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Do you think the Spurs are doing too much with Wemby? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently saw that Wemby will be out for the rest of Summer League and combined with the whole bodyguard-Britney incident, I’m wondering if all this protection will have unintended consequences for him in the long term? But what do y’all think? Is it pretty normal for teams to be this cautious with their new star players? What’s the logic behind resting a rookie during Summer League?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Summer league is inconsequential for someone like him. There's still preseason as well. It's not going to have any effect on him. Also, rest from summer league and the body guard thing have nothing to do with each other. What kind of connection are you trying to make there?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Getting a new, young star that's at risk of being a media/paparazzi target out of Las Vegas seems like a pretty good idea to me. That's the potential connection between Brittany and the summer league.

But there plenty of reasons for pulling him that are highlighted in other comments too. Both can be factors. All adds up to getting him outta Dodge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not at all unusual to pull your top rookie after a couple of summer league games. Orlando did the same thing with their two lottery picks, didn't play at all the last two games. Brandon Miller also did not play the last two summer league games. If you take the time to look through, you'll see most top rookies don't pay all of summer league. Op is making something out of nothing. I get it's the off season but it's literally a non-story.