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Right now it looks like Vassell by a mile.
Dark horse would be KJ, but as I've said before I think he has pretty much hit his ceiling and may be best suited in the 6th-man aka Manu role.
Keldon Johnson
Jeremy Sochan
Devin Vassell
Malaki Branham
Zach Collins
Other Player on the Current Roster (specify)
Other Player on the Current G League Team
Player Acquired in a Trade
Player Signed via Free Agency
Player Acquired in a Future Draft
Assuming Wembanyama is the Spur's best player, who in the next 3 seasons or so will emerge as his best teammate?
Last edited by BillMc; 10-15-2023 at 04:04 PM.
Right now it looks like Vassell by a mile.
Dark horse would be KJ, but as I've said before I think he has pretty much hit his ceiling and may be best suited in the 6th-man aka Manu role.
it's Vassell and it ain't close
Well you could easily argue Manu was Tim's #2 guy.
However, I agree that Vasselll looks to be the one.
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Spurs are going to do their “Spurs” thing and one of these guys will rise to top and become a household name, tbh. Wemby excites me, but I’ve always been a fan of the Robin rather than Batman like I was with Manu.
He ain't here yet, tbh
San Antonio works in threes but I picked Sochan.
Give me the versatility and unselfishness of sochan
3 years is enough to bring another star via trade.
I still feel like its 2.a and 2.b with Parker and Manu.
Parker arguably had to carry the larger load as the teams starting PG...was the more consistent scorer, the head of the snake, more accolades (All-Stars, Finals MVP, MVP voting, etc)
Ginobili was the X-factor and the guy you wanted taking big shots in the biggest moments, and sacrificed stats over winning. Obviously his flair and creativity are legendary.
I love Manu and he was my second favorite player on those teams, but Tony deserves his due and and I feel like he doesn't always get it.
False Premise. The Spurs won't have a Big Three, they're gonna have a Big Fourteen.
It'll be Luka in 2 years when he gets tired of Cuban and the Mavs incompetent FO tbh
Vassell for now. Sochan could eventually surpass him.
Vassell. He has the potential to be Klay Thompson.
Sohan will probably be like Draymond Green.
Could be next year actually.
I feel like given the landscape of the NBA, and the Spurs incredible plethora of draft picks, they're going to be looking to move them.
Look at it this way: We already have the #1 asset in the league outside of maybe 1 or 2 players, and we have one of the youngest teams in the league already. Unless the Spurs FO sincerely believes they can put a championship caliber team around Wemby by continually drafting rookies until we get a couple of all-star or borderline all-star level talents out of them, we need to move some of those picks. Not want. Need. There's simply no way we're going to win a le with 14 guys who can't drink legally yet, I don't care how good Wemby is.
I think the Spurs put together a huge package for a high end complementary player, at PG (if Sochan doesn't pan out there) or SF (Keldon likely included in that deal). We'd likely find a team with a relatively unhappy star who's also trying to tank and pull the trigger on a deal that gives them space to reset their franchise with some solid picks and a good young couple of players for a star, and build around that.
I just don't see the Spurs waiting on a bunch of college kids to develop while Wemby is quickly growing into his role as one of the best bigs in the game. How many seasons would you guys be comfortable drafting picks hoping for gold if and when Wemby is 3rd team All NBA or better at his position? Because once he gets to that point, the time to draft and wait is over, IMO. You gotta strike when the iron is hot, and wasting more than a season or two of Wemby when he's dominating the league is sub-optimal. I know we managed to grab parker and manu (and Kawhi), but the odds that we'll be able to snag another top guy unless he's from one of the protected picks is pretty low.
That’s the dream.
I mean that's certainly pie in the sky, OTOH if you're Luka.... why wouldn't you want to play with an ultra-elite defensive big who can also playmake with you?
If he came to the Spurs in the next 2 years they would run the league for a decade. It would be the most lethal pairing of two top end players we've seen since LeBron/Wade, and much younger. If we picked up Luka in the off-season our floor would be like 5 rings IMO. Wouldn't be fair to the rest of the NBA. AND we have the cap space to make it happen, too.
Luka in San Antonio would be like Stanley Roberts. The food is too good.
I'd prefer Luka play out his Mavs contract and freely come over after 2 years in Summer of 26.
A trade before that and Shark Tank will undoubtedly ask a lot, rightly so.
I'd actually been considering starting a similar thread. Part of Wemby being able to do everything is that you don't know what he will eventually do most frequently and thus what kind of players would work best with him in the future. I feel reasonably safe in saying the Spurs are going to need verticle spacing with Wemby on the court no matter how good he gets. While Victor himself adds a lot of vertical spacing when he flashes to the rim, he probably won't be in a position to space a shooter all that often. I think they need speed and rim pressure the most. Wesley is probably the only person on the team with a chance to fill that role, but he's far more likely to bust than reach that. I don't know how I feel about Doncic on the Spurs because I think he and Wemby will get in each other's way. That's why despite the positional overlap, someone like Giannis could fit better.
I don't see any Spur on the roster as a good fit in that role. Guys like Vassell and Branham have the talent to be productive parts of the offense but I still consider them more beneficiaries than contributors. Johnson's an interesting case because we don't yet know what kind of game he'll show. He uses strength to get to places other would need speed to. The earlier him that bulled to the rim could really help -- especially given how the opposing team might have to scramble their lineup to guard the Spurs. The version that developed to shoot more away from the basket is a different story. It's good that he added some weight back on. While I don't think he can rise to be a Robin, if Wemby's presence allows Johnson to be an inside-out player again while still getting the benefit from better three-point shooting, he may find a different level of success compared to guys who in a vacuum are more valuable.
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