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If you’ll allow me to be me for a second, does anyone else see Sochan dragging the team down on both sides of the floor? I’m trying to give this dude the benefit of the doubt. 

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4 minutes ago, hornfan785 said:

It's amazing how good other teams shoot the 3 against us... 🤬

They’re wide open. Keep missing assignments and giving them second chances. 

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8 hours ago, Mitch Cumsteen said:

Vassell had the best game of his career in Denver so I expect his chucking to be at an all time high and go 2-14 from three. He’s probably going to put up a Valentines Day stat line tonight.

1-9 from three. I was close. He actually shot a worse percentage than I predicted. 

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The old adage, "you are what you emphasize," still true. The Spurs clearly do not emphasize perimeter defense. Ant Fucking Edwards! He should never be wide open! Under any fucking circumstances! At times they appear so easy to solve. The offense also suffers amnesia at least twice in the second halves of games, and completely forgets its identity. That is the most frustrating part of these games, and it almost always results in a lead being erased in a matter of minutes. If we're lucky, we regain control of the game. Eventually the top half of the league is going to figure out how to exploit this even more, and the games will take on the trajectory of what we saw tonight. Wemby hopefully can continue his maturation and in the process of being "the guy" prevent those amnesia spells. But the defensive issues are extremely worrisome. I have not seen it get better and we're approaching December. I would hate to see a team this good swept in the first round.

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9 hours ago, Kermit said:

If you’ll allow me to be me for a second, does anyone else see Sochan dragging the team down on both sides of the floor? I’m trying to give this dude the benefit of the doubt. 

Not sure what's going on with him. Feel like he's been missing some intensity and energy this season. 

8 hours ago, hornfan785 said:

The perimeter defense is so bad sometimes, though. Really frustrating.

Castle and Wemby are basically our only plus defenders. Sochan should be but again - not sure what's going on there. Keldon can't cover anyone. Vassell has little IQ on that end. Champagnie is passable I guess? Barnes is crafty and a pretty good post defender but isn't chasing guys off the 3 line. Harper is a rookie. Fox doesn't really play D. 

The communication and coaching could be better but it's not some huge mystery why we're 6th in 3PM allowed and 3rd in 3P% against as a team. We're a good defense when Wemby and Castle play and we're a bad defense when they don't. 

We've had some cute moments without him but we need the big guy back. This is a middling play-in team sans Wemby - although they've done a good job keeping their head above water.

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Allow me to grab the lowest-hanging fruit and go with "Sochan's IG is now full of pics of his GF. All offseason and still now part of the season." Maybe he's lost some edge to the undefeated opponent of competitive hunger. That boy is head over heels. 

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He looks completely lost out there. He’s missing switches on defense, is poor at rebounding, and seemingly everyone he guards either draws a foul or scores. Offensively, woof. He has the dribble hand off down pat, I’ll give him that. I’ve never seen a player so terrified to be wide open. When he’s open under the basket, he freaks out and either goes up to slow or gets blocked. He’s been dunking more lately, but I think it’s because he’s scared to shoot anything. 
 

I did do some research on his girlfriend, well done Jeremy. Well done. Hopefully she stays with him when he’s on the Hornets.

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5 hours ago, BurdineBandit said:

Allow me to grab the lowest-hanging fruit and go with "Sochan's IG is now full of pics of his GF. All offseason and still now part of the season." Maybe he's lost some edge to the undefeated opponent of competitive hunger. That boy is head over heels. 

That isn’t supposed to be how you do things in a contract year. I’ve always liked Sochan and thought he was the right pick for the spurs in that draft at the time. But he needs to be a demon on defense to justify any minutes because he’s such a liability on offense. Like, he needs to get a black belt from the Bruce Bowen school of kung fu before he sees any sort of consistent minutes. I imagine he’s going to get a ton of DNPs if/when this team ever gets fully healthy. 

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