The one aspect I want to see more from the team is more "Extra pass" mentality. Often I see in games that all of our players (Wemby, Tre, Keldon, Devin, Zach, Malakai) often get a second head start on their defender and instead of using that to draw the defense in and kick it out, they draw the defense in and shoot the ball. What made the 2013 Spurs great was that they were super open to giving up a good shot for a great shot. This current young group hasn't learned that, they think they have to get the shot off quickly if they get to a good shot, instead they should look and they'll see multiple guys wide open
Seems clear that the Spurs know what the real best line up is, and its Wemby at the 5 with Sochan at the 4. That squad works amazing if you can get a tall PG to play with them (if Amen Thompson was on this team Sochan would play the "starting 5" I believe). If we can't get a better tall PG, we need a better tall wing player to play next to Wemby when he's playing at the 5 so Sochan can play 1. Wemby is much better at center and Zach is showing his weakness on defense and rebounding. This team needs a real tall PG so Sochan can move on to PF and use his playmaking skills from there and be more of a cutter
In Keldon's credit he might have had a bad game but he doesn't just force shots. 4 other guys had more shots than him and Malakai had more. As long as the shot isn't forced its a positive shot
Jude, good job running solo on the postgame. Faux Spurs fans who are ready to jump ship or dis the team after a few big losses make me sick. It's a young team (30-33 wins), but one that will improve over time. Devin will be an all-star next year if not this one.
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The one aspect I want to see more from the team is more "Extra pass" mentality. Often I see in games that all of our players (Wemby, Tre, Keldon, Devin, Zach, Malakai) often get a second head start on their defender and instead of using that to draw the defense in and kick it out, they draw the defense in and shoot the ball. What made the 2013 Spurs great was that they were super open to giving up a good shot for a great shot. This current young group hasn't learned that, they think they have to get the shot off quickly if they get to a good shot, instead they should look and they'll see multiple guys wide open
Seems clear that the Spurs know what the real best line up is, and its Wemby at the 5 with Sochan at the 4. That squad works amazing if you can get a tall PG to play with them (if Amen Thompson was on this team Sochan would play the "starting 5" I believe). If we can't get a better tall PG, we need a better tall wing player to play next to Wemby when he's playing at the 5 so Sochan can play 1. Wemby is much better at center and Zach is showing his weakness on defense and rebounding. This team needs a real tall PG so Sochan can move on to PF and use his playmaking skills from there and be more of a cutter
In Keldon's credit he might have had a bad game but he doesn't just force shots. 4 other guys had more shots than him and Malakai had more. As long as the shot isn't forced its a positive shot
Jude, good job running solo on the postgame. Faux Spurs fans who are ready to jump ship or dis the team after a few big losses make me sick. It's a young team (30-33 wins), but one that will improve over time. Devin will be an all-star next year if not this one.
i would rather use both cedi and mcbuckets or champagnie coming off the bench instead of malaki
Good solo show
3 years man, will be in the finals.
Cant figure it out how to win
Wemby does a lot for this team at both ends at 19.