his offense just isnt that good, defense is insane but prob unsound in some ways
― lag∞n, Saturday, 23 March 2024 16:08 (one month ago) link
like the spurs are very bad and he’s a positive in raw +/- since january or something, there’s no sense denying reality he’s taking over very soon
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 March 2024 16:09 (one month ago) link
when you watch him the talent is so insane its easy to assume hes just gonna be able to do everything good, and honestly maybe he will but its not guaranteed, feel very comfortable saying hell be the best defender in the game and maybe the best defender ever, offensively i think hell find a way to score a ton of points but im not sure what itll look like and if its like all time great scorer or more all star level scorer
― lag∞n, Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:56 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I agree with all of this but imagine what best defender of all time plus all star level scorer is going to look like!
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 March 2024 16:13 (one month ago) link
yeah with that youre in the running for best player ever
― lag∞n, Saturday, 23 March 2024 16:24 (one month ago) link
people do tend to underestimate how long it takes for young players to develop tho, almost every player who has a popular rookie season has a disappointing second year
― lag∞n, Saturday, 23 March 2024 16:27 (one month ago) link
if you look at seasonal averages, it really obfuscates how good wemby has been since they changed the starting lineup bc the sochan (pg) and collins (c) were just so bad and dysfunctional. moving sochan to pf, collins to the bench, and tre jones to the starting lineup gave them something useful. the spurs are so bad bc outside of wemby and vassell (and probably tre jones and sochan and keldon), they just don't have players who'd be at minimum rotation guys on good teams. they are very young and make lots of young dumb mistakes in close games. they get thrashed when the bench plays typically.
vassell looks like at least a middleton type scorer who can play some decent d. champagnie is not gonna be the starter forever, but he at least provides some reliable floor-spreading. the rest of the lineup is truly atrocious, just such a huge drop off going from wemby to collins who is an absolute turnstile on D and not enough of a 3pt threat to do much meaningfully on offense. the rest of rotation: project players (branham, wesley, and barlow who've shown some strides of growth but are not impactful players right now); keldon who i love but is a non-entity on defense and is more of a heart and soul microwave guy now; and cedi osman (ok).
they traded nearly everyone who could help you win games in order to get wemby, but i didnt expect they'd lose this many games this year. i have to wonder a little if the issue is down to their scouting taking a dive or if pop has maybe fallen behind the times last few years after being out of playoff contention for so long.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:39 (one month ago) link
vic's splits before and after the collins benching:
before: (19 games) 18.9/9.7/2.5 with 2.6b and 1.3spg on .432/.265/.817after: (43 games) 21.7/10.8/4.0 with 3.9b and 1.3spg on .478/.344/.791
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:50 (one month ago) link
should note that the spurs are the worst 3pt shooting team, a little bit of that is vic falling too much in love with that shot, but other part is the rest of the rotation ranges from above average-at-best (vassell, osman, champagnie all ~37%) to truly awful (wesley .135, collins .307). jones and sochan have shot almost respectably (34 and 32% respectively) but need to be wide open to be that accurate.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:56 (one month ago) link
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, March 23, 2024 2:39 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I’ve mentioned this before, and you’ve definitely watched more games than me, but I feel like there’s a very intentional process here: play spurs basketball (first in assist rate in the league!), let wemby play his way through the different lineup iterations, see what sticks, then reload via the draft next year. the west is just too stacked to have any real expectations. the team has been god-awful over the course of the year but they’ve been merely bad the past several weeks (most of which is probably attributable to wemby evolving). god willing he’s got 15-20 years in the league, who cares if they suck this year
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 March 2024 19:50 (one month ago) link
4 assists a game for a 19 year old 7-4 guy is insane. we’re not ready
― brony james (k3vin k.), Saturday, 23 March 2024 19:52 (one month ago) link
here's a pretty incredible passer too, like not jokic obv but hes got vision
xp i think thats mostly true, it was an experimental year to see who fits around wemby and how they would fit best, but i think i'm still disappointed in how inconsistently some of these guys look like ball players. i dont know how collins has disappointed me bc i had p low expectations for him, but his play last year post-poeltl trade suggested that he'd at least be a good stretch 5, and hes been shitty! i was mad that the spurs drafted two combo guards in branham and wesley bc they already had a bunch of those, but branham's things was that he was at least a good shooter and he has also been shitty! wesley is becoming a point-of-attack defender but he can't shoot to save his life. keldon isnt exactly regressing, but his development feels like it's stalled out.
