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The fact that you miss the irony of your post(s) says a lot...
Should have clarified, I only meant similar impact from the perspective of being an impact defender while not being a significant offensive threat. Not necessarily to Draymond's level. My apologies for not being clear there.
The fact that you miss the irony of your post(s) says a lot...
Yeah, sochan’s best outcome seems more like Aaron Gordon than Draymond. Draymond is on such a higher level than Sochan, and he was like that early on in his career.
Soon the only person who will hear her (Pauleta) cries about Sochan, Champagnie (or whatever bad take she has next because she has poor basketball knowledge) will be herself. She has such an abrasive personality that no interaction with her is any fun, combined with an insufferable narcissistic at ude. Enjoy talking to yourself, loser.
What happened to sochan, imho, is that his rookie season showed promise and that the expectations were reset by the fans. People are talking about him being an all star type player if he learned to shoot (including me) but that wasn’t realistic. He is a good defensive role player, he has little self creation ability and he can’t finish anything outside of 15 feet. The finishing I hope he can eventually fix but I’m not sure if he will ever have that self creation in him.
My expectations have since adjusted, and that is of a 9th pick in his class. I also hope the coaching staff can create a system that can use the strengths of the players instead of forcing them into a predetermined system that highlights their weaknesses.
I love that Sochan is not soft and is compe ive. He's versatile. And though his attire demands attention, on offense he is not someone demanding the ball and stalling the offense.
He does whatever is asked. I still can't believe they played him as a point guard last year; that has to be unprecedented in the NBA to force a power forward who can't shoot into a starting point guard role with zero experience in that position. And yet, he didn't completely fall apart like some other draft picks and instead is I would say thriving in a more limited role this year. The only issue is shooting imo. That's it.
I don't understand at all the arguments that he has really poor fundamentals or basketball IQ. If anything, this season he feels like a much more athletic Oberto out there.
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5/140 may not be terrible on a declining $ deal. I had him about 4/$80 myself, but if he played hardball I could see that going up.
So here are at the ASB, here is an update:
- That top lineup gives a little bit of an indication of how my preferred bench unit would work, since it has 3 of the 5 guys I'd have on the 2nd unit: CP3, Vassell, Sochan.
- Personally I'd start Fox/Castle/Champ/Barnes/Wemby, which is effectively the third lineup listed here but with Fox in for CP3. I'd expect Pace to increase dramatically with that lineup.
- We see the starting 5 with Fox added in this list now. It's a negative net rating, but the offense is still pretty good. It's the defense, which is predictable since CP3 and Fox together is a midget backcourt, and neither Devin or Barnes are even average defenders. This is just a lineup that is doomed to fail defensively
My preferred starting lineup would be - Fox, Vassell, Castle, Sochan and Wemby. Yeah, there are three sub-par three point shooters and spacing will be a problem. But I want these guys to figure out the rest of the season. This offers the best lineup for future development and will also be the best defensive lineup with three plus defenders and one (Fox) treading water on defense.
The Spurs are now 3.5 games behind the Warriors for the 10th spot. It doesn't matter. Try hard to develop defensive chemistry with the core and also some shooting consistency for Castle and Sochan. This lineup will also contend better unlike the CP3, Fox, Barnes lineups which will score well but will always be outscored and will put too much pressure on Wemby to provide the defense. With my lineup, there is less chance of Wemby being gassed out because of Castle and Sochan applying perimeter pressure and Vassell (theoretically) providing help defense while Fox has active hands.
The bench with CP3, Johnson, Champagnie, Barnes and Biyombo can be a veteran second unit.
If the Spurs fail to win and are limited to the 11th or the 12th spot that is a better outcome than getting to the 10th spot, winning possibly one game in the play-in and losing some percentage points on the higher lottery pick possibility. Playing Castle and Sochan will also help the Spurs build and solidify strong defensive habits around Wemby.
I think your lineup would be the best developmental lineup, even though it might not be the best lineup we can put out there. I'd be fine with it, understanding that it won't look pretty at times. At least it would make it crystal clear on if Devin can stay and how much we should put into Sochan's extension.
Indeed. It will be the best developmental lineup. And it will also help figure out what exactly we need around Wemby. I think CP3 and Barnes have been great additions who have brought some clarity on how to play around Wemby but now that we have Fox and because Barnes is so terrible defensively...it's time to move on from the veterans. Let this lineup figure out their strengths and weaknesses. If it works and it helps the Spurs reach the play-in it's great news for the cast and if it doesn't, it is still good for our lottery odds. The Spurs lose nothing by relegating CP3 and Barnes.
Some notes from NBA.com's latest power rankings that came out today:
Three numbers to know
- The Spurs ranked 14th defensively (111.9 points allowed per 100 possessions) when they were 18-16 and in eighth place in the West. Over their 18 games since they rank 28th on that end of the floor (118.3 allowed per 100).
- The Spurs lead the league in opponent free throw rate (19.3 attempts per 100 shots from the field). Victor Wembanyama has averaged 1.68 blocks per personal foul, the highest rate for any player with at least 100 total blocks in the 52 seasons that blocks have been counted.
- Over their five games with De’Aaron Fox, the Spurs have been better in their 110 minutes with both Fox and Chris Paul on the floor (plus-5.5 points per 100 possessions) than they’ve been in 104 total minutes with one on the floor without the other (minus-2.7 per 100).
I wanted to focus on the last bullet point. The article points out that the Spurs are better with CP3/Fox on the court than with having just one of them on the court... however, this is a little misleading. The Spurs are +2.46 per 100 possessions with Fox on the floor without Paul, which means they are significantly negative with CP3 on the floor without Paul. Unfortunately I don't have a way to isolate CP3's minutes in just the last 5 games the way I can do De'Aaron's with the tools available, but just using the data that's available to me, the Spurs have played 240 minutes since the Fox trade... CP3 and DeAaron have played 110 together, Fox has played 69 without CP3, which leaves 61 minutes. Paul has played 145 minutes in the last 5 games, which mean's he has played 35 minutes without Fox.
So that means in CP3's 35 minutes without Fox, the unit is posting around a -13 NETRTG. WOOF.
(Note: pbpstats also show that CP3+Fox is posting a +4.74, not a +5.5 like the article suggests... I'm curious why the data would be different).
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