First time I see a video that appreciate Sochan defense efforts, thanks

Only fake spurs fan don't appreciate Sohans work ethic

The biggest problem is there are to many people commenting that do not know basketball. Yes Sochon is going to be imperative to the success of this team. He is 20 yrs old just like Wemby. This microwave mentally generation. Thinks he should come in knowing everything. Years 3-4 for him and 2-3 for Wemby will be very different than what you see now. Great segment. Thanks for pointing out what these unqualified people can't see coming.

People who don't watch the Spurs dont realize that Jeremy has maybe the toughest job on the team outside of Wemby. Wemby gets to stay in the middle and block shots. Sochan guards the best opposing player every possession. Often he switches from one player to another so he can start a possession guarding KD, then switch to Booker, then switch to Beal, and stay with every single one of them. He is one of the true can guard every position defenders in the NBA. And he's 6 months older than Wemby. He's never going to be worse than he is right this second. Sochan is coming to get everyone

realy like Sochan, he's always showing a good energy when he is on the court, and with Wemby you cant have an easy access to the ring,

Sohan can be a matchup nightmare with Wemby feeding him lay ups, with his activity and if he can put up his 3s, they can for sure be very very much a problem on both ends I just like the lad, he s no Manu but I like him

Enjoyed the video. Posting to say that the Spurs hid Parker on the worst offensive perimeter player for his enitre career. Manu was a gambler on defense, he won more than he lost but he was often out of place. Both were willing to take a charge and both would gamble for steals. In the Duncan era Robinson, Duncan, Bowen, Green, Leonard and their rotation of centers and wings really anchored the defense.

SA loves our Sochie Bear☺️

I love Sohan’s effort, he’s really a great player, you can’t teach hustlers, tenacity and work ethic. I feel like the Spurs are missing a shooter, a 40%+ 3&D guy… if they can get a PG, even better, but if they don’t, Jones is good enough… If Wemby can play some 30+ minutes consistently, they can get at least a playin spot next season…

To be honest, if the Spurs pick a good PG this draft and have patience to let everyone on the roster grows they will have a dynasty very soon...

this video is gonna help educate the masses for sure! great stuff!

Totally agree, again a very informative video as always... thanks NBA Swish

And Zaccharie Risacher is the missing piece of an elite defensive team.

Interesting video. Maybe a few too many examples to prove your point but some people might need that. Will be exciting to see what the Spurs become over the next few years.

As a Spurs fan, we were excited for the team prior to Wemby coming. In fact, Spurs fans would have been happy with getting Amen Thompson last year in the draft if we didn't get 1st pick. This team is going to be undervalued and underappreciated the same way every team Lebron has ever been in. The difference is that no one will break up this squad and they will grow together. The NBA is in trouble. Its just a matter of time

Kawhi has two DPOY'S

It was true. Sochan and Vassell, were a lil butt hurt when Wemby arrived with all the fan fare and enormous ability. Prior to Wemby, the Spurs were slanting towards building around Vassell and Sochan's unique, but still budding abilities. Now Sochan is a role playing around Wemby, as the center piece. Remember, while Sochan was selected #9 by the spurs, he was a 6th man on that baylor team. He came out of college early so his calling card was his ability to be a value utility guy, which included making passes, finding the open man, assisting and playing defense. Sooooo, he knows how to pass the ball. Someone got to him and redirected him from how he was playing early in the season. In time, you could see that Wemby was growing in his displeasure of the spurs playing low I.Q. 🏀, led by Sochan. Consistently not making the correct 🏀 play, as a basketball player is low I.Q. basketball. Sochan, Vassell and Keldon Johnson were playing selfish, low I.Q. basketball. Remember, it was only last year Johnson was awarded a 4 yr/$80M contract, becoming the highest paid spur. Vassell just got extended @$124M prior to Wemby's arrival. Due to Wembys increasing BAD body language on the court and starting to loaf back on defense, because Pop was permitting BAD basketball, Pop's hand was forced.......ENTER Tre Jones back into the lineup to provide fundamental, high I.Q. basketball play. Keldon Johnson to the bench. Vassell playing around Wemby instead of coming down the court attempting to be the featured guy. So what is known now at the end of the season is that Wemby as a 19 year is the spurs best player with the highest basketball I.Q. on the team. Sochan should focus on defending, rebounding and hitting the open shot, when he is open. He should not be FORCING offense as he so often does. He should be a dbl/dbl guy every night.

