Wembanyama, I'm concerned (Part 2)

[Coach Carter]

I'm concerned.

I'm concerned that the Spurs haven't built a better team around this guy yet. He's ready to lead a playoff run now and not sure if they will have him at this level after his 8 years locked in as a Spur.

This. Dudes this tall last around 10 years. They need to be aggressive now.

[Rust_Cohle]

Spurs management and injury risk are the concerns

But assuming he's healthy, pretty clear he's right with Jokic, SGA, Giannis, Luka

Spurs management?!? wtf are you on about. They have the best young core outside of OKC

Subtract Wemby, and their young core doesn't look at that impressive. Castle is good but can't shoot which caps his ceiling as a player. Harper is unproven but has the worst archetype in the game right now. Sochan can't shoot. Am I missing anyone?

Castle is fantastic, did you miss tonight’s game? Carter Bryant has a ton defensive potential, Harper looked great tonight, not even sure wtf you’re on about worst archetype when he plays like a 27 year old with his foot work and is incredible going downhill to the rim.

You don’t watch much Spurs and that’s cool, this team will be a title contender within 2 years.

[Rust_Cohle]

I'm concerned.

I'm concerned that the Spurs haven't built a better team around this guy yet. He's ready to lead a playoff run now and not sure if they will have him at this level after his 8 years locked in as a Spur.

This. Dudes this tall last around 10 years. They need to be aggressive now.

They win by 32 points. Potential for 3 straight ROTY. Not sure what you guys are smoking here. The trajectory is fantastic, strong improvement YOY.

[CIN-C-STAR]

I'm concerned.

I'm concerned that the Spurs haven't built a better team around this guy yet. He's ready to lead a playoff run now and not sure if they will have him at this level after his 8 years locked in as a Spur.

This. Dudes this tall last around 10 years. They need to be aggressive now.

They win by 32 points. Potential for 3 straight ROTY. Not sure what you guys are smoking here. The trajectory is fantastic, strong improvement YOY.

The Spurs roster was a complete joke when they got Wemby, and has already improved substantially.
And our highest paid player wasn't even on the floor tonight.
These guys don't know wtf they're talking about.

[The Golden Fang]

Concerned for who? The rest of the league?

[Marvin Martian]

Spurs management?!? wtf are you on about. They have the best young core outside of OKC

Subtract Wemby, and their young core doesn't look at that impressive. Castle is good but can't shoot which caps his ceiling as a player. Harper is unproven but has the worst archetype in the game right now. Sochan can't shoot. Am I missing anyone?

Castle is fantastic, did you miss tonight’s game? Carter Bryant has a ton defensive potential, Harper looked great tonight, not even sure wtf you’re on about worst archetype when he plays like a 27 year old with his foot work and is incredible going downhill to the rim.

You don’t watch much Spurs and that’s cool, this team will be a title contender within 2 years.

No I didn't. Castle still can't shoot and went 50% from the line. Did you miss tonight's game?

Harper scored 12 points, but you're making it seem like he scored 32.

The team will be a title contender, but Wemby will be doing most of the heavy lifting there.

[doogie_hauser]

I'm concerned.

I'm concerned that the Spurs haven't built a better team around this guy yet. He's ready to lead a playoff run now and not sure if they will have him at this level after his 8 years locked in as a Spur.

This. Dudes this tall last around 10 years. They need to be aggressive now.

I respectfully disagree. Sports and Medical science and treatment has and will continue to advance at such an rapid degree, i see no reason why with some luck Wemby cannot have a 15-20 year pro career. There definitely should not be a limited shelf life placed on Wemby and his longevity imo

[OkcSinceSGA]

****. Wemby is the best player in the league by 21 years old probably. The league legit might be toast. The guy who said Spurs 3 seed and I laughed I’m ready to back off that hill. It may happen.

[Seccci]

I'm concerned.

I'm concerned that the Spurs haven't built a better team around this guy yet. He's ready to lead a playoff run now and not sure if they will have him at this level after his 8 years locked in as a Spur.

This. Dudes this tall last around 10 years. They need to be aggressive now.

+1, no doubt at this point he has skill,ability, right attitude and body to lead team to championship.
But no one can win 1v5, if not MJ or Lebron, than Wemby also can't... need the right team around with shooting playmaking and defense...
Spurs showed in past they can do it.

Only concern is not even durability but specifically foot injuries, that's what gets pretty much all 7'Feet+ athletes in heavy intensity athletic competitions. What are people talking about 15+ seasons.... It's fine now as he is in early 20's, but there is a ishload of previous cases once u get closer to 30 and past. It should be a concern

[Johnny Firpo]

I'm concerned.

