9 Random Thoughts After Spurs Land Victor Wembanyama

[SpurPadre]

i'm still on cloud nine and reveling in the national media hating on the spurs again.

Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes have been doing that and will only ramp it up now.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Just to temper a bit expectations, he is 19 y/o so you never know what will happen once installed in the US but it looks like he has a great entourage that should keep him away from the temptations and the glamour around big markets... hopefully. In terms of business he looks quite on top of things, I read that he could sign a huge shoe deal soon. I hope exposure in SA will be enough to ensure him a superstar stream of revenue. Both him and SA should benefit of each other... he will bring a lot of attention to the franchise and he will be very marketable as a French following the footsteps of Tim and David, that's a remarkable story line right there. Also and this is not negligible, San Antonio is the preferred franchise of the French for obvious reasons this will add up to develop his brand and name in France.

Love to hear it, great write up!

[JPB]

Wonder if Pop will play him enough to give him a real ROY shot.

I believe he will when he'll discover, which they certainly already know, how compe ive and ambitious he is. The kid wants to write history and that will start day and season one for him. I don't see Pop givng him the regular rookie treatment, all the more for a player with 2 years of experience as a pro and directly coming from a World Cup.

[JPB]

I think he will average at most 15 minutes a game and probably play around 40 games

Allow me to disagree with that. He'll play 25-30+ and 60-65+ games for me. No need to have a conservative, cocooning view on Wemby, he's ready. Just play the guy.

[Splits]

Can't believe he threw De Culo, Ian, Lauvernge, Livio under the bus like that

[R. DeMurre]

They'll manage his minutes and I don't think he plays more than 65-70 games next year. But he's good enough to win ROY playing 25mpg for 60ish gams tbh

Starting next season, rookies have to play a minimum of 65 games to be eligible for ROY-- it's part of the new collective bargaining agreement.

[kobyz]

Should we shut down Wemby's rest of season in France?