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The San Antonio Spurs have had a great summer so far, and while drafting Victor Wembanyama with the first overall pick is the clear highlight, Summer League should be a close second. Not only did they get a chance to look at Wembanyama on the court, but multiple other players showed out, including Julian Champagnie and Dominick Barlow.
However, not everything was sunshine and rainbows for the Spurs during Summer League. Some players struggled at times, and when posed with the question of “whose play worried you the most during Summer League play?” the writers at Pounding the Rock unanimously chose Blake Wesley.
Mark Barrington isn’t ready to say he is worried, but he did see some causes for concern.
“I don’t want to say I’m worried, but I have some concerns about Blake Wesley’s offense,” Barrington wrote. “He has shown some progress at times, even using the mid range shot a few times when the paint is too congested. But too often, he puts his head down and gets to the paint with no plan on how to get the ball into the basket. I have a lot of hope that he’ll eventually figure it out, but for now, he’s really inefficient on offense. He’s a solid defender, so even if he just improves a little bit on offense, he could be the Spurs’ point guard of the future, or at least an important part of the rotation.”
Meanwhile, Bruno Passos went all in, saying he’s worried about Wesley’s play.
“I’ll say Wesley, and I’m ready to mean ‘worried,'” Passos wrote. “At his size, and with a mounting stockpile of young talent on the roster, the margin for error is too thin if you’re not a reliable knockdown shooter, a reliable floor general, or at least someone who can create an advantage when you need it. It feels like the best version of him is a gunner with a long-ish leash and bright green light to do some stuff, so I’m hopeful the Spurs give him a crack at that if the other pieces of his game don’t quite come together.”
Marilyn Dubinski and Jesus Gomez also weighed in on the subject, both choosing Wesley as well.
In four Summer League games in Las Vegas, Wesley averaged 12.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per contest while shooting 31.0% from the field and 21.4% from beyond the three-point line.
What did you think of Wesley’s performance at Summer League?
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