Should the Spurs Go ALL In and Pair Victor Wembanyama with Trae Young?

Should the Spurs Go ALL In and Pair Victor Wembanyama with Trae Young?

Victor wanyama in the last eight games is averaging 24 points per game 9.4 rebounds 3.6 blocks in 24 minutes I want to talk about just the growth in his game he’s playing Center more and that’s really led to this explosion of production that he’s on currently and he’s just being used more

Correctly it’s less isolation less post-ups and more cutting and more Rim running and I think that’s what what he’s best at I don’t know about you but Victor lyama is already showing that he is probably closer to an all NBA player than he is just your normal average rookie I mean the

Way he’s playing right now he’s playing some Elite level basketball and he’s another breed of these centers and big men players that they hate playing Center for whatever reason but they are the most productive when they play it that’s definitely true but I think a big

Part part of it also just been Greg papovich won plug him in with Zach Hollins early on um to touch on the center point I think for as good as Wy K be offensively it’s really the defense uh opponents this year have been had a pretty tough time finishing on him and

It’s kind of go bear light where that presence is such a big void for that Spurs defense um the numbers don’t really quite back it up when you watch him play it’s got that same Fear Factor and it can continue to improve when he’s not 19 years old now I think the biggest

Elment for the Spurs that now that WB is playing Center more traditionally that’s kind of where he meant to play in a closing lineup let’s say um they do need a point card right Jeremy showan to Trey Jones is really a bandaid and a poor bandaid I look at the Atlanta Hawk the

Team that most recently played and Dean Tam has been rumored to go to San Antonio but to me they really need a playmaker who can run pick and roll with Wy and hit him consistently and look around the NBA there are really only one Singler better pick and roll operators

Than Trey young young he would be such a perfect fit for the San Antonio team and he is somebody that’s entering the trade cycle slowly as Atlanta is struggling to get to the 500 Mark in a very deep Eastern Conference what do you think about trayon and Victor Bama together

Would you give up four first round picks if you’re the Spurs and maybe a young player for what I believe is a top five offensive engine easily in the NBA I would give a five I would give a it doesn’t matter how many first round

Picks I got to give I I think Trey young is stuck in in in a rocking a hard play because he is never going to be the best player on the championship team I think he’s just too small to be one but if he can play second fiddle to Victor wanyama

Or an actual Elite Talent that’s a top five player in the NBA I think of like an Anthony Davis and Trey young pering would probably be perfect as well then now Trey young can win at the level that he wants to win at I think dejonte

Murray is is is going too low for the Spurs you’re not shooting high enough if you’re gonna trade a lot for somebody you got to trade a lot for somebody that’s gonna move the needle and I think there’s this weird place that Atlanta’s stuck in right now that they

Have an Allstar and Trey young a hypothetical Allstar and dejonte Murray and a lot of good role players but they’re not able to win games because you go along the the roster of Atlanta Hawks and just breaking it down you can’t tell me that Clint capella can’t

Start on 70% of NBA teams right now Clint capella is one of the better centers at what he does right now Jaylen Johnson is awesome you you can’t tell me that there are not every single NBA team wouldn’t want him to contribute on their on their basketball team right now

DeAndre Hunter same thing DeAndre Hunter would have a rotation role on every every single team Bogdan bogdanovic the same thing goes for him so we’re talking about a Hawks team that has Trey deante DeAndre Hunter Jaylen Johnson Clint capella bogdon bogdanovich Ona kongu is another one who’d have a rotation role

On any team in the NBA like the this is not a bad roster which is why it’s kind of been weird to me how much they’ve been losing because I think they should be much better is it coaching is it just the way these players fit together I’m

Not exactly sure but it it feels like just one big underachieving mess and there isn’t much room to go up in the trey young era and retool to really build around him in Atlanta and T to see why haulk fans looking back were so disappointed in 2021 they came so close

To the finals because that was their Gateway that was the ticket that was the year since then the East is kind a lot better and you did highlight you did sh some pra and clink capella he’s a great rebounder but um all those guys are average not named Jaylen Johnson and

Bogden bonovich Bogden to me is a clear six Man of the Year favorite top of the list and Jaylen is basically the Aaron Gordon mold shooting 40% from three-point range really good passer really good defensive player at the end of the day the Hawks are not a good team

Because their defense is horrible and they’ve invested a ton into that defense and there’s no as you point out needle M on that side of the ball Victor is the ultimate needle mover defensively and you made a great Point Anthony Davis is like the perfect example of a oneman

Defense Trad as a Onan offense I’m pretty confident Victor oneyama like Rudy go like an Anthony Davis could get to that oneman Defense level it’s not showing now the Spurs ranked 24th in defensive rating and 26 and opponent’s points per game but if you surround him

With one point of attack defender in a year you could see that shoot up to 12th in the NBA and their offense currently ranks 28th in San anonio they don’t have The oneman Wrecking Crew that can drop 40 points try shooting better and at the same exact time is gonna get everybody

Open looks the reason why all these guys in the Hawks are shooting well is because of tre’s gravity and I think that goes without being said anywhere he plays what would the package look like for Trey young if he were to go to the Spurs okay let me pull up the Spurs

Payroll real quick I have some off the top of my head I I think Vel has to go oh I don’t know you’re not getting Trey young without Devon vasel Kellin Johnson Kellin Johnson is a negative asset it’s a it’s a contract that’s front-loaded so

He’s gonna make 17 million at the end of it at 28 but still you know I understand maybe probably the Hawks are going to go into a rebuild so maybe makes sense I really don’t think the the Hawks trade Trey young if they don’t get at least two or three impact players

Like I think the Spurs would have to trade vasel Johnson and somebody else like they would have to trade the two top guys not named Wy plus the picks I would probably say for giving them four to five first rounders let’s say five four first rounders and three

Swaps Jeremy Shan who showcase potential could use a change of scenery to develop and then Kellen to make salary work you put in Doug mcdermit and you keep Vel I think he’s perfect in a third role as like a Chris Middleton could be better defensively but on the offensive end he

Would be key to that team I agree with that I if the if the Spurs were to trade their best players outside of wemi for Trey let’s just say it’s vasel and Kellin Johnson I mean the the Spurs now have Trey young and Wy and then they have

Like Doug mcdermit starting with whoever else I mean the roster just like Malachi brandham it’s gonna it’s going to be Trey young Malachi brandham and Doug mcdermit and like soan with wemi or something like that yeah you would not have a team ready to competing in the Western

Conference so if you’re making this move Vel had acquired her a year remember last year only played 30 Games due to his knee injury but long term his play style is more conducive as a third option and at the end of the day the Spurs need to get an elite point guard

In this Western Conference you’ve got Luca Shay the nuggets have their own unique engine Victor mama is a great defensive player and I think he’s a fantastic play finisher I don’t quite think he is a lead initiator because at that size there more of the highlight

Plays you’re going to see but not as much the separation and playmaking gravy ties um as a complimentary piece like an Anthony Davis and maybe that’s the thing here maybe this is Anthony Davis New Orleans all over again where you have the number one overall pick he is one of

The best draft prospects we’ve seen but he needs to have a star that’s durable Drew holay wasn’t those Tryon WBY and a store who raises the team’s floor dramatically

Victor Wembanyama is already a star and the Spurs need to make the team better.