Zach Collins has already expressed his impatience to rub shoulders with Victor Wembanyama daily in training. And the interior of the Spurs still has compliments to make concerning the first choice of the Draft 2023. In particular on the defensive qualities of the Frenchman.
“If he was just tall and not really good at basketball, we would already be better defensively”begins the old Portland for the Express News. “But in reality, he looks very smart defensively and he uses his height very well. It will be much better for us. »
It must be said that it will not be very complicated for the former Mets 92, who averaged 4 blocks in two Summer League matches, to improve the Spurs defense.
The latter completely took the water in 2022/2023 with an average of 123.1 points conceded per game…
To do better in this area, Gregg Popovich had announced it after the end of the regular season and it is also the objective of Sidy Cissoko, who intends to earn his place as well.
“He’s going to give our backs so much confidence,” continues Zach Collins, referring to the future impact of Victor Wembanyama. “The players will know that they can put pressure on the opponents, because he will be behind. It’s so big and long. I was really amazed by its size. »
While the Frenchman was able to chat with his new teammate, who appreciated the rookie’s calm.
“There’s so much hype around him at the moment – but it’s coming from other people – because when you talk to him he’s very humble, very calm”concludes Zach Collins. “He just wants to play basketball. You can see it just by looking at it. All this hype comes from other, outside voices. Not his. »
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| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Keldon Johnson | 63 | 32.7 | 45.2 | 32.9 | 74.9 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 22.0 |
| Devin Vasell | 38 | 31.0 | 43.9 | 38.7 | 78.0 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 18.5 |
| Devonte Graham | 20 | 26.4 | 38.0 | 35.8 | 75.0 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 13.0 |
| Tre Jones | 68 | 29.2 | 45.9 | 28.5 | 86.0 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 12.9 |
| Jakob Poeltl | 46 | 26.1 | 61.6 | 0.0 | 60.5 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 9.0 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 12.1 |
| Zach Collins | 63 | 22.9 | 51.8 | 37.4 | 76.1 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 11.6 |
| Josh Richardson | 42 | 23.8 | 43.6 | 35.7 | 88.3 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 11.5 |
| Julian Champagnie | 15 | 20.9 | 46.1 | 40.7 | 82.4 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| Jeremy Sochan | 56 | 26.0 | 45.3 | 24.6 | 69.8 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 11.0 |
| Sandro Mamukelashvili | 19 | 23.3 | 45.3 | 34.3 | 69.2 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 6.8 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 10.8 |
| Doug Mcdermott | 64 | 20.5 | 45.7 | 41.3 | 75.7 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 10.2 |
| Malaki Branham | 66 | 23.5 | 44.0 | 30.2 | 82.9 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 10.2 |
| Keita Bates-diop | 67 | 21.7 | 50.8 | 39.4 | 79.3 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 9.7 |
| Joshua Primo | 4 | 23.3 | 34.6 | 25.0 | 77.8 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Romeo Langford | 43 | 19.6 | 46.7 | 26.2 | 69.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 6.9 |
| Stanley Johnson | 30 | 15.6 | 53.3 | 45.0 | 66.7 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 5.8 |
| Charles Bassey | 35 | 14.5 | 64.4 | 37.5 | 59.5 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 5.7 |
| Blake Wesley | 37 | 18.1 | 32.1 | 38.5 | 59.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 5.0 |
| Isaiah Roby | 42 | 11.3 | 43.2 | 30.0 | 48.8 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 4.1 |
| Dominick Barlow | 28 | 14.6 | 53.5 | 0.0 | 72.0 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.9 |
| Gorgui Dieng | 31 | 11.6 | 38.5 | 28.0 | 76.9 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 3.9 |
| Jordan Hall | 9 | 9.1 | 32.1 | 20.0 | 77.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| Alize Johnson | 4 | 7.4 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
