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Hopefuly wemby always play like hiw he played last night vs kings
After 11 games and despite a rough start, Victor is catching up stat wise compared to last season, still a long way to go to vs his second part of the season last year but he is getting there.
A couple of noticeable changes:
- his FT% is much improved, .92 which is not sustainable but good to see
- his FTA is almost 2 FTs lower per game which makes sense, his FGA is lower but more importantly he is taking 2 more 3s than last year
- bpg, steals, board, TOV are about the same
- lower apg tho but last night was good, it helps when teammates make the shots
- I was checking usage and it corrolates the eye test, his usage is 3 pts lower which is not non significant
On defense, dude is great no question about it, better than last year even compared with his second half of the year
Hopefuly wemby always play like hiw he played last night vs kings
I've watched basketball all my life and Duncan's Spurs for almost 20 years. I know what winning basketball looks like.
He's getting smarter with his energy expenditure on defense those last couple games, it gives him more juice to fight on the offensive boards.
played 34 min and didn't look tired. Seems to finally get his legs under him.
It's not only up to him. We need SPACING. It's up the coaching. If they continue to play wemby with guys that can't shoot, he will be doubled and tripled all game. Surround him with shooters and they can't double him. It's really quite simple
The only way you're going to increase your energy is by playing. When you train for a marathon, you don't only run 5 miles a day and rest. You train as you fight. Don't worry, once popovich comes back, he's gonna start his bull rotations and everything up .
I already explained it to you guys and your limited imaginations could not consider it or even allow it into your idea of what wemby "should" be...
i heard "he's no curry"
"curry shot blah blah percent"
"he needs to do this...do that... stop doing that...stop taking 3's....blah blah"
he will out-curry - curry from deep....
he will out-durant - durant from mid-range
he will out-big man all big-men from near the rim
relax and enjoy the unicorn take over from anywhere on the court at any time...
Gotta remember he's 20 and just went through his first NBA season, then the Olympics, then right back to SA to get ready for the season. He probably needed to re-acclimate to the grind.
I fully expect him to still have some rough performances this year but overall I expect Wemby to improve as the season goes on, just like he did last year.
some more tape on the actions Mitch ran against the Kings. Good stuff
Ok Wemby… maybe keep shooting? Coaches were right to bend over to Wemby’s demands tbh
He’s going to shoot it and get better and better at it. 90% of his 3s are practically wide open because no one can get to him. I found it interesting, though, that when he was chasing the 50 he got inside way more and went to the line a few times as well. He’ll eventually find the right shot diet and balance and will be unstoppable.
wemby just dropped a duece in your mouth….mr expert
Explain to me how he did that, please.
Keep shooting! And there it is!
We've got to do something to get Collins off this goddamn team. He's horrible, adds nothing, and every time he comes into the game, a run occurs
The Wiz had to go way out to contest his threes, which let him pump fake and drive and do a lot of stuff toward the lane. If he, you know, hits .500 of his threes, they really have no choice.
Lol.
you monkey brain idiots. Or are you just Russian bots?
What are you saying here?
Trust the process, tbh.
I’ll be honest - perhaps it was my own lack of imagination before, but tonight I saw for the first time what perhaps was the point of all of this. If Wemby even shoots 36% from three, then these pump fake and drives he did tonight against the Wizards are going to be there. Eventually teams will adjust somewhat but it will just leave someone else open to shoot a three.
So, I eat some crow and say that I understand what the game plan might be here. I don’t expect Wemby to continue the tear he has been on the last 3 games from 3… but he doesn’t need to. When he’s shooting 22%, it’s a bad strategy. When he’s shooting 50%, he’s going to post insane games. When he’s shooting closer to average (which hopefully be in the 35%+ range), then the Spurs offense is going to work the way I assume they envision it.
Some of the shot selection can be cleaned up, but that will come over time.
It’s still early, but if we’re going to be around a .500 team, then my main point about having a high performing vet leader still stands. While I didn’t (and still wouldn’t) want DDR back, he’s an example of the kind of short term, All-Star Caliber vet who the team could use, IMO.
Anyway, this crow is delicious, and I’m happy to be eating it.
less logo threes and instead more threes in the flow of the game close to the 3-point line: Voilá, 50 piece to go. After a bunch of makes that pump fake gives him an open lane to the rim. More of this please.
Will be interesting to see what happens in games when his shot isn't falling.
No issue with him attempting 10+ if he's got it going, but I don't want to see those brickfests again. And unlike shooters, he can just change his game if his shot isn't falling.
With that being said, due to his height those 3pts that are right on the arc look like FTs for him since his release point is so high.
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