I am a fan of Sochan. And he's not just a defensive stopper, he's tough. Well, not in the Draymond kind of character 😂 but just doing his job that some never noticed, even how he positions his body to guard the opponent's best player is just unbelievable, annoying them sometimes. And I like the fact that he worked so hard to improve his 3pt shots. Really a good contribution to the team even though he's not the go to guy in team scoring. The Spurs really need that having released McDermott via trade. He can help.

Great video and completely agree, greaat job buddy

Just imagine for a second, Spurs get Cooper Flagg to add to these two on defense. How do you score on Wemby/Cooper/Sochan? You literally can't

Actually the whole spurs team is starting to show that they might become a top team through maturity rather than through signing of 10 new players. Vassel, Jones, Johnson and Collins are very solid and the other guys are not bad.

Spurs fan since 94. Love the content, but 1 addition to the big 3 era. Yes Duncan was the rim protector, but the head of that defensive juggernaut on the perimeter was Bruce Bowen….that being said, you’re on point the Spurs are building in the same blueprint.

I love Sochan He put some style on this franchise

Sochan gets hate for his defense, but Pop wouldn't have put Sochan on the other team's best players if he was bad. Later in the season there was more standing around, but then we find that Sochan has been experiencing ankle/foot pain and that explains most of his mobility loss. Spurs have the best training and athletic center in the NBA and likely we will see a healthy Sochan for next season.

i agree.. i think pop's experiment on sochan move at pg is to develop his passing skills, and vassel taking more shot to improve his confidence, and the last few games the pick & roll of wemby and vassel has improved... the other fans don't get it.. and wemby improved his 3pts also, it takes time to build chemistry...

i hate all these new bandwagon spurs fans.

As a diehard Spurs fan. Growing up watching David, Timmy, Tony, Manu, Role players, Malik Rose, Bruce Bowen, Avery Johnson etc... (just opening with that so to prove im not just a Wembanyama fan.) So with all that said. People don't appreciate Jeremy Sochans game (i see a lot of Bruce Bowen potential in Sochan, With Malik Rose hustle on the boards). They Appreciate Keldon Johnson game more than Sochans and i honestly don't get it.

Great take, Wemby and Sochan are two elite defenders. Add Topic in this year's draft to boost their playmaking and defence as well, with Vassell still being young and a potential great scorer, and then a versatile 4, that starting line-up will be insane. Some key role players off the bench, and you potentially have a dynasty, with Sochan and Wemby being just 20, Topic is 18, and Vassell 23.

The comparisons to Rodman are fair. Sochan has a motor. He is relentless. Sometimes a little reckless. But he's version 2.0. He isn't a head case like Rodman and offensively, he's light years ahead. Rebounding should get better as he gets stronger.

This is an awesome take. Gotta agree with you. And the way I see it, aside from Wemby and Sochan, they would still need at least 2 more great lockdown defenders to increase their chances of winning the loaded Western Conference. If they somehow will be able to get either Alex Sarr and/or Donovan Clingan in the 1st round of this year's NBA Draft -- these are 2 bigs with great defense (and offense) and then add up Ryan Dunn in the 2nd round, then there's no doubt the Spurs' defense will carry them once again straight to the top just like the old times!

Well said!

I want us to bring in a defensive big like alex sarr imagine the team with: PG: Trae Young (not that good offense but will run offense perfectly) SG: Devin Vasell (Decent defense but is young and improving offense really well) SF: Jeremy Sochan (Promising Defense, getting better on offense, shot will come soon) - this is why we had the sochan experiment so he could move to a role where he can do everything. PF - Alex Sarr (Big Man, good defense, will take brunt of force away from wemby preventing injury, good offense) C - Wemby (Alien - nothing else to say) Bench: Keldon Johnson ( Brings energy, can score well, big body), Tre Jones (perfect backup pointguard, good defense, can assist well) + other promising rotation players.

Sohan and Vassel are key players as much as Wemby is.

The first 30 seconds got me as a sub forever 😂😂😂

I thought the same during Sochan’s rookie season (great effort, lots of potential). But I’m quite disappointed watching him now. No, he’s not s good passer or PG. That’s not his role. But he’s not a good shooter, cutter or off-ball player either. Everytime he runs a fastbreak, it’s a gamble whether he can make a lay-up or just does something weird. If he was such a great defender, the Spurs should still have an OK def rating with Wemby off the floor. But it’s a disaster. Just going for the Rodman look doesn’t make you, well. Rodman.

