There’s been a lot of talk about Chet vs Wemby, and as of late people seem to actually be leaning towards Chet being a better player. However Chet has a much better roster than Wemby, and more importantly better guard play.
So is Chet actually better than Wembanyama? And would OKC gets worse if the roles were reversed
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Just straight up put him on the roster and not swap anyone?
Easily better
wemby’s defense would shine way brighter in OKC, don’t think they would drop off that much offensively, they would be better. SGA and R Kelly feeding Wemby would rise his efficiency to above average TS%
There are No teams that wouldn’t benefit from having wembenyama on their roster. Dude can do it all and he has been an all star since his first game of the season. He’s only going to get better. This might be a little bit of a hot take but he’s like a fusion between Giannis and Tim Duncan. Wemenyama has the potential to be better then bother of them and that’s shocking to say the last.
Worse
Having a big man who can shoot threes is very important to OKC’s system and Wemby can’t actually really shoot threes right now despite the highlights
The real question is put Chet on the Spurs, are the Spurs better or worse now?
Honestly probably a better record, but worse off for actually trying to contend in the future. The Spurs are still learning how to play with Wemby and turn the ball over a ton trying to get it to him. With Chet, I feel like he’d probably stand in the corner and it’d be the Keldon show all over again which is a bit more ordinary and might be able to pull out some (few) random wins.
Bro we’re ass, Chet ain’t saving us. At best, we start losing games by 20 instead of 30.
They’re both in near ideal spots. Wemby gets to be the first option like he’s used to and Chet gets to play a role like he’s used to
They would be worse, most of the impact stats have Chet in or close to the top 10.
slightly worse
Worse if you swap them, because Victor is just not a good shooter right now. You can point to the lack of playmaking on his team but he’s still shooting 30% from three on attempts with defenders 4+ feet away (slight improvement to 33% when just looking at “wide open” 6+ft)
He may or may not be slightly better on defense; but a lot of our offensive gravity comes from + Shai plus shooters and Victor would take away from that while also taking the ball away from Shai (Victor’s usage rate is nearly that of Shai’s). I don’t think the potential upsides outweigh the downsides.
Now, if you give us Chet AND Shai… >:)
Chet - right now - is better than Wemby. That’s a factual statement both statistically and eye-test wise. Might not hold true in the future, but they would not be better with Wemby this season.
Chet would still be a better shooter
The gap wouldn’t be nearly as drastic, he might be a few percent points better if they swapped teams. Wemby probably being a league average mid 30’s guy and Chet dropping slightly below 40%
Chet is shooting 43 percent from 3 rn brother
I’m aware, I too can read his stat line. Are you following the point of this whole thought exercise? If he changed teams to the Spurs, he wouldn’t shoot as well…that’s the whole point here….
the post is asking about wemby on okc vs chet on okc, so it doesn’t make sense you’re adjusting chet’s % for the comparison
Chet plays a lot “smarter” with his team relative to wemby which is a given due to his age and experience. But as of now, Wemby would make OKC worse.
This is a question of fit as much as it is a question of efficiency. Chet fits better in OKC, I think. Wemby is currently benefitting from-, and suffering from the reality of being The Guy in SA. Everything is built around him. In OKC, Shai and the rest of the roster allow Chet the ability to be selective/opportunistic. He’s doing great within that. Wemby is operating with feature touches and volume. Chet is getting 29.1 points per 100 possessions on 18 FGA per 100 possessions. Wemby is scoring 30.1 points per 100 possessions on 25.7 FGA per 100 possessions. They have some similarities, but they have different roles.
I’m not sure how Wemby would look being selective. That emphasizes making reads on what defenses are giving up, rather than finding something from nothing.
To be clear, this is “it’s hard to say”, not “I don’t think he would do well.”
I believe any player that goes to okc will play above their potential. Wemby, Duren any young center would shine there because they come with an easy job. the head coach is a wizard honestly
sadly he’s a thunder 🥺
Dieng was a literal consensus lottery pick and still sucks whenever he’s on the court lol.
Giddey was a top 6 pick with all the potential in the world - he is still not a positive NBA player.
Like he’s a good coach, not a miracle worker that makes you one of the best shooters at your position as a rookie lol.
Watched every game, Dieng is nice af. he is still young and raw so it benefits his game to play in the gleage vs being a catch & shoot guy on the main roster.
They’d be worse in the short term if you’re replacing Chet with him. Wemby’s shooting needs to get substantially better—and even in France his percentages weren’t amazing
15 games into their careers and people trying to talk about who’s better smfh
Doesn’t that happen all the time? Seems perfectly normal in sports