He’s mostly been okay, kind of regressed on D since his rookie season. I wouldn’t see him as a plus defender at this time based on eye test and numbers that I checked a little while ago

Thanks to everyone not named Sochan, Wemby and Champanie being mediocre to terrible on D… Frustrating but I’m sure it’ll improve throughout the season

Between his on court play, teams success abd clowning Draymond, what a season from Rudy.

I know it’s not the focus of your comment or this thread but: It’s such a shame Branham is such a sieve on defense, he could be so much more impactful that he currently is. He’s been the most disappointing player for me this year for the lack of growth

TJ would not make this team 10x better that’s for damn sure, we should all chill with falling in love with backup point guards imo. We suck because we can’t defend

But you’re right that we could get much better next year, however if we draft a PG it will take some time before they’re a net positive. Rookie PG is really really tough in the NBA.

I’m mostly eager to see any growth from Malaki and Julian as I haven’t seen any improvement YoY yet. I think Keldon has progressed steadily, Jeremy is progressing (curious to see how he’ll be when sliding back to the 4) and Collins seems to have hit a ceiling based on his physical profile. As you said Devin and Victor everything looking good so far.

I mean GOAT Convo is pushing it by a lot when looking at the achievements of guys like MJ, LeBron, Bird, Magic, Duncan, O’Neal etc. That doesn’t mean he can’t get there but he’d need a few more chips

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

What a stupid take, no offense. We were down by 20 with 5’ to go, why would you risk an injury. If you can’t stomach a rebuild then don’t watch it, but clearly the coaching staff and front office have a long term vision and are sticking to it. We have Wemby, we’re good, just enjoy the ride…

Has our fanbase gotten as silly as the takes on this PGT? It’s rough out there y"all, we’re literally game 15 of year 1 of Wemby, what’s with the doom…

What a word salad, just check out for a year or two if you can’t handle a rebuild, our players just kind of suck so all that is expected

He’s not been showing a ton of improvement so far this year but he tends to be a slow starer in years past

Jesus dude it’s been 10 games and you claim Derrick freaking Rose is the answer to our problems?!

Honestly people are using point Sochan as an excuse for everything imo. The first issue is defense and that’s an everyone but Vic problem. Jeremy is doing fine there considering his workload, but people are getting blown by, missing assignments way too regularly to deserve wins.

On offense we seem to lack a cohesive offense with Wemby on which looks like it’s a planned phase of our build. It’s been said how extra focused the front office is on maximizing Victor, so I’m sure they know what they’re doing, even if it is not instantly focused on winning.

Jeremy himself has started to look better slashing and shooting, still too many turnovers when ball handling but that’s a workable skill (and probably why he’s asked to handle that much). His reads are also improving, so I think we’re looking good there development wise.

Other players need to step up. Malaki and Julian can’t be airballing open threes, Malaki needs to improve his D especially. Keldon is making efforts on defense but still has ways to go. Etc

These are all the things I’d focus before trading anything, gotta maximize what you have before augmenting it

First game people really went at him at the rim, 8 blocks. Only reason he doesn’t average 4 bpg is that many teams avoid him all night long

Nah man, Durant’s team as a rookie was way worse

OKC fans in shambles

Not comparable, they’re asked to do many different things. The diet of offense of Chet and Vic are much different, with Wemby creating much more while Chet is more like a piece of the offense.

On defense Wemby roams while Chet is at 5. People already don’t challenge Wemby on defense, I’d give him a much greater impact on that end than Chet.

Both are great, gonna be greater and it’s gonna be fun, but situations are too different to say one player is ahead of the other.

Completely agree with this, apart from butchering Jeremy’s name so many times haha.

Malaki I think I’d like to see more breadth of impact, with passing as well as just average defense.

Crossover for Jeremy’s a great idea, otherwise maybe more midrange shooting on the move.

Devin I’d like more shiftiness on the drivble, changing pace and getting to the paint a bit more

Wemby is just a rookie so he’s just gonna progress organically I think, so much to clean up but he’s looking so impactful already

Very insightful comment that should make it a little easier for us fans to understand that this is literally a learning phase right now. This year is about building up certain players in new situations and understanding what a good team around Vic needs, not making the play in and getting trounced in the first round