Guards often look like shit in their rookie seasons. Just as Trae Young and Darius Garland. He’ll (probably) be fine.

Someone has to explain to me what’s so great about Spider-Man 2. It seemed like an aggressively safe sequel for the few hours I managed to get through.

It’ll answer if he has innate combo-guard abilities. If he’s just waiting around for someone to pass him the ball or for the defense to sag off him, that’s worth knowing.

Miller’s looked pretty strong lately, but the real test is how he performs with LeMelo sidelined indefinitely.

Vassell is a good defender.

It sort of tracks that teams are trying the new guys and getting rebuked, but teams are very clearly avoiding Wemby and he’s still far and away the leader here.

I think it’s closer to an unhackable Gobert. Wemby in the paint is going to be a tough matchup even if every part of his jumper never materializes.

It’s not that simple. Chet has an absurd wingspan of his own, moves faster, plays a more rim-centric role on defense…and he’s not even close to Wemby on this list.

Raising a 30th-ranked defense to 29th is going to be a tough sell, even though the raw numbers look like DPOY stuff.

His coordination, balance, and positioning are all still pretty raw. In as little as a year, all of that will be cleaned up and he’ll be an absolute menace on the defensive end.

Yet it’s the shots that don’t even exist that show his ultimate defense value. Multiple coaches and commentators have lauded their teams for “not challenging Wemby”, so he’s effectively a hole in the court that other teams are stepping around.

There’s another poster who thinks Wemby isn’t even the second-best rookie this season.

I was so hyped when he made that because I wanted Collins to get credit for such a sick assist.

Wemby’s reflexes are lightning quick. Reads that pass almost instantly.

You could probably still beat us.

And it would be one of like 11 assists that night.

That leg fracture might be worse than we thought. Dude has like zero burst.

The ref horn.

Joker only attempted six shots on Vic, and he made 3. He had more turnovers against Victor than made field goals, IIRC.

Jokić shot 3/6 and turned it over four times with Wemby as the closest defender, IIRC. That’s struggling by his standards.