Draymond Green wants Victor Wembanyama to float less and be closer to the rim, and uses his own Game 7 performance in the 2016 Finals to illustrate why:
"In order to take the next step and the next step, he's going to have to continue to figure that out more and more. Castle's going to get better, Dylan Harper is going to get better, which means they're going to require the ball more and more, which is going to require him to float less and less, and he's going to have to figure out what ultimately makes them the best and most dangerous team they can possibly be.
And when you're that high a percentage at the rim, I thought it was beautiful last night. At the rim, at the rim, dunk, dunk, dunk. Oh, all right, I'mma step out and take a three now. Beautiful. Love to see that because he has an incredible jump shot, right?
Like, so we don't just want to see him do away with the three. We don't just want to see him get rid of his mid-range. He's a great shooter. But when you're shooting that three, you're shooting that mid-range, that win goes to me. Whether you make it or not don't really matter. When you take it, I won, because you're not taking the 85% shot that you got at the rim. So, I won that possession. And I think he has to start to understand that.
It's like I'll use myself as an example.. Game 7 of the NBA Finals, 2016. I hit six threes, 32 points, whatever it was. Beautiful.
We lost.
Because that 32 points that I had and the threes that I hit are different than Steph Curry scoring 32 points and hitting six threes. It's totally different. You know why? Because it causes a different reaction from the defense. If Steph Curry's hitting those threes, if Steph Curry has 32 points, somebody else got 15 just by them overreacting to him.
You see what I'm saying? So with Wemby, you can hit that jump shot and it's beautiful, but when you're at the rim, it causes a different reaction to the defense."
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Wednesday, @ESPNNBA tips off its exclusive, wall-to-wall coverage of the '26 #NBAFinals
Defensive Player of the Year Victor Wembanyama & the @spurs host Jalen Brunson & the @nyknicks
π 8:30p ET | ABC
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A team and a group of young players who set the standard with their desire to grow, improve, make sacrifices, and their determination to achieve great goals for an Organization with a capital βOβ. The future is bright, and this is only the beginning.
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I was there.
I was there when LMA went ballistic scoring 56 without a single 3pt
I was there when DeMar bodied chris boucher in his 2nd game against toronto
I was there when DJ broke Trae Young's ankle and when he became an All Star
Won't forget these guys ever
win or lose this is how he looks after every big game and itβs fucking beautiful that our best guy openly cares as much as he does i love him so much
WEMBY HAS A CHANCE TO GET HIS FIRST TITLE AGAINST THE SAME TEAM TIMMY GOT HIS FIRST TITLE ππππππ THE UNIVERSE IS INCREDIBLE ππππππ