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They’re gonna flame you, but you’re right. It’s not just stamina issues. Stick to your guns and don’t back down.
I haven’t posted here in a while.and I am obviously ecstasic about the Spurs becoming relevant again.
Lucking out with a bonafide generational talent certainly gave this franchise a new lease of life—a true foundational piece for a potential new dynasty.
My nitpick with this dude: As someone who had been accustomed to Tim Duncan 19-year-long, night in-night-out, two-way excellence I just hate to see how much Wemby leaves on the table when his precious 3-POINT CHUCKING doesn’t work on the night. I know it is totally different era, but when Wembanmaya becomes disinterested even in his bread and butter (defense & rim protection), when the 3-ball isn’t falling for him, is both frustrating and alarming. It is like this obsession with becoming a 7’4 KD/CURRY is already holding him back. Just look at that abysmal free-throw rate for someone with his size/skills. He completely retreats into his shelf when he is not hitting behind the arc.
I know he is only 20, but even the best prospects need to have their bad habits coached out of their system. Dude, for heaven sake, just swap Jamal Crawford for Timmy/Hakeem and let's have another legendary ride
They’re gonna flame you, but you’re right. It’s not just stamina issues. Stick to your guns and don’t back down.
Just what we needed…
another whiny fest….
A scoreless first half vs Suns in an NBA Cup game is eye brow raising. That said, not like anyone but Vassell had an on-night. It might well be safe to say the moment got to them, "meaningless" NBA Cup game or not ..
He made me flip tonight, tbh. Maybe because this one felt like the first Spurs game with something on the line since Playoffs 2019 or Play-in 2022..I expected better from our franchise guy.
PS. I don't think He's played particularly well against good teams this season compared to his rookie year. So far he's stuffed it against the bad teams and been meh against the (> .50) teams.
A spursistan sighting. Where you have been, dude?
Of course he's soft but so is 90% of the league these days, they only want to jack up threes.
Sup Man! I dipped shortly after that disgusting Kawhi saga..And oh boy, that turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Glad we are on the way up again. Wemby is slowly drawing me back in
3 assists shy of triple-double.
Yea, but bear in mind Wemby is going to be graded on a really high curve. Such are the lofty standards for him even at this age. He doesn't have yet a near-to-the-basket, go-to move to mitigate a bad-3PT shooting night, but when he abandons something he hangs his hat on (defensive application) in a game like this, that's going to invite legitimate criticism.
I think they won this if they shot at least decently. Nobody wins shooting 35% FG. That’s not just Wemby. That’s the whole team. Granted Wemby didn’t score the 1st half, but he distributed and rebounded. I take Wemby could’ve scored better, but again this game was not totally on him just saying.
He struggles vs every team that uses the Udoka strat where they put a wing on him and collapse in the paint off the non shooters. Those teams early in the season like the Rockets and OKC shut him down. Then we played bad teams that guarded him with slow 7 footers and didn't double him off nonshooters and his 3 fell and everyone acted like he has no weaknesses. He'll struggle vs every team that isnt re ed and defends him properly and his only chance is his 10+ 3s falling to be relevant offensively in those games
Trade him while we can still recover some value for him.
Live by the 3s, die by the 3s
They missed like 12 layups and 2 dunks
I forgot that one of the reasons I liked Devin was because I thought he showed up in that one play-in game the Spurs had a few years ago (I think it was against NO). I thought Devin showed up and played with a bit of mental toughness. Might not have had a huge stat line, but it didn't look like the pressure got to him. I remember being disappointed in Dejounte as he had a poor game (At the time, I thought he didn't show much mental toughness). To be fair, though, I think that was when Dejounte also missed most of the final regular season games in April, so maybe he was still sick, or not in-form going into that game.
He is so incosistent tbh. One game he’s great and then suck ass on the next one
Do you even watch games?
Before this one, out of his last 8 games 20/10/2 with 4 blocks was the worst statline.
31/11/4.5 with 3.4 blocks in that stretch, 54/43/78 shooting splits.
If that's "one ggame he's great and then sucks ass on the next one", then I honestly don't know what to say without using insults.
Some of you people are completely delusional, there's just no other way to say it.
Or you're just trolling and baiting on purpose.
To some degree, the book’s written on his game so far. He’s going to have to work hard each offseason to develop new things or hone in further on his strengths. He needs a true post up game because we’re beginning to see smaller defenders on him consistently. They’re guarding his drives and up and under layup game, and he doesn’t have much of an answer. If he were comfortable on the post, that’s a quick flick shot over his 6’4” defender.
I do believe he’ll get there, but I’ll admit it is a little concerning. The thing I keep coming back to is that he’s miles ahead of Kawhi, who took what, 6 seasons before he was a true two way threat and a top 5 player in the league? His first two years, he looked like a solid role player. Totally different players granted, but I think it’s reasonable to remain patient based on that. Wemby already looks like a star, he’s just gotta know when to end the shot experiment and get comfortable in his bread and butter game.
Last edited by sananspursfan21; 12-04-2024 at 09:29 AM.
He's aggressiveless & assertivenessless to start games is frustrating
He is coasting in the 1st half of the games. All he does in first half is take 3’s and putting minimum effort.
2nd half he is much much active in the paint. It may be by design, since he didn’t have much rest during offseason.
I am not worried yet.
Solid observation. He does show the ability to turn it on….aaaand turn it off
He picks and chooses within a game, when he wants to be assertive. That is the part that’s different from last year. Just look at this Suns game, scoreless and passive for the first half, then he scores 11 points in 5 minutes to start the third.
This is the main difference I see from last year. Last season, he went all out when he was on the court, but got subbed out frequently. This year he’s pacing himself a lot more, but playing more minutes. His three point shooting is a big part of him reserving his energy, it seems.
Early in the season I was concerned. But wemby knows what he’s doing. His eventual elite three point shooting will make him the best player in basketball. And he’s 7’5” and can’t exert himself like a small guard can without risking injury.
He’s 20.
The entire team looked like they didn’t want to be there last night. That includes the veterans Barnes and Chris Paul. A lethargic effort by the entire group. Not sure what the reason was for that. Vassell’s play was encouraging, but even he wasn’t as engaged on the defensive end as he could have been. They really weren’t starting anything defensively and that’s where you win games. The Spurs were clearly out-hustled in this one. The Suns wanted it more and Bud outcoached us.
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