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There’s literally no argument for Wemby over Chet at this point. Even a cursory look at the numbers and it’s not even a little bit close.
Wemby is frankly benefitting from his team being so bad that nobody is actually watching the spurs to watch the spurs, so he can go 4-15 in a game but get 2-3 highlights posted and people think he played awesome.
If you wanna make the whole “Chet’s not a real rookie” argument, cool, but I’d also say that’s not quite as relevant because Victor has actual professional experience, so the advantage is nearly as big.
It's not hard to be efficient numbers wise when you are the third option with a top 10 player on your team that sucks up defender attention. Wemby gets all the attention out there unlike Chet or Lively who benefit from having literal superstars on the court with them. Almost all of Chet or Livelys looks are really easy and that's why their numbers are so good. Also the Spurs are tanking unlike OKC/Mavs and not trying to be competitive, I'd assume pop is literally just experimenting and telling the guys to do so too, there's no clear offense or cohesion on the Spurs. They are just trying random stuff because the team isn't trying to win because they have 0 shot at being actual contenders.