“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.
Obvious tanking by the spurs, setting wemby up for failure under the guise of “developing sochan”, as if he’s going to their starting point guard the next 12 years. It seems clear to me they don’t want to unleash wemby partially to protect him from injuries (explains his lack of center minutes) however there’s no explanation for not giving him a point guard to play with… it honestly feels like they want to purposefully lower his value as a way to control him financially.
You understand you can develop more than one player at a time right?
Seeing what Sochan can do and develop into should obviously be done. Why wouldn’t they?