"Wemby's efficiency is bad!" "He takes bad shots!" He's also spending most of his minutes without a real PG.
In the 192 minutes Wemby has spent with Tre Jones on the floor, he averages 26ppg/36 on 58%TS. That's also 33.2p/100 for those curious. This is actually an astoundingly strong blend of volume and efficiency for a rookie.
What's the other factor holding Wemby back? He's playing PF next to Cs clogging the paint and taking away some mismatch opportunities. Wemby has only gotten 124 minutes at Center this season, but when he does? He averages a whopping 33ppg/36 on 62%TS. That's with or without Tre Jones at PG even.
These numbers are absolutely absurd. When the Spurs put him in a position to succeed - either with an actual PG or at his best position - he dominates. He's already been scoring at an all-star level. If you're down on this kid, questioning his scoring and efficiency, I think you need to watch a bit closer.
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All the more reason to put Wembanyama in other positions/roles. For rookies, it's usually not their best skills that limit them, it is their worse skills that need development. It's not like we are putting Wemby at somewhere he'll never play (PG?), he is just playing PF role. They know he can dominate as C, they don't need proof, Spurs aren't winning this year anyway, some extra W isn't going to help Spurs. Fixing Wemby's flaws so that he can have a complete game will only accelerate the whole winning process, it's more like a luxury.
This is also why so many rookies in good teams are more prone to be "bust". They don't have the luxury to fix their flaws, their teams only put the rookies at their best roles to keep the team winning chances.
This is also why it's useful to put Sochan at PG. He won't be the primary ball handler when Wemby is further along, but the Spurs want Sochan to develop a Draymond-like skillset. Draymond handled the ball a ton in his 3 years in college, and he didn't become an All-Star & All-Defensive until he was 25. Sochan is 20. Giving him reps now will pay off.
Spurs are running multiple development projects at the same time. With Vassell and Johnson only being 23 and 24 years old, there are a couple of years to let these guys refine their games. The fact of the matter is that the point guard they need isn't on this roster yet.
Yeah we basically need Vassell and Johnson to be healthy for the offense to run through Wemby. Vassell for his shooting and Johnson for his ability to find Wemby. Those two being injured started off this whole losing streak... Combined with some tanking, of course.
I'm pretty sure you're talking about Tre Jones and he was talking about Keldon Johnson since Keldon and Dev seem to have the the highest ceiling of anyone on the team before last year
Yes, you're right. I read the post wrong and was thinking Tre Jones.