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Being that young for sure.
He's 20. Is there a chance he'll fill out and get noticeably stronger?
Being that young for sure.
Not reassuring considering that Sochan was the starting point guard last year and Wemby was playing alongside Collins in the starting lineup.
He simply doesn’t look like the same player as last year, even at the beginning of the season. The numbers seem to support the eye test — he’s worse than he was playing as a rookie. Maybe he should take a week or two off, I don’t know. But he’s straight up playing weak. I don’t remember a single game last year where played so soft. Now it’s rare to see Vic assert himself on the game.
He got skinny legs and being so tall his center of gravity is not as strong. I doubt he’ll be a strong post up player, but he could be strong enough to get good position close to the basket, but not to backdown defenders
But you were talking about the shooting %.You saw that but not the 3.8 bpg, not to mention almost perfect at the line
It’s almost like when duncan played that exhibition game his rookie year and got dominated by Greg ostertag, but it turned out he played the entire game left handed because pop said he should work on his left hand.
Now it’s outside shooting with wemby, and in the regular season, and for 8 games, and getting embarrassed by everyone, and now getting outplayed by deandre Ayton and Zach Collins (on offence). Like what the is going on?
This is just sad
Last year:
16.6 FGA
11.1 2P FGA
5.5 3P FGA
This season (first 7 games):
15.5 FGA
8.1 2P FGA
7.3 3P FGA
also i think this was the first time he scored 15pts or less in a back to back games. Im not sure correct me if im wrong
That’s a ing rounding error.He isn't, 44 last to 42 this season. Quit the drugs, tbh.
It's either Wemby's coasting until after the all star break or he's tired w/ opposing players pushing him out to the 3pt line or double teaming him inside the arc so he just decides to shoot long shots
Dude the Spurs cruised to a Win with most players playing good-to-great. I think that’s a team-win.
has anybody here even paid attention that this guy is completely out of shape? Watch him at the 7 minute mark of 1st and 3rd quarters. He's tired after 5 minutes of play, even when a time out is called in between it. Meanwhile a rookie like Castle and Champagnie play 10 minute stints.
At the 8 minute mark of the 3rd quarter Wemby breaks up a lob by the Blazers. The Spurs run in transition, swing the ball around, Champagnie misses a corner 3. Spurs get the offensive board and Barnes shoots a 3. Only then does Wemby arrive at the other end of the court. With 5 minutes left in the quarter Wemby asks for a sub.
This guy has not worked on his conditioning in the offseason. It's not coaching, it's not Sochan or Castle, it's him being completely out of shape that's the main issue.
Out of shape to start the season? Hey, maybe he is Luka Doncic!
Seriously, he added a lot of bulk over the summer. It's neither surprising nor the end of the world that his cardio is a bit behind. If he's still sucking wind by Christmas, we might need to be concerned.
Agree that cardio appears to be a big part of his struggle right now.
Bad cardio often leads to bad shot selection.
I also think he’s missing Vassell more than we might have expected.
Devin and Wemby had a lot of good two man game going late last season and of course Devin spaced the floor well as our best 3pt shooter.
Or... stay with me... He's being used as bad as last season's start and his teammates just call their numbers using Wemby to set screens for them or the new big thing, using Wemby as a decoy
They're killing the kid it's insane to witness it
Nah, you're all using correlations as causations guys...
His cardio was worse last season! They're just not using him properly like post ASG
Elephant in the room effect, the answer seems too obvious I guess
He didn't add any bulk at all...
(he already talked about it, he gains max 1%-5%/year)
Teams are just determined to not let him operate in space, throwing two, or even 3 guys at him.
Mitch ran a play out of a time out in the fourth that I thought was brilliant. Paul was 3 point line extended right, and Castle was 3 point line extended left, with his back to the basket,appearing to be preventing his defender from collapsing on Wemby. Paul threw a lob entry pass to Wemby at the FT line,back to the basket, and before the pass even reached Wemby, Castle dove to the hoop since his defender was playing the high side,and caught Wemby’s bounce pass for an uncontested basket. Misdirections like this are why Sochan has been so ing effective this year, and a way to unlock some space for Wemby.
I also dont like how the use his minutes like subbing him out arround 6 mins in the first quarter the put him back around 2 mins left.. normally thats not how you use your superstar.
they sub him out at the 7 min mark cause he‘s gassed after 5 min of basketball. Comes in at 2 min then gets some rest in between quarters and plays til the 3 min mark in the 2nd. Then comes in at the 7 min mark to play another 5 minutes. Rinse and repeat in the 2nd half. He has no stamina.
Yup, still though he has 30minutes games now regularly which is a plus when we consider how weak he is.
He is a shooter as well as he says. So....He didn't add any bulk at all...
(he already talked about it, he gains max 1%-5%/year)
haha
Nothing makes any sense, what a mess for the Spurs and Wemby.
It could be a wrong match
Him having no stamina last season had to be expected since he's played a lot less games in france. This season though there's no excuse. He ran the court harder at this time last season to establish position near the basket. This season he's gassed. He's the only player on the team asking to get subbed out after playing 6 minutes. Sean even mentioned it and when the Blazers got to the rim on the last posession he didn't even bother to contest cause he was tired. This happened in damn near every game so far. A rookie like Castle played 10 minutes without any issues. If you're talking about wanting to win rings ASAP you better come into the season with proper conditioning. With how smart he thinks he is he still has a lot to learn about being a professional NBA player.
I think, like many have mentioned, his conditioning is just really out of whack right now. You see him play stints where he looks like last years dominant player and then he gets gassed and has no legs for blocking, rotating, and most importantly shooting.
He'll be alright. There's a few things contributing to his issues, but I honestly think the biggest is he's out of shape/tired from his first ever full year of basketball PLUS the Olympics. He never even played a college level of a season before last year in his life.
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