Marilyn Dubinski: I thought they’d be better at defense than they are, especially with Tall Ball, but the discipline just isn’t there yet. The instant someone’s out of position, perhaps due to a double-team, everything stops, the double-teamer doesn’t recover, and everyone behind him stops rotating. Is that more fixable than a lack of shooters, or will the offense improve once the Spurs figure out how to use Victor Wembanyama better and how to balance feeding him and Devin Vassell? At this point I believe in the offense more, but just a little.
Mark Barrington: I think they should get better at defense if Wembanyama can improve his positioning, which right now involves way too much aimless floating.