The Massive Puzzle of a Wemby-Centric Offense

[ambchang]

What the issue is is that when wemby is on the floor the spurs force the ball to wemby, bogging down the offence. It’s a combination of spacing, predictability and lacking players who can do reliable entry passes other than fox (castle and Harper are still learning). So Mitch has to figure out when and how to get that done.

Once wemby gets the ball in the high post wemby would be swarmed and wemby has to learn how to recognize the doubles and pass the ball at the perfect time. Which is one of the hardest things to do for a big so this will take a few years. Other players tend to also just stand around when wemby has the ball. Again, Mitch has to figure this out.

Finally, I don’t see too much wemby pick and rolls because wemby is not a good screener. This game with one of our three ball handlers is simply unstoppable. A twist is having another big (kornet being the only candidate) screen, while someone else do an off ball screen for wemby for a roll to the basket but the spacing would be a nightmare. Not sure how to get this implemented properly.

 

[bozhemoi]

The last thing I want to do is turn into a Wemby centric offense. It's fantastic that they are so good on offense without depending on him.