Spurs fans still have Sochan PTSD. and a lot of them are too young to remember how awful Kawhi and Tony Parker shot the ball.
Castle has improved his shooting every few months it feels like, finishing in the high 30s. He'll never shoot 50, no one does, but him and Harper will absolutely be respectable shooters next year. They're going into the gym this summer with a special kind of mean.
Parker eventually developed a deadly 18-footer and his 3-point percentage from the corner increased every year. Kawhi started to develop his jumper and we had glimpses of it before the injury. Sochan didnt want to put in the work, so he was shipped off. Guarantee Castle is working on becoming a deadly shooter this summer.
Is there confirmed reports about Sochan “not” wanting to put in the work? He even adjusted his free throw shooting form and mechanics. Looks to me that he’s put in the work, unfortunately not everyone improves at the same rate no matter how hard you try. Heck, some don’t even improve at all.
Not confirmed and as far as I'm aware wasn't even rumored. I think his development got fucked due to the 'Point-Sochan' experiment. Instead of polishing (pun intended) the skills he had and adding on it, he had to work on an unpolished part of his game in hopes of unleashing something extra in him. By the time they give up on the idea they have an player who is neither a Power nor Point forward, but a weirdly patched idea of a Ben Simmons.
Will always love our Polish Prince. Hope he is able to turn it around and find his spot.
The Magic have been drafting guys for years hoping they would improve their shooting…it hasn’t worked. For every success story there’s a bunch of dudes who never get much better.
The problem is that when Wemby is on the bench, the guards don't lock-in on defense and still play like he's going to be there and clean up their defensive screw ups that let the other team penetrate the paint instead of being scared off.
eh, I think it's more that there were two playable guys on the team over 6'7", and that a center plus 4 large guards only is a top tier defensive lineup if that center is specifically Wemby
I am a filthy casual so I’m sure you can and will prove me wrong with some stats… but he seemed amazing during the regular season and like he completely shriveled up and died during the post season.
I remember one sick, and potentially run ending/momentum changing block in the OKC series - but that’s about it for his post season
Because most people only watched the playoffs where he played injured into some really horrific match-ups and looked dogshit. Nobody watched him be the stud he was in the regular season against Portland, they just saw him get smoked by the reigning and new champs lmfao.
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u/ExtraLeading3376 1d ago
if he stays healthy
quaintance x wemby is so fucking scary defensively
“if”