Victor Wembanyama started the season at power forward but he’s mainly manned the center position in recent weeks. The first pick of the draft says he’s eager to find out where he best fits, ESPN’s Andrew Lopez writes.
“I’m glad we can experience stuff and figure out my role. I’m a rookie,” he said. “It’s also me figuring out how I want to play now but also for the future how we want to build. We’re still trying some stuff.”
The Spurs also want him to develop chemistry with wing Devin Vassell.
“Those are two of the people we want to have the ball a lot since they’re our skilled players in a sense,” coach Gregg Popovich said. “Seeing those two guys meld together is important for us. They’re doing pretty well.”
We have more on the Spurs:
- Wembanyama is planning to participate in the Skills Challenge during All-Star weekend in Indianapolis next month, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
- With Wembanyama sitting out against Chicago over the weekend, Dominick Barlow got a chance to start on Saturday. He didn’t dazzle, Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News notes, as he contributed five points, six rebounds and a block in 22 minutes. It was still a milestone for an undrafted two-way player. He’s been backing up the super rookie since Zach Collins was sidelined by an ankle injury.
- The Spurs have been linked to Dejounte Murray, but Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer argues that they should pursue the Hawks’ other starting guard, Trae Young. Wembanyama and Young could form a dynamic duo that teams wouldn’t want to switch screens against. Young is also one of the league’s best at creating easy shots for bigs, which would allow Wembanyama to score off of rolls and cuts on a regular basis, O’Connor notes.
Nah, Young’s lack of defense would drive Pop crazy
He’d go into cardiac arrest.
O’Connor’s still in NYE mode… Has to be drunk to suggest that…
Spurs already have a better fitting Tre on the roster…
Both players will be targeted on D throughout thier careers because of their size but Young has far more ability offensively as a playmaker and shooter while jones cieling is that of a solid backup.
And their paychecks don’t fully align with their skill sets… Jones is correctly paid while Young is overpaid considering his weaknesses…
It’s much easier to build a contender around a back up PG with those weaknesses…
LaMelo Ball would be a great fit for the Spurs.
Sure he would, as would Giannis and Jokic. Fantasy trading is fun, but what makes you think that the Hornets are ready to deal LaMelo? Ain’t happening right now.
Keldon, Tre Jones & a couple of 1sts for Trae sounds good to me
For the Hawks…
Trae will never be on a championship team – streak shooter and plays no D.