Wasted pick
I was one of the first people who was high on this dude. Future star.
Hmm... This suggests the Spurs are going to continue to play small. We're talking like Sochan-playing-more-minutes-at-center-than-PF small. It also implies Primo is very much a PG on the depth chart, even though he and Jones would both be in the rotation.
Murray, Jones
Primo, Richardson, Branham, Wesley
Vassell, McDermott, Langford
Johnson, Sochan, KBD
Poeltl, Collins, Landale,
G - Murray
G - Tre Jones
G/W - Primo
G/W - Josh Richardson
G/W - Lonnie
G/W - Blake Wesley
W - Vassell
W - Malaki Branham
W - Wieskamp
W - DJ Stewart II
W - Romeo Langford
F - Keldon Johnson
F - McDermott
F - Robert Woodard II
F/C - Jeremy Sochan
F/C - KBD
F/C - Cacok
C - Poeltl
C - Z. Collins
C - Landale
Me too. I've been on the Sochan / Wesley bandwagon for like 3 months. Can't believe we got both, plus Branham who I never thought would make it to 20. FANTASTIC DRAFT.
Great pick
Wouldn’t be a Spurs Draft if we didn’t take a 6’4 Guard.
At least this one’s really athletic and plays defense. Hopefully chip can work his magic on his jumpshot because if he does, he could become a real weapon for us off the bench.
Wesley’s defense is underrated. His anticipation on steals is crazy. He has really good length on defense. He also has a nice turnaround J which I love from guards.
Wesley adds much needed athleticism which the Spurs lack.
Indeed, it's the same list with the assumed RFA's added in. It's another way to look at it. Most of the Spurs' solid players are guards and wings, and most of the shaky players are forwards and centers. We'll see if trades happen, but we might be looking at a pretty set roster, with camp bodies likely being salary dumps like last year. 38 and the RFA's left to sort out.
Hopefully people realize Branham and Wesley are pretty different players but both have plenty of talent/upside.
If he's the type of son of a who can stay with Ja, Trae and SGA, I'm in.
I’ve seen Blake Wesley play in person and was mostly impressed. He’s very good at penetrating, creating his own offense and getting to the rim. He’s super athletic, gets steals on the open court, and finishes with ferocity. I’m not sure if he can play with the big club right away, but if he marinates in the G-League for a year or two, I believe he can be a contributor down the line.
So you are telling me we drafted Sochan so he could play power forward BEHIND Keldon, instead of having him play power forward and having keldon play small forward?
We drafted a guy with quintessential size and length for the power forward position, who's specialty is defense, to start a player who has been a defensive disaster at the power forward position?
Yup. makes zero sense
Lonnie and Wesley are nearly the same height but…
Wesley’s standing reach is 8’7”
Lonnie’s is 8’3.5”
Lonnie was abused whenever he was switched on taller players.
I think Wesley will be better suited to be versatile on defense.
an extremely exciting pick.
Yes, though I'm talking about going into the season, not as something set going forward. I don't think they drafted anyone they'd start immediately. I expect Sochan to be in the rotation immediately while Wesley and Branham would be in Austin. That's not shade on them. It's just how the Spurs do things.
If Sochan shows some improved performance and shows he's a better choice to start than Johnson, Vassell or Primo, I think he'll get the nod later on like Kawhi did. Or maybe Murray moves on through a trade, and the whole structure of the rotation changes. It's fluid, man. But I don't think Keldon or Vassell is slated to be benched any time soon, and if a rookie is NBA ready, I don't see why it has to be Sochan rather than Branham or Wesley, who also add needed attributes to the starting unit.
Also, as I said, Sochan might play way more center than you probably want him to, especially early on.
Timvp says spurs are gonna slot Primo at PG. Keldon has no business playing F. Branham (who I like) is 6'5" and is not a W. Likewise, Wesley is 6'4" and is strictly a G, and has no business playing W too. PATFO apparentlydoes not understand part of the reason we keep getting our pushed in defensively is in part due to playing undersized players, especiallyat the guard position.
Sigh.
No freaking way dude. That is a linup that will be equal to the last couple of years. Needs to be:
Murray
Vassell
Johnson
Sochan
Poetl
But really.... this roster still sucks in the end. We still need to make some trades to make real impacts.
I mean its #25 its hit or miss,tbh
I like Wesley a lot, also a very good passer. Basically just has to work on his left hand, finishing through contact and getting more consistent with his shot
We still have a lot of cap space.
"No worries", right guys?
What you think it "needs to be" what and it's likely to be are two different things. I hope Sochan blows them out of the water and starts right away too. But the last rookie to start from jump-street was literally decades ago. There's a ton of pressure to start another guard too, given the talent they have on their roster. Given Sochan's current skill-set he probably fits better with Coillins or replacing Collins anyway, even if fans don't want to hear it.
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