First off, I do not think the Spurs have Sochan in mind as the long term solution as point guard. Maybe it was their longshot goal that is obviously not happening, but now it’s all to get Sochan’s playmaking ability up to where he can be a starter on a good/great team. His offense is looking slightly better with a 40% 3 point percentage for the last 10 games (less than 2 attempts per game but still), but he’ll need to continue to improve his offense to an average NBA player level or playmaking to an elite level to make it worth having him play major minutes in the future when he returns to the 3-4 spot.
Right now the Spurs have 2 players who would be for sure starters on a good/great team, Wemby and Vassell. I think Keldon would be a solid 6-8 man on a great team who need a spark plug off the bench and Zach has shown his defense isn’t where it needs to be to match the starter skill level in the league, so he’d be a solid back up center option.
Figuring out if we have a core of 2 or 3 players is huge when drafting and looking at players to sign, so I’d much rather the Spurs figure out where Sochan will fit in now at the beginning of Wemby’s career rather than a few years down the road.
I’m not against Pop’s Sochan experiment, but I have to wonder if it is slowing the development of the rest of the team.
Sochan is failing fast a lot, which will probably force him to grow, but is it at the price of rest of the team? A strong PG would probably increase the opportunities for the team as a unit to develop. Same thing with individual players that aren’t Sochan.
Then again, I don’t know shit, so don’t listen to me.
100% the risk to force an experiment is felt most by the players who deserve that opportunity. Pop won’t hear much because he’s untouchable. Shame