Spurs Select F Jeremy Sochan with the 9th Pick in the 2022 NBA Draft

[Pauleta14]

No idea why some of you expect Sochan to shine more in Europe than in the NBA tbh...

Considering his strengths and limitations, the NBA is the best context for him with lower BBIQ needed, less shooting and passing abilities required as well

Sochan mostly shines with spacing and he'll soon be a liability for his national team who'll have no other choice but hiding him in the corner (nothing to do with politics).

If he didn't show off his famously practiced 3 during an exhibition game I'm not expecting him to suddenly shoot them when the pressure elevates.

[DAF86]

Straw man arguments. The argument is constantly changing and drawn out from the original preface. NBA players would dominate in the summer league if the team revolved around them. Very simple take yet it gets spurn into personal agendas.

When has it ever changed? You and a few others said Sochan would be a volume scorer in Summer League, the rest of us told you he wouldn't. You can agree or disagree but the argument never changed, tbh

[DAF86]

I have no idea who anybody's talking about, but the takes that Summer League is some phenomenal basketball world where established NBA players couldn't dominate pretty easily is certainly a take. It's not just Sochan, anyone who is a good NBA player would rip the SL. That's why they don't play there. But you guys really, really like defending Summer League for some reason.

Sochan isn't on the NBA because of his scoring, he's on the NBA because of his defense, his connecting play and his physical attributes. He doesn't have the skill-set to be a high volume scorer at any level of semi-professional basketball. Him being good enough to be a rotation player on the NBA doesn't necessarily mean he can go to Summer League and dominate by scoring in bunches. That's just not part of his game. Or do you really think Ben Wallace would have turned into Shaq in Summer League? That's not how basketball works.

Sochan in this year's Spurs SL team wouldn't have scored more than Jones-García despite the former being the better NBA player. Any sensible NBA fan realizes that.

[TimDunkem]

With Malaki & Blake gone that leaves Jeremy, Devin & Keldon as the new ST "whipping boys," sadly.

So disingenuous. Those 3 have always sucked.

[LeBowen]

Sochan isn't on the NBA because of his scoring, he's on the NBA because of his defense, his connecting play and his physical attributes.

Too bad for him that non-shooters on perimeter positions aren't a thing on serious playoff rosters anymore.
He'll either improve his shot to the level of not being dared to shoot or get traded. Even if he was the best defender in the league it wouldn't help him if he can't shoot.
Same goes for elite shooters who are traffic cones on defense.

[The Truth #6]

His value/contract realistically is around Luke Kornet in my opinion. l doubt his agent would let that happen. His contract will be a real test for Brian Wright imo. I like him and hate to accept he didn't hit his draft day potential but that's where we are.

[Jordan Jackson]

I think the Spurs have broken that fanbase emotionally and psychologically lol

[Spurs Brazil]

[scott]

I think the Spurs have broken that fanbase emotionally and psychologically lol

You know Scott Perry... it's going to be really difficult for us to part with Sochan for anything less than two unprotected FRPs, and even then I'm not sure we can get there... you're really twisting our arm here...

[Spurs Brazil]

[Splits]

Says a lot he hasn't signed an extension yet. Anything more than 3/$30m is an overpay.

[mystargtr34]

lol that smells like either pulling out due to contract negotiations or he was cut and it’s a cover

[exstatic]

lol that smells like either pulling out due to contract negotiations or he was cut and it’s a cover

Or, maybe,he actually has a calf issue.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Says a lot he hasn't signed an extension yet.

It really doesn’t. The vast majority of non-max extensions always get done at the last moment in october.

[LeBowen]

Calf injury sustained from taking too many jumpshots over the summer, tbh.

[Leetonidas]

Dude's made of glass just like Vassell sadly

[ambchang]

Really concerning that a calf issue is lingering for so long, especially for a guy who depends on constant movement and energy. OTOH hope his dookie was in that game vs Senegal was due to his injury, which is something that could be fixed long term.

[TekXX]

Hmm, he doesn't look polish.

[Spurs Brazil]

[Spurs Brazil]

[NASpurs]

All those IG videos took a toll on his calf.

[KobesAchilles]

Dude has missed already missed a season of basketball with his injuries. I’m offering the Kornet deal as his max

[exstatic]

It really doesn’t. The vast majority of non-max extensions always get done at the last moment in october.

Yeah, Spurs history usually shows that the deal gets signed in October, a day or a few days before the rookie extension cut off.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

I’d rather have Bryant getting his minutes off the bench anyway. Sochan sucks

[spursistan]

Said it before, this guy is the biggest false image on the team. All he does is snippets and tidbits of “putting work” on social media mixed up with some trolling, but when it comes to making concrete contributions to winning on the basketball court, even for his country, he is nowhere to be found: Flawed, one-dimensional and made of glass.

Championship teams, or aspiring ones, make tough and unsentimental decisions along the way. And Brian Wright would be undoing all the goodwill he built up the last few years by handing considerable money to Sochan just because he is a quirky character. Carter Bryant will be there to kick him down the team hierarchy probably as soon as early next season when the former is still nursing his calf.