Article: 6 Questions as Victor Wembanyama Makes Summer League Debut

[Bruno]

Wembanyama's idea behind his offensive game is being able to adjust it depending on who is defending him:
- Against bigs, he wants to play them outside with his speed.
- Against smaller players, he wants to play closer to the rim and post them up.

Keeping this versatility seems important to him but it has a cost: at 19 years old, he is good at a lot of things but great at nothing. Aside of a nice baseline turnaround jumpshot, all his offense still need improvement. It's just that developing a versatile offensive game takes way more time than being specialized in one area.

Wembanyama and Spurs face a choice on how they want to work:
- Working and everything and trying to improve all his facets at the same time.
- Working on a specific area and when he is great at it, expanding his game.

To me, the second choice is the better. Wembanyama's versatility plan look amazing in theory but in practice but in reality there are certain aspect of the game like dribbling where he will never be great because he is too tall. They should focus first on post up game, pick and roll with Wembanyama setting the pick and catch&shoot. They can later work on his face up game and drives.

[EricB]

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[EricB]

Well after seeing those highlights. Again I wish him luck to be healthy. Idk how he looked few years back but his knees and gate is looking like a problem. So I will watch how he handles this and if he will develop his athleticism because now he is not even on a decent level.

thanks for the insight Dr Nick

[polandprzem]

thanks for the insight Dr Nick

No problemo mr fatty