Armchair coaches... what development do you think our players need to lvl up?

[xellos88330]

I am looking at Wemby and I think he needs a hook shot. Sure his jumper is practically unblockable, but he needs a shot that he doesn't need to face the basket or bring the ball down for. This, theoretically, could prevent people from pushing against him in the post to disrupt his spacing and drives. If they are trying to get physical, it could lead to easy FT's and still get a good look at the basket.

 

[BacktoBasics]

Wemby needs to make better decisions breaking a double team and improve his timing when passing out of the post.

The entire team needs to rotate better when defending the perimeter and closing out around the 3pt line.

 

[LeBowen]

Wemby needs to get over himself and dribble the ball less.
His isos ruin everyone's rythm and the flow of the offense. He can do it a couple of times per game, but KD 2.0 experiment has to stop. Especially since we'll have too many ballhandlers when everyone is healthy.

Castle obviously has to fix his FTs and 3pt shooting.

Friendship crew are what they are, maybe Jeremy can keep this level of 3pt shooting going.

Bryant needs to learn how to play basketball, he's got amazing physical tools and his shot looks decent.

 

[Sugus]

I was personally hoping the coaching additions brought some new defensive schemes around, but it's one are that has stuck out to me every game this season: the Spurs collectively don't seem to understand or trust that they 1) have the de-facto DPOY anchoring their defense, and therefore 2) his paint deterring aura, coupled with the 3 > 2 meta that plagues the league currently, means that every single opposing team WANTS to shoot 3's and only 3's if they can help it.

There's literally no team in the league that has more Wemby-proof players than good 3pt shooters. They will ALL gladly do the drive & kickout every time, all game, if they can help it. Given this context, the same old issue of our guys going "OMG the ball is moving gotta chase it!!!!!!" whenever a drive happens, allowing some of the most textbook basic rotations to happen for the offense leading to easy and open 3s, is maddening.

I don't really know where the issue truly lays - previous years had Pop as the scapegoat along with the Friendly Krew, but Pop's gone from coaching now and the Stooges are featured much less prominently, yet the same errors remain. Very strange to watch. I kinda would rather see the Spurs have 4 players straight-up hugging their defensive duty, with Wemby just standing in the paint waiting for the drive, and denying all passing lanes possible. Have their PG drop 40 on Wemby if he can -- we'd win 100-40!

 

[bozhemoi]

Wemby attacking on the drive seems to be the next step in his development, which is why he doesn't jack as many threes. He's developing his skill sets and threats. In addition, he needs to learn how to read double teams. Timmy had a lot of trouble with these early on before he gets comfortable with them. Teams bring defenders at all angles to keep them off balance. He'll learn these.

I agree that his decision making is slow and this impacts the way the rest of the team plays, but imo it will get smoother before long. Ideally he'll be making reactions as fast as anyone else, except his duties are much more complex than anyone else on offense.