this was revealed months ago. Spurs listed Wemby as a Forward and not Center. He’ll play the 4 next to Collins.
talentSA112200
Yeah, Wemby’s going to show his talents more playing pf. And he might not be able to play as a center for more than 20 minutes between heavy and tough centers in the NBA.
mr-frankfuckfafree
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TuqiDuque12
It will be great defensively, but on offense it could take away a lot of what makes him special honestly.
Also does this mean they are gonna bench Sochan to play a much worse player in Collins or Barlow ?
Or are they just gonna lie like in the Duncan days when they were acting like guys who were guarding and being guarded by centers where actually the 5’s just to “protect” the “greatest power forward of all time” moniker for guy that played more center then power forward in his career
hypercafspazz
The most hyped player since Zion and I’m ready to watch him ball out.
RealPrinceJay
This is the one thing I’ve always disagreed with. You take away so much of what makes him special by making him play PF. What in his offensive skillset is actually unique for a PF? What will he really do skill wise at a higher level than Tobias Harris? His only advantage is he’s much taller, but that was true at Center anyway. PFs are better equipped to stay in front of him as he tries to put the ball on the floor and dribble around, and now he won’t be pulling the other C out of the paint for 5-out offense which was one of the biggest value contributions he brought offball. Additionally, there’s the basic issue of relative value. Now the Spurs will play someone like Zach Collins, a negative for your offense and spacing, instead of another forward who can likely shoot, handle, playmake, etc. You’ve also drastically lowered the switchability of your defense.
Defensively I’ve always been a doubter of this roaming 4 concept. I think it’s really dependent on the other team having a nonshooter on the perimeter which is increasingly unlikely, and while we see them put up nice STOCKs numbers their impact can be overrated. For as talented as AD is, those defenses in NOLA stunk most of the time because he insisted on playing PF and not C. Despite all of AD’s talent and having Jrue in the backcourt, those teams were often BOTTOM 10 defenses, and sometimes bottom 5. We’ve seen his true dominance in LA more often as he plays a lot of games at Center now. Look at the Bucks in 2022 when Brook Lopez was out – you still have Giannis(2xDPOY) and Jrue(3x All-D 1st Team) and they couldn’t field a defense that was even above average. Brook comes back and they were immediately lockdown for those playoffs and were 4th on defense this season. PFs *almost* never can compare to the defensive impact of a primary rim protector. This dude has an 8′ wingspan, if I’m an offensive player I’m saying thank you for taking him away from the basket for me.
Thehelloman0
That’s been obvious to anyone that follows the NBA for a long time now
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Sochan?
this was revealed months ago. Spurs listed Wemby as a Forward and not Center. He’ll play the 4 next to Collins.
Yeah, Wemby’s going to show his talents more playing pf. And he might not be able to play as a center for more than 20 minutes between heavy and tough centers in the NBA.
k
It will be great defensively, but on offense it could take away a lot of what makes him special honestly.
Also does this mean they are gonna bench Sochan to play a much worse player in Collins or Barlow ?
Or are they just gonna lie like in the Duncan days when they were acting like guys who were guarding and being guarded by centers where actually the 5’s just to “protect” the “greatest power forward of all time” moniker for guy that played more center then power forward in his career
The most hyped player since Zion and I’m ready to watch him ball out.
This is the one thing I’ve always disagreed with. You take away so much of what makes him special by making him play PF. What in his offensive skillset is actually unique for a PF? What will he really do skill wise at a higher level than Tobias Harris? His only advantage is he’s much taller, but that was true at Center anyway. PFs are better equipped to stay in front of him as he tries to put the ball on the floor and dribble around, and now he won’t be pulling the other C out of the paint for 5-out offense which was one of the biggest value contributions he brought offball. Additionally, there’s the basic issue of relative value. Now the Spurs will play someone like Zach Collins, a negative for your offense and spacing, instead of another forward who can likely shoot, handle, playmake, etc. You’ve also drastically lowered the switchability of your defense.
Defensively I’ve always been a doubter of this roaming 4 concept. I think it’s really dependent on the other team having a nonshooter on the perimeter which is increasingly unlikely, and while we see them put up nice STOCKs numbers their impact can be overrated. For as talented as AD is, those defenses in NOLA stunk most of the time because he insisted on playing PF and not C. Despite all of AD’s talent and having Jrue in the backcourt, those teams were often BOTTOM 10 defenses, and sometimes bottom 5. We’ve seen his true dominance in LA more often as he plays a lot of games at Center now. Look at the Bucks in 2022 when Brook Lopez was out – you still have Giannis(2xDPOY) and Jrue(3x All-D 1st Team) and they couldn’t field a defense that was even above average. Brook comes back and they were immediately lockdown for those playoffs and were 4th on defense this season. PFs *almost* never can compare to the defensive impact of a primary rim protector. This dude has an 8′ wingspan, if I’m an offensive player I’m saying thank you for taking him away from the basket for me.
That’s been obvious to anyone that follows the NBA for a long time now
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