{"id":1037,"date":"2023-11-06T15:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T12:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/1037\/wemby-throws-crazy-alley-oop-puts-show-preseason-win\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T12:28:05","slug":"wemby-throws-crazy-alley-oop-puts-show-preseason-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=1037","title":{"rendered":"Wemby throws down &#8216;crazy&#8217; alley-oop, puts on show in preseason win"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Andrew Lopez, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">October 14, 2023, 04:53<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Tre Jones wasn&#8217;t trying to throw an alley-oop.  He just wanted to get the ball back where only Victor Wembanyama could get it.<\/p>\n<p>The 7-foot-4 rookie took care of the rest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/2056\/believe-hype-victor-wembanyama-effect-san-antonio-spurs\/\"><\/a>It was one of Wembanyama&#8217;s many highlights as the San Antonio Spurs beat a depleted Miami Heat team 120-104 Friday night at Frost Bank Center.<\/p>\n<p>With just over 30 seconds left in the first half, Wembanyama had the ball on the right wing, and Jones, who says he&#8217;s 6-foot-2 on a good day, set a ball screen for his rookie teammate .<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama passed the ball to Jones and immediately began cutting toward the basket.  As soon as the ball hit Jones&#8217; hands, he let it fly.  His intention was a pass.  Wembanyama leapt into the air, located the ball once it entered the lane, grabbed it with both hands and sent it home for the slam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Before we knew it, he dunk it. With ease too,&#8221; Jones said.  &#8220;It wasn&#8217;t like he was reaching for it. It was crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the play, Wembanyama smiled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I&#8217;m concerned, the problem is rarely that the ball is thrown too high,\u201d Wembanyama said.  \u201cIt just depends on how well we know each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is only the second preseason game for the Spurs, but Wembanyama has been playing with his teammates for weeks in pickup games and open runs.<\/p>\n<p>Jones said it didn&#8217;t take long to realize you could throw the ball just about anywhere and have Wembanyama go get it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see how coordinated it is with its length and size,\u201d Jones said.  &#8220;We don&#8217;t see that very often. If we vomit him up, he&#8217;s able to go get it several times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But the alley-oop wasn&#8217;t even the standout play.  Spurs guard Devin Vassell, who had 21 points and was 6 of 7 from distance, said the play that jumped out at him was Wembanyama catching the ball one foot inside the three-point line and &#8216;Euro was driving to the basket for a dunk.  .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe didn\u2019t even dribble,\u201d Vassell said.  &#8220;He&#8217;s going to make special plays. I&#8217;m going to keep talking about it, he&#8217;s going to make a play every game where you watch like what just happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vassell received a pass from Wembanyama on two of his 3-pointers.  One of them was when Wembanyama was double-teamed in the post, and he dealt it to a wide-open Vassell near the top of the key.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I felt in the previous game, sometimes when I get the ball, I don&#8217;t even need to dribble and I see defenders come to face me and forget about their own guy,\u201d Wembanyama said.  &#8220;When it comes to a shooter like Dev, it&#8217;s the easiest option to pass it on to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama finished with a team-high 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting with four rebounds, four assists and three blocks in 23 minutes.  He left the game midway through the third quarter to loud applause from the 17,412 people in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s obviously a gifted player who was very humbly trying to find his place,\u201d Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.  &#8220;I called a play for him all night and I think he went over 20. He just did that because he&#8217;s a good basketball player and he understands how to play, we so let&#8217;s make sure we mix that with everything we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After playing all of his minutes exclusively at power forward in the Spurs&#8217; first <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/2416\/patrick-beverley-ejected-for-trash-talking\/\">preseason game<\/a> against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Popovich and the Spurs experimented with Wembanyama at center against the Heat.<\/p>\n<p>Popovich said how the team deploys Wembanyama will depend on the opposing team&#8217;s matchups and how the scouting reports line up.<\/p>\n<p>One roster adjustment the Spurs used Friday was starting 6-foot-9, 230-pound Jeremy Sochan at point guard and bringing Jones off the bench.  Sochan finished with 10 points, six rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he was really confident, had good rhythm, [and was] aggressive,\u201d Popovich said. \u201cHe did everything we hoped he would do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama said having Sochan play the point would only cause more problems for opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s comfortable in that position,\u201d Wembanyama said.  \u201cEveryone trusts him and I think he certainly has a bright future in this position.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Lopez, ESPNOctober 14, 2023, 04:53 SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Tre Jones wasn&#8217;t trying to throw an alley-oop. He just wanted to get the ball back where only Victor Wembanyama could get it. The 7-foot-4 rookie took care of the rest. 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