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His free throw shooting looks better at least.
His shot looks good but it's not going in.
He had a bad game. He will figure this out.
Yeah, I'm sure he hasn't done any work with Duncan.
He was training with J-Crossover this offseason when he should have been training with Tim and KG.
He would be a ridiculous player just on account of adding a hook shot.
His free throw shooting looks better at least.
His shot looks good but it's not going in.
He had a bad game. He will figure this out.
I gotta be honest, even if he was like KD or even LaMarcus Aldridge, 7ft jumpshooter is not my favorite thing to watch.
Did not enjoy LMA's lack of a real postgame.
Wemby's biggest rival Chet has monster game against 3x MVP Joker
25 pts 14 rebs 5 asts 4 blks
If he's only aiming for 1-5% increase in muscle weight every season, well he'd always better aim for 5% minimum, otherwise, that 1% ain't going to help him do . It's not like he's physically superior to everyone else to only need 1% increase in muscle weight. He's not a good enough shooter (hopefully I am way wrong and he shoots a lot better the rest of the season) to rely on scoring with jump shots. In my opinion, he's not much of a lob threat because he's too weak out there. Numerous times in the game, when he had the ball underneath, he was extremely weak with it.
LMA was one of the best post up players in the league. Wemby is more like Gobert, where he has 0 post moves and doesn't know what to do once he's iso'd on the left block. If he had LMA's post up bag he'd be unstoppable.
Didn't LaMarcus want to work with Victor as far back as last season? Seems the Spurs aren't interested.
I remember even Jokic said he's taken from LMA's game and he's learned things by playing against him and watching him. LaMarcus does have some things in his game that talented young big men can take from him. He has weaknesses too, but his strengths are skills players can add to their games.
LMA worked out with Wemby. It was being reported pregame in the last 3rd of the season last year, just can't remember which game. They should work out together more.
Wemby: Rookie of the year. future DPOY. All Star.
Chet: 0
Well that's good. When I heard Jokic mention Aldridge as a guy he's learned from, that made me wonder if Victor has worked with LMA. Jokic really seems to respect LMA's game.
LMA always talked about how his biggest strength was that he never over-complicated things.
Either a turnaround to the middle, a fadeaway or a kickout if doubled.
Even if Wemby gets the ball in similar positions, he's got no strength for that turn right now and his fadeaway is inconsistent.
For me the biggest issue with Wemby is his carelessness with the ball. Obviously everyone has some bad decisions and unnecessary turnovers, but at times it looks like Wemby is intentionally trying to do the most complicated thing.
Yeah, very true. Victor is too careless with the ball and he doesn't have the strength to do some on LMA's moves. Jokic has the size to emulate his turn around and also has the fadeaway in his bag. Man, I did not like what I saw this first game.
I don't think it's a strength issue at all.
It's 100% mental, Vic still refuses or tries to avoid part of his job and it trully mind boggling knowing how mature and smart he is (supposedly)
He can't keep acting like a guard when he's our only big on the floor
He can't keep refusing every post-up situations
This summer with the NT he clearly expressed what he has to do (just catch in the paint and attack the rim STRAIGHT), but he keeps hesitating, taking time, dribbling etc making opp defense's job easy bc he doesn't have the butt or strength to take his time, he'll get bullied all the time even by guards.
He and the team obviously will be better with their legs (thx Pop) but this season is going to be a huge struggle for Wemby, every teams are preparing for him better than last season and PATFO didn't bring anyone capable of taking some pressure off of him.
2 things about it...
1 - The fire alarm DID woke him up and messed up his sleep, he admited it to the french journalists.
2 - WHY THE would you say it publically?? Why is he so transparent with the medias? Vic needs to grow up, there's still a naive child in him
Wemby does have a tendency of making highlight plays rather than the simple plays. Gotta get in IG.
In my opinion he looked uninterested out there last night. Something isn’t boding well with him.
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Posting up as anything pther than a change of pace is a waste of time. It gives the opposition time to set 2 or 3 guys between him and the hoop. Motion without the ball, and a heavy dose of PnR basketball is the key. You have to move the defense around, not let them get set.
#5 and #1 p/r surrounded by #24, #10, and #40 works for me.
Maybe I'm thinking too much about LMA's final years, but he's pegged in my mind as a guy with a turn-around jumper in the post, but that's it.
When LMA wanted to be mean he literally bullied the best bigs down low.
There is a certain logic into what Spurs are doing with Wembnayama.
Spurs are taking their time in building a roster around him and they are also taking their time with his development. There are no need to speed up his development if the team around him doesn't follow that.
Wembanyama could be better right now if he cut some aspect of his game and focus on some simple and effective moves. He doesn't want to do that, and, AFAIK, Spurs don't want him to that. The goal isn't to be good right now, it's to be great in 2/3 years. Batum said it well recently in a french interview: "He knows who he is and he knows who he should become"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORpak9ws2A0&t=1920s
This. I wanna see dominance too, but patience is necessary. We have to stfu and wait—unfortunately.
Sure, we all agree on the big picture.
But aren't you surprised to see Wemby wandering around not knowing what he has to do after setting up picks like last season?
Aren't u surprised not to have seen any pick and roll plays when that's what eveybody was expecting to see with a specialist as a PG?
It's year 2, teams will be a lot more prepared for him and Spurs still don't have anyone who demands opp teams respect or a roster that can open up the space for him. It can get ugly
Yeah, I'm surprised but it's just one game. He had a poor play/shot selection against Mavs.
My point is that, even if, for example, his P&R with Paul turns out as a deadly weapon, he won't limit himself to that. He wants to be a complete player because it's the path to end up as the GOAT.
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