Excellent analysis by Legs. He’s really become one of the better analysts out there
This is still the issue with Wemby. His decision-making is slow and still too deficient. While his height allows him to organize other defenders like a control tower on defense, on offense he is forced to lower his field of vision by tucking his head into his shoulders in anticipation of a bully game on penetration. He also has to lower his center of gravity to avoid having the ball stolen, and he cannot take advantage of his height in the same way in attack to see the game. His height is an advantage on offense… unless his head is looking at the ground, and he takes too long to pass or shoot.
This applies to his dribbling in transition as well as when he receives the ball while stationary in the middle zone. It then looks like he isn't “reading” the defense, but calculating for hours like in chess, when he should be “blitzing” by knowing exactly what to do before receiving the ball and playing immediately. He has reduced his turnovers by stopping bringing the ball up from the defensive zone if someone is on him, he should do the same in the offensive zone if he sees at least two players on the way to the basket. Like any guard, he can of course force a drive on a set play, but he will do so with less success. One time in ten, he'll pass, and it'll be a highlight, the rest of the time he'll lose the ball. Other players can break through the lines with their speed or power, but you never break through the lines better than after passing the ball…
He could try to play like Giannis against porous defenses. But until he has Giannis' power, he has to make do with his body and play like Durant when he's on the perimeter. All this isolation play for Wemby, I'm not sure that's Spurs basketball. Everyone has to play to their strengths in order to create situations with high success rates. If the path to the basket is clear, he can drive, otherwise the ball must keep moving; if Castle is in a three-point shooting position at the start of possession, he shouldn't shoot. They're no time to experiment anymore. They can win with their current strengths. They will have plenty of time to improve in other areas.
So, I wonder if, on a Spurs shot, and if Victor is far from the basket, whether it wouldn't be better for the team to let him come back first on defense while the other four players go for the offensive rebound. He's so scary on defense that he can protect the basket on the counterattack. Maybe that's part of what they're doing. But instead of just seeing Keldon grabbing offensive rebounds, it can't hurt to see other players present on the offensive rebound. Keldon grabs 2.4 offensive rebounds per game; Castle, 1.5. With Wemby, they are the only three Spurs players in the league's top 100.
