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I'll go out on a limb here and say Victor has a chance to be in the top 3 French players in Spurs history.
I'll go out on a limb here and say Victor has a chance to be in the top 3 French players in Spurs history.
Somehow Spurs always the Sons. Nice game!
Spurs should find some games to lost to draft the second star
Any injury update on Devin Vassell yet
we need a "Wemby MVP watch" thread because he'll probably be in the race at some point.
those lobs to Wemby where he's catching on the move and in traffic scare the out of me tbh, my eyes always go to where his feet are landing
Best Sochan has looked. He's still not a PG and he hasn't had 10 years of development making reads off the bounce, but being able to muscle in and take advantage of smaller defenders, and rolling in to attack the basket using his size was useful.
I think the appropriate reaction to Wemby was just laughing while watching. Absolutely dominant. Give him the Steven Adams screen package, for the lols.
Sochan is going to be an unreal piece next to Wemby in a few years time - these reps on the ball will pay dividends and I don't think the saying PG thing will ruin him like other players before him, when he shares the court with Tre he has looked great in a more traditional role.
Sochan, like last year, is showing incredible improvement every few games. In game 1, he didnt handle the ball nearly as good as he’s handling it now. Also, what people fail to see in why he starts is his pace. He’s not too fast and he’s not too slow— that’s the kind of pace you want at the beginning of the game to avoid tiring out your MVP.
Groin Injury
It didn't look like Wemby scored 38 points....he's gonna have silent but deadly nights....love that he is clutch at the end of games hitting buckets in close games
I tried to get an ‘MVP’ chant while Wemby was shooting free throws at the Houston game. Yeah, I know it’s early but he’s damn special.
Suns' role-players were anic last game, especially Grayson Allen, Eubanks, and Watanabe. They were quiet last night. I expected a revenge game but that requires a team iden y they don't have at this point.
The Spurs will miss Devin's scoring; he was able to ignite the team right away. The games they've struggled so far, they've not had that initial blast. In the preseason, they were jumping on teams in the first halves and it's great to see that again.
Still a work in progress. I don't want to get too up or down. The next games are against teams that aren't quite as exalted, but there will be mixed results. Obviously thrilling to see all the tools we have to work with so far.
Incredilbe performance by the Spurs
Except for his fourth quarter barrage, he kinda just scored steady and those first 28 points crept up
Great win! I think every honest fan knew the huge lead wouldn’t last. Durant and Booker were missing a lot of shots they normally swish. But our guys, especially Wemby, showed some serious for ude. Tied at 116, in Phoenix, they’ve got all the momentum, Durant looks like he’s got em right where he wants em…and Wemby just takes over, gets to his spot and obliterates. 5th official NBA game folks and he’s already doing this…
The alien has landed on earth and stepped out of his spaceship!
Over 82 games we’ll have good games like this where everyone is on fire, and games against bottom tier teams. What impresses me though is how quickly the guys are learning. Wemby went from a scared deer on the 3pt line to a monster down low, partnering with Collins, in 4 games. Sochan is making steady upwards progress. Tre Bassey Cedi are coming up clutch. Keldon is committed to growing his defensive game.
It feels like every game they correct 1-3 mistakes I saw from the previous game.
I’m hoping with Vassell out it gives Branham some breathing room to get out of his funk and become the instant bucket we all know he can be.
Onwards!
I think you need to create an all new grade for performances like last night. A+ just doesn't cut it honestly
Pop said it's probably going to be a long time before we see Devin again...
Sochan was the unsung hero tonight. His D was impressive considering he was marking Booker and Durant, while in foul trouble. Then only one TO on the other end? You can see why he could be one of the more important pieces in a playoff series. Heck he was trashing Booker too.
Thanks Timvp for the grades. Spot on. But I’d give McD at least a B. I don’t blame him for the Spurs losing the lead. It was expected that the Suns would rally back. It was actually McD hitting some timely shots that kept the Spurs from totally losing the game.
Agree on Pop letting Wemby play more. I thought in the previous games Pop was careful to let Wemby get overwhelmed by the pressures around Wemby, and deflected by letting his teammates taking more shots. ST posters of course overreacted. “Pass the ball to Wemby!” But tonight, Pop let Wemby go. Release the Kraken
Too bad Vassell got hurt. He is the 2nd best player in this team, and was the 1st option when he was on the court. I wish him to get back soon. But his absence allowed Pop to play Tre with the starters when it mattered most. And Tre did not disappoint with a double-double, including 10 assists, and showing pesky defense. Sure Booker backed him up several times on their rally back, that’s when Sochan took the defense back, and Booker wasn’t dominating no more. They were exchanging trash talks, Booker and Sochan, and we saw Booker throwing trash on Jeremy that’s probably not fit for young audience. But it was funny his face quieted when Spurs got control of the game. Booker is one of those, like Klay, who likes to bark when up. That was satisfying when Spurs shut him up. Again it’s bad that Vassell could be out, but it could be a silver lining to insert Tre in the starting line up, or at least play him more with the starters (I know Pop likes to keep with his rotation and insert a 3rd stringer instead, but let’s see). Sochan was getting better at PG, but I want to see him more as a point forward, allowing Tre to set-up Wemby more. I think Sochan has gotten so much better with this PG experiment and it’s worth every minute of it.
All in all. It was a very sarisfying game with the young squad showing maturity. Great stuff.
Last edited by John B; 11-03-2023 at 09:42 AM.
We're kinda starting to figure out that lobbing the ball up to Wemby when he has midgets guarding him in the post is a really great idea. Would like us to find him more in transition, but tbh he gets so much attention that it leads to other guys being able to get easy lay ins.
Yeah groin injuries are like weeks. Hammies are longer for those sneaky strains. Thing about groin and hammy strains is that you feel like you can go 100%, until you try.
That first half was spectacular. Everybody made a concerted effort to make the extra pass, help Defense was improved and Wemby is an incredible gift.
I would have to think they’d start Cedi or Doug for as long as Devs out.
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