There’s been a lot of talk about Chet vs Wemby, and as of late people seem to actually be leaning towards Chet being a better player. However Chet has a much better roster than Wemby, and more importantly better guard play.
So is Chet actually better than Wembanyama? And would OKC gets worse if the roles were reversed
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maybe a little worse
wemby’s defense would shine way brighter in OKC, don’t think they would drop off that much offensively, they would be better. SGA and R Kelly feeding Wemby would rise his efficiency to above average TS%
Chet plays a lot “smarter” with his team relative to wemby which is a given due to his age and experience. But as of now, Wemby would make OKC worse.
Worse if you swap them, because Victor is just not a good shooter right now. You can point to the lack of playmaking on his team but he’s still shooting 30% from three on attempts with defenders 4+ feet away (slight improvement to 33% when just looking at “wide open” 6+ft)
He may or may not be slightly better on defense; but a lot of our offensive gravity comes from + Shai plus shooters and Victor would take away from that while also taking the ball away from Shai (Victor’s usage rate is nearly that of Shai’s). I don’t think the potential upsides outweigh the downsides.
Now, if you give us Chet AND Shai… >:)
slightly worse
Chet would still be a better shooter
Worse
Having a big man who can shoot threes is very important to OKC’s system and Wemby can’t actually really shoot threes right now despite the highlights
They would be worse, most of the impact stats have Chet in or close to the top 10.
They’d be worse in the short term if you’re replacing Chet with him. Wemby’s shooting needs to get substantially better—and even in France his percentages weren’t amazing