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Saturday, 23 March 2024 21:33 (one month ago) link
A lot of the best free agents are likely to receive max deals and are in pretty good situations. I'm curious who they'll be able to add. I'm sure there are one or two who would take less to play with wemby... probably a vet like derozan or maybe klay thompson? bruce brown?
I don't think paul george wants to move to san antone
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 24 March 2024 17:42 (one month ago) link
i loved demar when he played here, and i think he would work as a game-closer/6th man at the end of his career and help them rack up a few regular season wins. the spurs will need 3pt shooters around wemby, though. klay is the archetype of guy they need on the wing, but he's already 34. i can't see them doing anything more than 1-year mle type deals with vets that deep into their careers. bruce is a good rotation guy, but they can't afford to flesh out the bench when the starting lineup has such glaring holes. also bruce belongs in denver.
its gonna have to be a draft-built team just as it was with duncan (and the warriors with curry mostly). thankfully they've got a lot to build with there, but it does mean they'll need to land an all-star (assuming vassell is what he is right now as a borderline all-star on a 60-win team type player).
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Sunday, 24 March 2024 18:53 (one month ago) link
just get four more wembys, what i would do
― lag∞n, Sunday, 24 March 2024 21:28 (one month ago) link
sarr incoming
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 25 March 2024 01:21 (one month ago) link
The total eclipse has just begun. 🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑 pic.twitter.com/ihGr5mFzai— Nike Basketball (@nikebasketball) April 8, 2024
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Tuesday, 9 April 2024 04:54 (one month ago) link
The Shammgod. 😱The Spin. 🌪️Prime Wemby. 👽 https://t.co/8XcAkJxSLo pic.twitter.com/EPdbIiEWfv— NBA (@NBA) April 10, 2024
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 07:40 (one month ago) link
even though they havent won a lot this year, wemby has been a joy to watch every night
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 11:06 (one month ago) link
that’s such a casually sick move
― brony james (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 14:47 (one month ago) link
hes improving at a crazy rate
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 14:53 (one month ago) link
7-5 guy who can do high level dribbling in traffic ok
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 14:54 (one month ago) link
lol at Nike using the classic 90s alien, they need to put a joint in his mouth and recreate the "take me to your dealer" poster
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 15:12 (one month ago) link
shd do a 90s rave flyer aesthetic for all of wembys stuff
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 15:16 (one month ago) link
KG is so funny pic.twitter.com/Hga5CrUnQA— Dom2K 🎅 (@Dom_2k) April 12, 2024
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 12 April 2024 23:08 (one month ago) link
WEMBY 17 PTS IN 3 MIN 😱 pic.twitter.com/ig4dvRxNn8— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 13, 2024
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Saturday, 13 April 2024 06:04 (one month ago) link
in a stunning turn of events wemby has won the rookie of the year award
― Clay, Monday, 6 May 2024 23:09 (two weeks ago) link
thats my guy who i like
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Monday, 6 May 2024 23:13 (two weeks ago) link
scoot was robbed
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 01:02 (two weeks ago) link
otm. scoot was the victim of more than a few steals this season
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 01:28 (two weeks ago) link
congrats wemby!
https://i.postimg.cc/5NygxHC7/leader.jpg
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 13:58 (two weeks ago) link
A student at St. Mary’s Hall High snagged the ball after Wembanyama’s exuberant heave. A Spurs staffer was sent to retrieve it from the youth with a promise of a ticket to another game. That contest turned out to be that big win over the Nuggets. Aware of the ultimate fate of the ball he had tossed into the stands, Wembanyama autographed another ball to be presented to the St. Mary’s Hall student. On it, he wrote in all caps: SORRY YOU COULDN’T KEEP THE OTHER BALL. HOPE THIS WORKS TOO.
― Costas Mandylorian (Leee), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 22:38 (two weeks ago) link
lmao kid goes to smh he gets enough breaks in life already sheesh
― polyamerie "it's more than this 1 thing" (m bison), Tuesday, 7 May 2024 22:56 (two weeks ago) link
smh high
― Clay, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:00 (two weeks ago) link
kid shouldve taken off with the ball try to get out of the stadium thats a challenge
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 23:01 (two weeks ago) link