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

  • yerr2477B
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    1 year ago

    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%

  • AlexisOhanianPrideB
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    1 year ago

    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.

  • Strange1130B
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    1 year ago

    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… >:)

  • honestnbafanB
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    1 year ago

    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

  • MattRice15B
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    1 year ago

    They would be worse, most of the impact stats have Chet in or close to the top 10.

  • SometimesIComplainB
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    1 year ago

    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