I'm concerned that the Spurs haven't built a better team around this guy yet. He's ready to lead a playoff run now and not sure if they will have him at this level after his 8 years locked in as a Spur.

This. Dudes this tall last around 10 years. They need to be aggressive now.

I respectfully disagree. Sports and Medical science and treatment has and will continue to advance at such an rapid degree, i see no reason why with some luck Wemby cannot have a 15-20 year pro career. There definitely should not be a limited shelf life placed on Wemby and his longevity imo

I think we all hope that he will remain healthy and have a long career, but he would literally be the first 7'5''+ dude to do it.

[LAvision]

This. Dudes this tall last around 10 years. They need to be aggressive now.

I respectfully disagree. Sports and Medical science and treatment has and will continue to advance at such an rapid degree, i see no reason why with some luck Wemby cannot have a 15-20 year pro career. There definitely should not be a limited shelf life placed on Wemby and his longevity imo

I think we all hope that he will remain healthy and have a long career, but he would literally be the first 7'5''+ dude to do it.

Hes legit the first 7'5 guy to play like a SG so anything is possible with this kid.

[WestGOAT]

This is the Wemby everyone was pushing for, no 3-point shooting woke nonsense, but being aggressive instead of settling for fadeaway 3-pters. Finally!

I'm concerned.

I'm concerned that the Spurs haven't built a better team around this guy yet. He's ready to lead a playoff run now and not sure if they will have him at this level after his 8 years locked in as a Spur.

It might become another tragedy as we've seen before with Garnett and LeBron.

There seems like there is absolute no vision when building around Wemby. All the complementary pieces around him have so far shown they are in fact not complementary at all.

[doogie_hauser]

I respectfully disagree. Sports and Medical science and treatment has and will continue to advance at such an rapid degree, i see no reason why with some luck Wemby cannot have a 15-20 year pro career. There definitely should not be a limited shelf life placed on Wemby and his longevity imo

I think we all hope that he will remain healthy and have a long career, but he would literally be the first 7'5''+ dude to do it.

Hes legit the first 7'5 guy to play like a SG so anything is possible with this kid.

Let's just all agree that we all Wemby to have as long and Amazing career as possible, look i love football (aka soccer) but I do strongly harbour dreams of Hoops over taking the Round Ball code as the world's most popular game, Wemby may strongly capture the entire world's imagination (probably more in today's world with social media and constant media) he could reach even greater heights than Michael Jordan and Lebron, especially as he is a European stud.

Despite the so called faults/flaws of Silver and the NBA. FIFA and soccer has not exactly driven themselves in glory with their governance in the last 25 years.

Wemby could be genuinely be the player that makes Hoops the most popular sport on this planet (not just talking about NBA either)

[UcanUwill]

Finally being aggressive and not just jacking shots. Guy is mortphing into best player in the world.

[-Luke-]

Just watched the highlights. It's not even fair. 30+/15+ with GOAT defense and Shaolin mentality. Also, his body looks really good. He will always look relatively thin, but he has legit muscle definition and mass for his height.

[holdenwait]

I'm concerned for who's concerned.

That was an unreal performance last night even with all of last season as a prelude. Holy hell the league better be ready

[lambchop]

Yea those highlights are so impressive it's almost funny.

[TheGOATRises007]

This thread will be an all timer once the years pass by.

[BruttoNostra]

****. Wemby is the best player in the league by 21 years old probably. The league legit might be toast. The guy who said Spurs 3 seed and I laughed I’m ready to back off that hill. It may happen.

Hey, I'm here, cheers!
And yes, they are so good.
Ofc, injuries can happen, but beyond OKC and Denver I don't see any team in the West that's safe from being in the playin. Not saying Spurs are the 3rd best team - just they are a legit contender to be in the top 3.
Also not saying OKC and Denver will be 1-2, just that they probably won't fall to the play-in - something I can't say about the rest of West teams.
And for everyone following Wemby, it was clear he will continue to improve, including this offseason.
But the main part might be that the team stopped experimenting and might finally play to win - they might have been already in the play-in last season, if not this experimenting/tanking.

A few day ago I talked with a friend on whatsapp (not in EN, so a screenshot won't help) and predicted that Spurs title chances at +5000 are low, and that it's a matter of a few weeks until it's around +2500 at least (not saying they will win, LOL, just that their chances will improve - no way they should be lower than Atlanta or Boston - at least how it was a few days ago)

[peZt]

Gosh please, please stay healthy so these silly LeBron vs Jordan debates come to an end