Why Blake Wesley Has HUGE Upside | San Antonio Spurs | Rob Trejo Jr
In this episode we are going to dive into Blake Wesley’s sophomore season.
Trying To Gadge Wesleys Potential Meter has been tough to do in his first two seasons however how he finished last year finally gave us clarity on perhaps what the spurs are planning with him. Lets look at his last 50 or so games around the alstar break last season where his tik went up and started to get more run with the Spurs roster.
On this episode:
– Why Im not worried about the 3 ball.
– Growth Curve
– Defensive Trust & Coachability
– Playing with Wemby
– Can he become a starter? Whats his role?
– Upside Player Comparisons
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I'm a Blake Wesley fan. His quickness, wingspan, and athleticism give him a high ceiling and, yes, he does continue to improve. My biggest concern is his basketball IQ. You say it is there because he continues to adapt and improve, but point guards need to be brilliant court generals who see plays before they happen, don't turn the ball over, and who know how and when to get teammates involved. I'm still waiting to see him show that ability on a consistent basis. He NEEDS more minutes to allow him to develop. If he can improve in the mental part of his game I think that he has a chance to be the starter because he has the physical attribuites for sure.
Let me be honest for a second. Before this season started i was Malaki over Wesley train 🚂. Malaki was a shooter Wesley isn't. Malaki could create his own shot. Wesley was out of control everytime he stepped on the court.
But as the season went along. I was reminded of our 19 year run. 50+wins every season with Tim Duncan at the Helm.
What i was missing at the beginning of the season was NOT EVERYONE has to shoot 3s. Tony Parker hit 3s every now and then, Boris Diaw etc all shot 3s whenever they were wide open.
With all that being said: i am 1000% Wesley over Branham. You can't teach hustle, You can't teach heart and you can't teach giving 100% on every play.
Blake Wesley is the slasher we need to get shooters open. He is definitely 150% better defender than Malaki Branham.
So if we had to choose one to keep and one to trade (because you can't pay everyone) WESLEY > BRANHAM
I like Blake and think he has some potential, but if he isn’t better than Tre and one on the main needs for this team right now is a PG, I don’t really understand why we should buy into his stock. The spurs and more than likely going to get another PG this off-season, likely in the draft. Yes he can play SG and maybe even SF but for him to reach his full potential I feel that he’d have to play point. He’s a great defender and super fast but like someone else in the comments said, his IQ is questionable. As of right now, it’s looking like he’ll be fighting for a bench role next season so again, I don’t full understand why we should be investing stock in him. With our many many first round picks incoming in the future, if we don’t look to trade them, we’ll probably come to a point where we’ll have to consider whether or not we can draft a better guy than Blake. For next season, he’ll be a good backup in case of injuries but I’m just not fully invested into his stock in San Antonio.
I suppose if you're comparing him to Samanic and Primo he's defintetly a better 1st round prospect than them. He's got some nice built in skills but his shooting is a lot worse than you're giving him credit for. The freethrow percentage is what really scares me, because of that stat I don't think he's ever gonna be a good enough shooter to stay on the floor even with the 2nd unit once our team starts to fill out with better more veteran players.