Wemby's Shot Deterrence, Spurs-Thunder Christmas Day & NBA Cup with Bennett Herbert – Real Contenders? The Spurs Guards are working together, Comparing Spurs Coach Mitch Johnson's style to Popovich

Ep. 103 Learning Basketball with Bennett Herbert! (@bendog28)

Bennett Herbert is a lawyer and San Antonio Spurs Fan who shares NBA Draft and NBA basketball analysis on Twitter.

Today we analyze and preview the Spurs-Thunder NBA Cup + Christmas Day marquee matchups and we learn more about Victor Wembanyama's shot deterrence, the Spurs guards (Fox Harper Castle Vassell) working together in complementary ways, the coaching stylistic similarities and differences between new Spurs Head Coach Mitch Johnson compared to Gregg Popovich, and we consider Wemby's award chances and the Spurs' title chances this season.

00:00 Introduction & Background

02:00 Scouting Process Watching Film & Evaluating NBA Draft Prospects

05:00 The Intersection of Stats and Film

09:00 The State of the San Antonio Spurs

12:00 Spurs-Thunder NBA Cup Matchup + Wembanyama’s on-court impact

15:00 San Antonio’s Three (four?) Guards are additive, not negative

18:00 Stephon Castle's Development and Ideal Offensive Role

21:00 The Spurs winning with and without Wemby playing small with Positionless Basketball

24:00 Defensive Goals of the Spurs

32:00 Comparing Head Coach Mitch Johnson’s styles to ‘el jefe’ Gregg Popovich39:00 Most Underrated Players in Spurs' Success?

42:00 Experimenting with Lineups: The Sneaky Killer Big Man Duo of Wemby and Kornet

45:00 Christmas Day Preview: Spurs vs. Thunder

48:00 Wemby’s Award Chances for DPOY and MVP

51:00 The Spurs are here early. Are they already Contenders or still playoff Pretenders?