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Gregg Popovich’s Task To Make Wemby As Intelligent As He Is Gifted

No doubt a top-notch talent in the game, Wembanyama can鈥檛 stop soaring higher. His hype keeps growing day by day especially now that the 2023 NBA draft gets closer.

June 22, 2023, will see Wembanyama join a lucky franchise and as it is projected he will for sure take the NBA by storm.

Wembanyama is the highest draft prospect in over two decades with the last to get this type of hype being LeBron James back in 2003 and just like LeBron, Wembanyama is projected to be the first overall pick come draft day.

The San Antonio Spurs look to draft Wemby as they were the lucky team to walk away with the first pick during the NBA draft lottery held on May 16, 2023.

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As they are excited at the possibilities that come with Wembanyama joining their franchise with one adding the franchise value with more than $500 million and soaring merchandise sales, Wembanyama is also excited to be joining the Silver and Black.

Wemby even has his plans for the team once he joins and for sure they must be very excited to have him.

Wembanyama was asked what the Spurs would receive if they selected him in an interview with ESPN shortly after the Spurs were allowed to select first overall.

He said, 鈥� Aah, you know鈥� team player, I am gonna make everything to win as many games as I can and I am tryna win a ring ASAP so be ready.鈥�

Something to look up to for the Spurs especially after they have had one of the longest droughts of winning an NBA championship with the last coming in 2014 when they last won it with the help of the legendary Tim Duncan.

However, for Wembanyama to get to these heights and achieve his full potential, there are some adjustments he needs to make.

As per Sportskeeda’s recent piece, Wembanyama needs to work on three things with a major concern being on him getting stronger.

This has been a debate that has waged on time and again with pundits arguing that Wembanyama who is 7鈥�4鈥� and weighs only 230 lbs won’t be effective in the NBA.

His team however remains confident that Wembanyama is set to go and adding too much weight too fast will be even more detrimental to his career.

Another thing pointed out is Pick and pop scoring which outlines the struggles Wembanyama has been going through for quite some time.

This season, Victor performed pick-and-pop shooting, averaging 1.09 points per 100 possessions.

Wemby’s game has been predominantly centred in the post for Metropolitans, with post-ups accounting for 22.9% of his offence.

Wemby has a career 3-point shooting percentage of 29% as he joins the NBA. His role as a roll-man in filtering plays will get much easier if he acquires the ability to extend the floor because doing so will make defenders more vulnerable.

A major noteworthy point is his shot selection. Wembanyama possesses carte blanche to pick the locations for his shoots during his time in France.

With him coming to the NBA, the NBA has many top-notch defenders who are skilled at eliminating space, which is the problem.

Wembanyama must therefore use witty judgment while choosing when to use his step-backs, side-steps, and crossovers, or else he risked turning into a turnover machine.

The good thing is that Gregg Popovich is here at the Spurs to sort all this out. With his decorated career after guiding San Antonio Spurs to five NBA championships and dealing with marquee players in the game, Victor is in safe hands.

His coming in under Gregg鈥檚 tutelage would mean relearning to adapt to the NBA and all that will follow is a smooth sailing to the top for the 19-year-old.

Popovich鈥檚 main task remains to make Wembanyama as intelligent as he is gifted.

Let鈥檚 wait and see how Wembanyama will adapt to playing under Gregg and if any of his highlighted possible challenges will come in between his path to glory or not.