“Wemby’s efficiency is bad!” “He takes bad shots!” He’s also spending most of his minutes without a real PG.
In the 192 minutes Wemby has spent with Tre Jones on the floor, he averages 26ppg/36 on 58%TS. That’s also 33.2p/100 for those curious. This is actually an astoundingly strong blend of volume and efficiency for a rookie.
What’s the other factor holding Wemby back? He’s playing PF next to Cs clogging the paint and taking away some mismatch opportunities. Wemby has only gotten 124 minutes at Center this season, but when he does? He averages a whopping 33ppg/36 on 62%TS. That’s with or without Tre Jones at PG even.
These numbers are absolutely absurd. When the Spurs put him in a position to succeed - either with an actual PG or at his best position - he dominates. He’s already been scoring at an all-star level. If you’re down on this kid, questioning his scoring and efficiency, I think you need to watch a bit closer.
I have no issue with this take to be clear. I think that’s valid, and I support the Point Sochan experiment.
My point is more to dispel the anti-Wemby concerns that seem to just be uninformed. People parading around saying he’s not a good scorer, highly inefficient, not living up to hype etc. when it’s just not really true. In reality, when put in reasonable positions to succeed he’s been better than expected which is pretty insane to say.
That being said, I do think there’s room for increased optimization from the Spurs. Wemby averages just 7mpg at Center - I’d move more towards a 50/50 split. We shouldn’t assume he already knows the ins and outs of playing Center in the NBA either. There’s room to grow there too. I’d also increase his portion of minutes with Tre, which can be achieved while maintaining the Point Sochan experiment pretty identically to how it’s been running
Who has said he’s not living up to the hype?
Imo, most of this whining stems from people upset that Chet’s just been better than Wemby for the ~15 games. Wemby’s been playing fine for someone 2 years younger.
I think what he means is that lots of player fans retort to whining about Wemby in order to make Chet standout. It’s like they can’t enjoy 2 outstanding rookies, one has to be bad and the other has to be incredible