The situation Pop has built is honestly malpractice for Wemby. Every other team in the top 5 would’ve given him proper guard support to get to spots that he could excel. The Sochan experience is a colossal failure and is depriving the fans of enjoying wembys rookie year.
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).
You’ll have to forgive OP. He just finished cutting a turkey out of construction paper after tracing his hand.
Even if Sochan doesn’t become a great lead ballhandler what are the downsides of having an extra guy who can potentially run weak side pick and rolls, make quick decisions when needed and potentially run second units in a couple years.