Player The Uncertainty Realm of the Improved Jumpshot of Jeremy Sochan

I can totally envision him going to Phoenix and then facing the Spurs in the first round. Guarding Victor and throwing him off his game. He is an agitator on defense.
 
timtonymanu said:
Yep zero highlight plays to remember him for and just some F Houston meme. It sucks it didn’t work out but when we have Carter Bryant who already looks much better than Sochan ever did, it’s lame to cry over it so much.
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He was a good tank commander, I'll give him that.

Honestly, I do wish well on the guy and hope he is able to carve out a place in the league. He seemed well liked by his teammates and it was always fun watching him get under the skin of other teams.

That said, I'm a well documented Sochan hater so can't say I'm losing any sleep over this one. He had his chances to develop and carve out a place with the team. Keldon did it, Vassell did it, Castle did it, Harper and even Bryant are well on their way. Maybe the change of scenery will do him some good but I also wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't.
 
Dex said:
That said, I'm a well documented Sochan hater so can't say I'm losing any sleep over this one. He had his chances to develop and carve out a place with the team.
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If anything, this shows we won't be a charity case team anymore.
Maybe I'm wrong, but I simply can't say that he put his best effort into this when even after almost 4 years he doesn't have something that resembles a consistent jumpshot.
He's a textbook example of someone who looks like they were forced into basketball just because they're tall.
Made more than 20 million from it, set for life without ever being a good basketball player.

I feel sorry for players that give their all to the grind, but life still fucks them over, DJG being the most recent example.
 
Never got the notion that the whopping 19 game PG experiment from two seasons ago was somehow to blame for his lack of development over 3.5+ seasons.

To be playable, he needs to be paired with a rotational stretch five who is a role player. Basically, a prime Olynyk.

The Suns don't have a such a player. He could work with Towns in spots, but similar to Wembanyama, a team generally isn't going to have a superstar or star spacing the floor for a one-way role player.
 
DTW said:
Never got the notion that the whopping 19 game PG experiment from two seasons ago was somehow to blame for his lack of development over 3.5+ seasons.

He needs to be played next to a role player, rotational stretch five. Basically, a prime Olynyk.

He could work with Towns in spots, but similar to Wembanyama, a team generally isn't going to have a superstar or star spacing the floor for a one-way role player.
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ALL HE NEEDED WAS A SHOT. IT'S NOT HARD TO LEARN HOW TO SHOOT!
He's just not good and doesn't have it mentally.
 
NASpurs said:
I shit on them all the time but to be fair, before Wemby, the team was rudderless. It seems to me that now they know which type of
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Sochan, defensive mobile big = CB
Primo, big defensive guard = Castle
Branham, shooter, spacer = Champ
Wesley, defensive PG = Harper

Spurs have those prototypes Spurs players. Just those 4 didn’t make it, likewise Samanic, Lonnie all fit that type. It’s not surprising they won’t draft a Queen for his lack of defensive motor, or a Jalen for questionable “character”, etc.
 
One thing about Mitch, he refused to play Sochan because he was not earning his minutes. Pop would’ve showcased Sochan. But I guess the Spurs are playing for seeding and every game counts
 
He showed some improvement last season - minus outside shooting - and followed that up by regressing in every conceivable manner this year.

I think he just wasn't up to putting in the really hard work to surpass Harrison on the depth chart (to say nothing about his poor perimeter game). He just ended up being really similar to Patrick Williams with Chicago. That's the danger of drafting high-risk, Swiss Army knife combo forwards with no elite tangible skill.

Williams is seeing his minutes and court time evaporate similar to Jeremy here.

Carter Bryant is coming along quickly and that probably made this decision even easier. Hope Jeremy can figure himself out elsewhere and carve a niche in the league. Adios, amigo.
 
scott said:
As much as I don't rate Sochan, he's significantly more useful than Biyombo. 2026 Bismack is the worst basketball player I've ever seen.
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Hes a mentor though and wont complain about $ or touches
 
scott said:
One more loose end until we can say that with a straight face
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Idk man, he seems to be one of the more vocal guys in most huddles and is somewhat a father figure to these guys.
His role is 15th man and noone expects him to contribute on the floor.
Jeremy was our 7th man last season, averaged more mintues than Keldon and Champ.

Didn't amount to anything because they made significant improvements to their game, while he didn't do shit even though we're by far the weakest at his position.

No hard feelings, every player has their ceiling, Jeremy's is apparently very low as far as basketball skills go.
I'm not sure why people think he'll do well anywhere else.
For us he was the 9th pick and had almost 4 full seasons to prove his worth.
Anywhere he goes from now on he'll be just another reclamation project on a minimum that has to prove he offers something to the team within a couple of weeks or they'll move onto the next one.

He's not a Spur anymore and I can't say I care about what happens basketball career wise because he hasn't proven he cares, but my prediction is that he's out of the league before the next season ends.
Someone will take a flyer on him next summer, he won't do shit and he'll be back in Europe by 2027. Or even cosplaying as Rodman in one of the exotic Asian leagues.
 
John B said:
One thing about Mitch, he refused to play Sochan because he was not earning his minutes. Pop would’ve showcased Sochan. But I guess the Spurs are playing for seeding and every game counts
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Yeah, it seems like Mitch wasn't going to just gift him minutes and cuddle him. Which for whatever reason discouraged him and instead going harder, he essentially gave up.

Oh well

That '21 & '22 class were absolutely terrible (minus Blake Wesley, who I still like) but we lucked out with the #1, #3 & #2 picks in the next three drafts.
 
LeBowen said:
Idk man, he seems to be one of the more vocal guys in most huddles and is somewhat a father figure to these guys.
His role is 15th man and noone expects him to contribute on the floor.
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Bismack can do all of those things as an assistant coach. There is no reason for him to have a roster spot.

Everything else you wrote about Sochan is quite irrelevant to whether or not Biyombo is a charity case.

Edit: yes, Bismack is the 14th/15th man on the roster... so what does it matter? It matters because he can and should be replaced by someone who can at least do a 25% competent job of playing C when called upon. Micah Potter was on the roster and would be a better choice. Precious Achuiwa was sitting on his couch, and is now playing half decent center minutes for SAC. Bassey has been available all year and yeah he's not great, but we all know he can do better than what Biyombo is giving us. It angers me that we're one Luke twisted ankle away from extended Harrison Barnes center minutes.
 
scott said:
Bismack can do all of those things as an assistant coach. There is no reason for him to have a roster spot.
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I agree, but the Spurs apprently don't.

I won't pass my final judgement on this until we see if Wright can find a competent third string big in the buyout market.
 
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