I hope Keldon has a great season. He is my favorite guy on the team and I’m hoping he continues to improve
2, 3 seasons ago he was the young rising player "big body" KJ. Now he is probably the 4th option (after Wemby, Vassell, Sohan). He need to develop a weapon that he can specialize in.
There is this air that Keldon is expendable.
I'm not sure how true that is, especially given Wemby is 19.
Some nights will be Keldon's night to lead the team in scoring.
what he needs to do is be consistent shooting the three and be a good rebounder playing along side wemby
Last year he started hot, iirc, before fatigue from carrying such a load set in. He should get more open shots and open lanes for slashing. If things work right, he can really punish teams for the attention Wembanyama gets.
He’s a much better 3 point shooter off the ball than on. I expect him to be back to40% this year.
^ I bet Keldon is all about his John Deer lawn mower
Yeah Keldon is most certainly about to come off the bench this season after watching this. He’s talking about sacrifices and what not.
I’m not so sure. I watched the interview too and I understand how you justifiably could come to that conclusion. Other points discussed were about leadership and being the elder statesman on the team though, and think it’s unlikely they would limit that to bench play, at least initially with such a young team.
Branham also seems to be the destined instant offence guy and not sure you want them both coming in at the same time due to (at this point anyway), their defensive short comings.
I think we’ll see Pop sub in Tre and Branham for Collins and KJ/Vassell (depending on who’s firing) around the 6-7 min. mark and shift Wemby up to the 5.
Manu is so dope !!!! #killeronthecourt
They had him make an ITV with Manu so he can embrace that 6th man spot
Spurs are in a weird spot having Johnson off the bench. The spacing in the staring lineup would be iffy. Then again, I prefer Jones being the pg rather that Sochan. Sochan absolutely must start though.
him off the bench is not happening imo. I'd be surprised if he doesn't have the highest minutes total.
A Tre/Branham/KJ/Cedi/Bassey bench is versatile and IMO will destroy other Teams Benches.
does that mean you want to start McDermott?
I'd think, the starter will be:
Zollins, Wemby, KJ, Devin and Tre with Sochan beeing the first guy of the bench (depending on the matchups eithers as Big or PG...but probably more as a Big...and Branham beeing the microwave/guard bench guy).
Sochan also should offen be in the crunch time lineup (caps).
That said, in the long term Sochan will get his starter spot a year from now with Tre or KJ beeing traded or coming of the bench.
Not to forget, that another high draft pick could play a role as well.
COLLINS bassey mamu
WEMBY/SOCHAN sidy
JOHNSON mcderm cedi
VASSEL/Branham champ
Tre wesley graham
bediako(tw)/barlow(tw)/rice(tw)
Last edited by mudyez; 10-15-2023 at 07:11 AM.
Pop already strongly implied KJ and Sochan would start. But the natural transition as we acquire another wing is for KJ to be the 6th man. I know the conventional wisdom is a guy like Branham but KJ ability to play 3 spots against non starter units and not be bully balled is a better option in a playoff setting. Take note if Wemby lives up to the hype our contention window is open in 2 years that means competing with the jumbo lineup of DEN which can render any guard sized player useless.
See, that's what I was talking about in terms of vertical spacing. I feel like that's probably the most valuable type of offense to compliment Wemby. The Spurs really lack guys who can threaten the rim unless they're attacking a close-out.
“Bro like melo who play defense” as one of the comments under the tweet
WTH since when bruh
the perception around the league is crazy
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