Keldon would. And if Sochan improves on the 3, checkmate.

Likewise, Keldon would create havoc against the opposing bench. It’s 2 plus 2, period.

[John B]

i facetiously stayed in another thread about the potential starting lineup, but could really see this lineup
Zollins
Wemby
Champagnie
Devin
Tre

You put Keldon and Sochan at 25+ minutes off the bench you've got a pretty good rotation.
Of course Champagnie has yet to show sustained output.

Putting Champagnie over Keldon/Sochan, could only mean and one thing only… Bonner passed him Pop’s incriminating pictures.

[heyheymymy]

i facetiously stayed in another thread about the potential starting lineup, but could really see this lineup
Zollins
Wemby
Champagnie
Devin
Tre

You put Keldon and Sochan at 25+ minutes off the bench you've got a pretty good rotation.
Of course Champagnie has yet to show sustained output.

Great post, I could see something like that.

Functional in the basketball sense plus diplomatic between Sochan and KJ since one won't start instead of the other.

Had a similar idea except swap Champ for Doug

[Atl Spur]

Sochan will start There are a few moves that must be made before settling on a starting 5 though.

[DPG21920]

The way you worded that it made it seem like it was something that Wemby said.

What's the point of coming up with a random ass hypothetical like that? It just places the conversation on a false narrative.

Because enough smoke has been there that it’s worthy of discussing that possibility? Alongside the fact the Spurs listed Wemby as a PF in Summer League?

[spurraider21]

The spurs could literally trade for Steven Adams, start him alongside wemby, list wemby as a forward, and DAF will still yell that he’s playing center

[couchman]

I think either Keldon or Tre go to the bench but that assumes that Sochan’s late season shooting improvement carries over.
In today’s NBA it is tough to start more then one non-shooter.
The point about Sochan’s development reminds me that a lot may depend on what coach Pop sees in preseason practices.
I think we’re all eager to see if Sochan and Branham take the next step, and which players develop chemistry with each other.

I wouldn’t be shocked to see this lineup:
Branham
Vassell
Sochan
Wemby
Collins

With Tre and Keldon subbing in together to push the pace and feast on second units.

[slick'81]

The spurs could literally trade for Steven Adams, start him alongside wemby, list wemby as a forward, and DAF will still yell that he’s playing center

Say it with me! Hes a c-e-n-t-e-r

[KingKev]

This team will have multiple starting lineups but I see Keldon coming off the bench by year end unless he shows he can be a league average wing defender.

[Joseph Kony]

just play the kid at PF and put Sochan as "C" on the lineup. anything else makes the shakeup of the lineups needlessly complicated.

Wemby
Sochan
KJ
Vassell
Jones

That lineup fits. There's no reason to start Collins and force one of KJ or Sochan (who is probably our 2nd or 3rd best player) to ride the bench when they'd both be more effective next to Wemby.

[John B]

Manu making it to HOF and winning championships with a 6th man role, will make it easier for Keldon to do the same.

Keldon will log the minutes and will close the games. I think they close with Sochan, Vassell, Keldon, Wemby, Collins.

But yes I agree this team will have different lineups until Pop sees which work best, finalizing after the trade deadline. Then will see if they trade for a Vet to add, or even let the young guys continue if Pop sees them taking the leap. But for sure, it will be a fun season to watch, finally.

[Mr. Body]

I think either Keldon or Tre go to the bench but that assumes that Sochan’s late season shooting improvement carries over.
In today’s NBA it is tough to start more then one non-shooter.
The point about Sochan’s development reminds me that a lot may depend on what coach Pop sees in preseason practices.
I think we’re all eager to see if Sochan and Branham take the next step, and which players develop chemistry with each other.

I wouldn’t be shocked to see this lineup:
Branham
Vassell
Sochan
Wemby
Collins

With Tre and Keldon subbing in together to push the pace and feast on second units.

The team will get destroyed if Branham is guarding the point of attack.

[kobyz]

Graham/Branham/McDermott/Keldon/Mamu

who says no

You need some defense in the second unit, i think Sochan come of the bench and Osman starts

[Rocalcio]

I tried to tell y’all.

That’s some classic bull speech, he would obviously never say that he has to start. I would believe that so far.