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I think Wemby should’ve been drafted by the Celtics

Between them and the blazers

You're right, would have been so much better to go to the Hornets, a well run team well know for developing talent. Would have been much better off

Charlotte was in the top 5 and has guys committing felonies every couple weeks.

lol

I'm biased as hell, but I think of the lotto teams from a roster standpoint, the Pacers would have been perfect.

That said, the Spurs are a great organization for him to be a part of going forward.

I’m confident the front office has a plan (and patience) that projects beyond sixteen games.

This is obviously ridiculous, but at the same time I do remember that he was happy to not to be going to the Rockets, but they look a lot better

With all due respect, is this your first season watching basketball? Every high level prospect usually finds themselves in this spot

Hahaha

This is so tiring

We're 16 games into his career

I think this is part of the plan for them. The lack of shot creation in the starting five forces Wemby into a creator role to see what does and doesn't work for him. Let him make a lot of plays, good and bad, and then use that info to mold the team around him moving forward. The Spurs see him as their long term #1 option, so it makes sense for them to start pushing him towards that now. It's a very different situation in OKC for example, where they see Chet as a long term very good #2 or #3, so it makes sense to have him in that role surrounded by ballhandlers right from the start.

People are really overreacting to what, less than 20 games in a rookie year? People gave this guy lofty expectations and are surprised he’s not living up to them. If the guy doesn’t get injured, then I find it hard to believe that a 7’4 player who moves like a gazelle is going to be a bust because of the Spurs lack of a point guard. It’s a long season, way to early for all of this. Kobe first couple of years were fucking ugly but no one remembers those. Guys like Shaq or Lebron who come in and reshape a team by themselves are beyond rare and come along once in a generation.

Lol u know Detroit & Charlotte were u in the top 5?

All I know is the league should be very happy wemby didnt end up in OKC Orlando or Dallas

if only our magic got him...

No

It’s too early to tell and if pop wants to develop sochans playmaking then that’s fine. If Wemby is the generational talent he was hyped up to be he doesn’t need a proven playmaker to be great

Yes with all respect to Spurs fans. Vic is mostly an off-ball big on both ends of the floor, you need the right personnel for the specific talent.

Offensively, the Spurs have no guard to feed him nor do they have the spacing to open up rolls and punish teams who commit too hard.

Defensively, the Spurs don't have a strong rim protector to allow him to roam effectively nor do they have the perimeter defense to keep him as the low man.

This is pretty short sighted…

I hate how impatient we as NBA fans have gotten. So many posts like this, ignoring the fact that the Spurs organization has clearly shown an ability to foster and/or develop talent. Yes you can argue Duncan can in more ready than almost any player ever but they still created an organization around him to maximize that plus developed Manu and Parker. Then you have Kawhi which no one saw becoming what he was by the end of his time on the spurs, plus guys like Dejounte Murray and Derrick White who've been very good after starting under the Spurs development program.

I get it, Sochan doesn't look like he can run an offense. But there are two potential upsides to that. He can't and they get another high draft pick, or he figures it out and they can run MASSIVE lineups with all long bois in a league that still isn't ready for it (look at what the Nuggets did to everyone in the playoffs, and even the Lakers before they faced the Nuggets, the small ball era isn't what it used to be).

Spurs think they have the talest Trae Young ever. Spurs lost basically all their talent for years, all the other teams have been stealing their non playing personnel for years. Pop is senile, him going to the mic on a Leonard free throw confirmed it.

Not sure if you came here with this just to get dunked on, but that, very predictably, is exactly what happened lol.

If I was a young NBA prospect, I'd stay the fuck away from social media and fans in general.

The Sochan PG experiment is nothing but a tank job, and it’s hilarious how Pop is pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes

Bron doubled the Cavs record from 18 to about 35 wins his rookie year, missed playoffs

Didnt make the playoffs till about 3 years later and we all know what happened there

We’re low key tanking. We’re high key experimenting with everything. Trying out no boos, forcing a point forward, letting a 19yr old phenom have an abstract offense that supposedly runs thru him. Atleast we are somewhat competitive for a college aged team, But Pop is doing some odd stuff I wouldn’t have expected