The Official 2024/25 NBA Week 6 Thread

[fidstar]

You're never going to be able to convince me that Wemby shooting 13 threes a night is a good thing. When playing against him I'm happy when he's shooting 3s (even if he's making them).

 

[peternorth]

You're never going to be able to convince me that Wemby shooting 13 threes a night is a good thing. When playing against him I'm happy when he's shooting 3s (even if he's making them).

It is the way of the world these days. Witnessed Cam Payne ignore an open lane with the defender frozen, and instead launch a step back 3.

Posters, I ask you, do you find this entertaining?

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

So Tyrese Maxey isnt that good yeah ?

I just think teams figured out how to defend him and he has no other tricks hin his locker

 

[peternorth]

Harden and the Clippers taking the Sixers personally

 

[fidstar]

It is the way of the world these days. Witnessed Cam Payne ignore an open lane with the defender frozen, and instead launch a step back 3.

Posters, I ask you, do you find this entertaining?

It's not even the entertainment side of things. Wemby is unguardable on the inside. Defenses need to collapse or he'll score. And he's so big he can pass over the top of players for wide open 3s if they do collapse.

If I'm a coach of the other team and he wants to shoot 3s over an outstretched hand. He can go nuts!

 

[Achy Blakey Heart]

C’s over t-wolves happy with that. Gobert with 20 rebounds.

 

[hotchilli]

It's not even the entertainment side of things. Wemby is unguardable on the inside. Defenses need to collapse or he'll score. And he's so big he can pass over the top of players for wide open 3s if they do collapse.

If I'm a coach of the other team and he wants to shoot 3s over an outstretched hand. He can go nuts!

I hope some of it comes down to where his fitness is at currently as he seems gassed a lot of the time.

 

[Son of Skeletor]

It's not even the entertainment side of things. Wemby is unguardable on the inside. Defenses need to collapse or he'll score. And he's so big he can pass over the top of players for wide open 3s if they do collapse.

If I'm a coach of the other team and he wants to shoot 3s over an outstretched hand. He can go nuts!

It's going to take a while. It's been so long since the league had genuine low post artists than most fans have forgotten how difficult, and how much practice it takes. The only player in the league who does it consistently at present is Jokic, and even he does it facing up rather than back to the basket most of the time.

Honestly, I don't ever expect Wemby to become a classical low post force, but he will have to develop three skills before he scores even semi regularly there. First will be a fadeaway jumper, second will be some kind of counter move to keep the defender guessing, possibly an up and under or a half hook, and finally a lot of practice passing out of a double team. Even at his height it's a skill that takes years to master. Olajuwon and Ewing both took years to cut down their turnovers, and they had highly refined post games.

He's looking at three years development minimum to incorporate all that into his game, and that's if he succeeds.

In the meantime - and with the caveat that I haven't watched much of the Spurs this season - I suspect what they're currently doing is running him in a lot of two-man action. Old fashioned pick and roll and pick and pop. At this stage the defence will still overplay the roll more than the pop, hence so many jump shots. It's what the defence is likely giving him at the moment. It's not necessarily a bad thing, it shows at least that they're putting him in a lot of action, he needs the reps. Could hazard a guess that it's one reason why they signed Chris Paul, pick and roll school.

We went through the same thing with Anthony Davis, who for all intents and purposes was a slightly shorter prototype for Wemby. Both obviously coordinated with good hands and nice shooting touch, but with AD in his early years we couldn't reliably throw him the ball in isolation and expect a bucket. He was too tall to break down his man off the dribble, and too skinny to overpower any hardened bigs. Put him in enough action and he'd end up with an efficient 30, but very few of those would ever come from iso.

 

[hamG]

It's not even the entertainment side of things. Wemby is unguardable on the inside. Defenses need to collapse or he'll score. And he's so big he can pass over the top of players for wide open 3s if they do collapse.

If I'm a coach of the other team and he wants to shoot 3s over an outstretched hand. He can go nuts!

You are thinking too Basketbally. A team with a coach would have him poked and elbowed and hip checked every possession whenever he pushes towards the basket. He's WAY too valuable to risk getting injured bashing around the paint for 82 games. Imagine the 6'8 thick guy on a 2 way deal tasked to stop Wemby from getting to the paint for 2 minutes. He might get than full NBA wage.

 

[peternorth]

We went through the same thing with Anthony Davis, who for all intents and purposes was a slightly shorter prototype for Wemby. Both obviously coordinated with good hands and nice shooting touch, but with AD in his early years we couldn't reliably throw him the ball in isolation and expect a bucket. He was too tall to break down his man off the dribble, and too skinny to overpower any hardened bigs. Put him in enough action and he'd end up with an efficient 30, but very few of those would ever come from iso.

I now feel that pain

 

[mattyc75]

You are thinking too Basketbally. A team with a coach would have him poked and elbowed and hip checked every possession whenever he pushes towards the basket. He's WAY too valuable to risk getting injured bashing around the paint for 82 games. Imagine the 6'8 thick guy on a 2 way deal tasked to stop Wemby from getting to the paint for 2 minutes. He might get than full NBA wage.

You're treating wemby like embiid. Hopefully the era of the pussy centre is on its way out. I like edy

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[Cyber_punk]

With Klay and Luka out tonight I don't know why we didn't just rest Kyrie as well. Easy kill for Atlanta.

 

[DT_35]

With Klay and Luka out tonight I don't know why we didn't just rest Kyrie as well. Easy kill for Atlanta.

it’s Atlanta lol

 

[Memphis]

How’s that for a first half display.

KPs first game back love it.

 

[Scythe]

Magic vs Hornets is potentially the worst game of basketball I've ever seen

 

[Magnum27]

How’s that for a first half display.

KPs first game back love it.

Makes us so much better.

 

[Nicho50]

With Klay and Luka out tonight I don't know why we didn't just rest Kyrie as well. Easy kill for Atlanta.

Klay is hardly an out for the Mavs if anything it’s worse for Atlanta him not taking the court.

 

[Sonny Hayes]

Brunson and OG shooting the heck out of the ball early.

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

What the hell are Charlotte doing. Lamelo putting up 30 shots a night is the dumbest pile of crap ive ever seen in basketball

 

[GoEaglesGoSGIO]

What a insane statline from Elfrid Payton also

14 pts, 21 assists, 7 rebounds .

Insane also given he is 5 days in to his time with the team

 

[DT_35]

Lmao Knicks could not miss if they tried

 

[Nicho50]

Lmao Knicks could not miss if they tried

Yet the other day against the Jazz we couldn't hit a bucket to save ourselves.

 

[Son of Skeletor]

What the hell are Charlotte doing. Lamelo putting up 30 shots a night is the dumbest pile of crap ive ever seen in basketball

Their third, fourth and fifth best players all out, and it's already a shallow roster.

I actually don't mind their core, but they have a hell of a lot of work to do filling out the rest of the team.

 

[DT_35]

OG 12/17 FG genuinely hilarious. Will never happen again in our lifetime

 

[Nicho50]

OG 12/17 FG genuinely hilarious. Will never happen again in our lifetime

15/20 with 5/6 from 3