Conspiracy theory… is this pop’s master plan???

Stupid fan theory I know. But hear me out.

Theory – Is Wemby’s minutes restriction actually a coaching lesson by Pop and the spurs coaching staff? 😳

Possible evidence 👀
(Take this with a grain of salt y’all lol)

We know pop tends to put players in uncomfortable positions to get better. Wemby pushed earlier on about they were working on his shot selection, not turning the ball over, and not rushing shots earlier in the season.

One of pop’s decision earlier in the season was to pull Wemby from the game when Wemby was having an off night. Wemby sat for an extended period of time. (I forgot the game I’ll update when I remember this) but Wemby responded well afterwords. This also happened unintentionally in the first game vs the mavericks when Wemby was forced to sit for an extended period and Wemby came back locked in. In one of the interviews after the suns games in the beginning of the season. Wemby talked about how he used to go off at the end of games because he felt it was “winning time” but the coaching staff was telling Wemby he should play the entire game that way not just the end of games.

So this has always been a way to get Wemby to focus. A good coach always knows how to get the best from his players and Pop is the best coach ever so… #sorrynotsorry.

The theory in full. 👀

What if Pop and the coaching staff is actually extending the injury protocol period as a coaching lesson to force Wemby to be efficient and effective with the minutes given. It has been clear that the response and message has been received by Wemby and he makes it a habit to be forcefully in almost every possession he is out there.

Also all positional and role switches for Wemby has been to increase his effectiveness. The switch to center 13 games ago to increase his rebounds and block presence from the perimeter to the rim as the pop prefers his rim protection. More aggression has happened from Wemby as they implored more PNR and the offensive running through him after rebounds as which happened the last 3 games.

Wemby since the minutes restriction has become the second most efficient scorer per minutes played behind embiid.

Victor Wembanyama in his last 8 games:

26 PTS- 13 REB – 2 AST – 5 BLK- (27:05 MIN)
26 PTS – 11 REB – 1 AST – 2 BLK- (19:41 MIN)
16 PTS – 12 REB – 10 AST (TD)- (21:02 MIN)
24 PTS- 10 REB- 3 AST – 5 BLK- (24:37 MIN)
27 PTS – 9 REB – 1 AST – 5 BLK- (26:11 MIN)
20 PTS – 7 REB – 1 AST- 4 BLK- (26:04 MIN)
21 PTS – 7 REB – 3 AST – 1 BLK- (23:42 MIN)
30 PTS – 6 REB – 6 AST – 7 BLK- (24:21 MIN)

Averaging 23.9 minutes per game in those 8 games – Spursculture

24.1 MPG
23.8 PPG
0.9 Points per Minute (would rank 2nd in NBA for the year)
65.6 TS%
5.0 FTM—88.9%
9.4 RPG
3.4 APG
3.6 BPG

– NBA_University

Is that merely a coincidence of injury… or was it’s Pops diabolical plan all along 😳

Thoughts???



by thedam100