Does Wemby have conditioning concerns?
Kevin O'Connor discusses if Victor Wembanyama has conditioning concerns after his performance down the stretch in the NBA Finals. (via The Kevin O'Connor Show)
Video Transcript
It's like you were in it.
You had a lead, a double-digit lead in all five games, and you lose four to one.
It truly is a missed opportunity.
A- and that's, that I just would have a hard time getting over that if I'm a Spurs fan.
I'm worried that this, like, second place chip on Victor Wembanyama's shoulder is creating a monster.
Like, what, what's gonna happen if he really does add to his game and, like, takes all of this very personally?
And what's next after the Monks?
Like, who's he gonna train with now?
I'm scared of what he can become still.
To me, like, the big thing is you see the way his numbers decline in games efficiency-wise as a shooter and as even a free throw shooter.
The conditioning aspect.
So in the, in the series in the finals, he shot 68% on two-pointers in the first quarter, down to 22% in the second quarter, 63% in the third quarter, and a 36% in the fourth quarter.
Three-pointers, first through fourth quarters, 33, 22, 31, 25.
Free throws, 86, 80, 86, 72.
So there's the decline in the second and fourth quarters in all of the five NBA finals games, and so he needs to figure out the conditioning aspect.
I don't know if that's something that is in his control or is just something the nature of his crazy seven foot seven frame that he just, he's, this is gonna be part of the experience, if they're always gonna have to manage his minutes.
But that's definitely inevitably, it relates to what we talked about earlier, the functional strength aspect at the top of the show.
The physicality, the toughness of the postseason, being able to withstand that when you're playing heavier minutes as a guy who played 29 minutes per game during the regular season.
They were managing him the whole year, and then in the postseason he needs to play high 30s into the 40s.
Can he handle that?
That's gonna be the key, I think, above all else, is the conditioning aspect with Victor.
