Victor Wembanyama Is In Trouble But So Is The NBA

Victor Wembanyama figured it out. But the Spurs haven’t, leading to one of their worst records of all time, their worst losing streak of all time and their opponents are starting to notice that something is wrong. #nba

Just 25 games in, Wembayama went from 22% from 3 to 36% in his last 22. He just had a triple double with blocks, but even as he’s getting better, his usage isn’t hasn’t went up.

In the 11 Spurs wins, Wemby’s usage is 34.1, but in losses, only 30.1.

You might say he’s more efficient and that’s partly right, he’s taken a leap mid season like some players would in their 2nd or third season.

And just to understand how crazy this all is, in the 27 years Gregg Poppovich has been coaching the Spurs, they’ve only had 4 losing seasons, which were their past 4 seasons. And their worst record was 22 and 60, drastically worse than anything their next worst season, 34 and 48. Everyone accused the Spurs of tanking to get Wemby and it worked. Right now, the Spurs Are 11 and 44, on pace to win less than 20 games this season. And that’s with Wemby, that’s with Vassell, Keldon, Jeremy all developing under the tutelage of Pop. But that’s exactly what’s their downfall and leading to Victor’s downfall.

So, the Spurs were always known for being the best place for high draft picks to reach their ultimate potential… until now, I guess. But why is that?

Which leads us into piece #2, even Greg Poppovich, one of the greatest coaches of all time can’t fix this, which implies that other teams won’t be able to fix this.

See…

It all started when the Spurs, or Pop, put Sochan in at start point guard back in November… but that plan quickly backfired. Not only was Sochan not built to run point…

He even said straight-up… "It is the first time I have ever played point guard in my life." Pop is seeing something we aren’t because Sochan tried his hand at running this offense and bro what is this, it did NOTHING, well, maybe just one thing…And it’s not like the Spurs were winning off this, no, they had an 18 game losing streak. If the Pistons didn’t exist, we’d be talking about this Spurs team even more as a disappointment.

But look… all of this is making us forget one thing and it’s something that isn’t being talked about enough.

The Spurs can’t win without him.

The Spurs have not won a single game when Wemby doesn’t play. 0-6.

Wemby is fifth in the NBA in usage rate this season. Now, that isn’t just the highest among all rookies this season, no… that’s actually the HIGHEST for any rookie in league HISTORY! **So it’s not a matter of not passing him the ball. Rather, there’s extreme dysfunction. It almost seems like everyone is trying to do their own thing. Whether it’s players trying to get their own touches in the middle of this Wemby madness or Wemby trying to figure things out himself, the Spurs seems more disconnected than ever. Wemby does a whole lot in his 24 minute restriction that only a month ago got increased to 30.

And it’s not leading to wins. Wembanyama is having amazing performances, a triple double, a 5 x 5 game, first player to average 5 x 5 over a 2 game span. We are literally seeing history being made.

But because of that, every other player has had to take a step back for a rookie.

As Jaylen and Jayson have both said, the younger plays wanted more.

And so instead of team success, each player wanted to be the guy as much as possible. And they couldn’t take reduced roles when Kyrie and Hayward came back.

So if we look as the usage of the Spurs players last year, Keldon Johnson at the age of 24 went from 27.8% to now 22.4.

Jeremy Sochan at 20 years old went from 19.8 to 18.6, less than his rookie year. And Devin Vassell has remained relatively the same. Wembanyama’s arrival has stunted the opportunities of all the younger players the Spurs were developing. ****So regardless of speculation, that is a reality. Now how the players feel about it, that’s real speculation.

And that specific story is something we’ve seen years for years, but it’s even worse right now and that’s piece #3. Players want attention, always have, but with social media, now more than ever, need attention because it changes the trajectory of a career.

Think Ben Simmons after failing in the playoffs and deciding to sit out. Even though we had just saw that man was useless on the floor come playoff time and that. He had shown an unwillingness to address those mistakes, his value was so high that he got traded for James Harden. Certain players get more room to fail if they have enough hype.

No one wants a reduced role, especially to a younger player. To most players, it has to be earned through all the practices and their play on the court.

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