“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.
Last night was a good example of this. Wemby played more 5 and there was a lot more pnr action for him. He doesn’t roll often, but with real spacing he does a little bit more and the last few games he’s gotten some easy looks off it. He also doesn’t chuck as many 3’s in these lineups. He’ll do pick n pop and get set up, and his jumper looks pretty regular when he’s set up like this.
The Spurs really need to just play Wemby with decent ball handling and respectable shooting and then all of a sudden he looks like that guy we’re expecting. There are certain lineups, especially with Devin and Tre, that really unlock this. Unfortunately, Pop doesn’t seem to want to play these lineups to much, plus injuries have kept them off the floor. But, as you point out, there is definitely some lineups that Wemby does much better in.
I suppose this year is about working all that stuff out though. Better to know his strengths/weaknesses and start working on his deficiencies.
You guys aren’t trying to win.
Right, people literally just want Wemby to win the Chet comparison and are more worried about his stats than actual development
I’ll trust the greatest coach of all time that he knows what he’s doing lol
Yup, the ROTY conversation has fried people’s minds. The amount of people complaining that Wemby didn’t play at the end of a blowout to pad his stats because Chet had a great game the other day.
Yeah i think people would see it as disappointing for wemby, but Chet has also had a year of acclimatising, is playing on a team trying to win with better players and has looked great it shouldn’t be that surprising if he does end up winning ROTY.
It’s more a sign of how good chet has been and doesn’t really say much a out wemby.