Fude what are you talking about here? Spurs is rank 4th best team in defense when ZEMBY is on the court BUT 28th when WEMBY is on the bench. Players don't come around the rim often when Wemby is on the court period

Sochan at the PG was an experiment, the kid just barely know how to dribble and the fans expected him to be Chris Paul 😂

Interesting. The only thing SAS need for Sochan is to shoot the wide open 3’s. If the SAS can draft Alex Sarr, they can let Jeremy play the Small Forward position. If they can draft or trade for Risacher, much better. The only thing they need is a legit point guard that can defend. For example, Dejountey Murray. The starting five would be Wemby, Sarr,Jeremy, Devin or Risacher (can come off the bench) and Dejountay .

Kawhi is a two time dpoy brother but good video

if only spurs can get alex sarr this draft, in few years they can have 3 elite defender to shout down !!

I saw they as a power duo since day one. Sochan´s game will be like a fusion between Rodman and D´rose, in the future i can easily see he as one of the great 5 in spurs...along wemby, this draft add, some great trade and devin. Go Spurs Go!

You made a great point. But to say spurs defense depends on sochan?? You trippin buddy 😂 Let me be clear, jeremy will be a really great help defensively, but he’s no rodman to MJ, he’s no holiday to giannis, and he’s no gordon to Jokic. Unlike other team’s superstars, Wemby also happens to be the spurs best defensive player.

I gotta say , good vid but you forgot our main man in wing defense player in the early 2000's. Bruce

Sochan haters are not spurs fans. Because they don’t watch the game at all

Nah we all appreciate sochan, he literally was making defensive plays in the last moments of the 4th quarter that lead to close games, of course all combined with wembys defense and 4th quarter clutch moments, sochan is just needed for us, and I hope he gets better with his ankle surgery

We need a real big man to rebound for us when wemby isn’t there. Like a Steven Adam’s

5:08 Actually had back to back defensive player of the years

I really like your videos

I think the Spurs keep Sohan, and Vassell. I like KJ but I can see him getting traded. If they can somehow get Trae young at the 1, Vassel 2, Sohan 3, (If they can draft him) Alex Starr 4, Wemby 5. Keep Jones and Collins for veteran leadership on bench and maybe go get one or two more vets.

He's a dawg enough said just wait on it !!!

Imagine if G.Payton Jr. was available to join the spurs..... ELITE defense on guards, theres a highlight of just guards attempting to dribble thru his defense and just gets the ball poked away. Sohan can handle the wings, and Wemby can swat anything in the paint, even bats (which is a thing in san antonio hahah). plus GP2 is a very likeable guy and athletic as heck. but i think he's still on contract til 2025 to the GSW. i really dont understand contracts if they can be bought out or something. just my 2 cents.

wemby and sochan in defense. wemby and vassel in offense.

Definitely more Draymond then Rodman vibes, gonna be x factor for spurs

❤I am an 11 year Spurs fan. (Spurs is my life) I saw below a spurs fan suggesting trading our 7th pick to the Magic’s Isaac. I love this move but I doubt Magic is letting go with their wonderful future Isaac just in exchange for a 7th pick this year consider how bad this year top 10 prospects are. (This year 1-10 are similar to previous year 13-23) While Isaac is a genius all nba defensive level player with one of the best PF body, who can also shoot the ball. Think about the odds of this year seventh pick being better than Isaac?? Nah.. most likely not. Nevertheless, I agree that player like Isaac is the most needed addition the Spurs need. Having Isaac instead of Sochan at the 4 is the KEY TO WEMBY HEALTH. Why is that? Not everyone think of this. But to tell the utter truth, Wemby is very often by himself defending two guys under the rim every single night. It’s already a relatively dangerous (injury provoking) task for him to play Center position regardless of all scenarios. But Wemby now always shoulder up the pressure of defending more than one people within the paint by himself. And all the hustling rebound works and jumping works as well as defending enemies heavy Centers. Wemby needs his help for such “basic health” matter. Sochan is great defender only when he is guarding enemies 1-3 position stars, but not against 4-5. We can watch replays and check the defensive statistics of him guarding PF and C positions, he pretty much has the worst defensive number among starting PFs. Why is that, that’s because of Sochan’s 6”8 height and mediocre bounce, physics, wingspan, and lateral motors and weight. Now you might understand what I mean. From this we can see getting long quick player who can defend really well within the paint area and ideally can also shoot the 3s is the most important key to help on Wemby’s health, we don’t want him always shouldering up the whole team’s defensive liability and pressure. Wemby is a non heavy a bit fragile 7”4! He would get injured!!!😢 that’s for real. And from this, we can see how important Spurs defensive playings are for Wemby and his short term long term health. Therefore actually not only PF position, our second biggest need is of same importance regarding health, we need good strong defensive 1-3 position players (along with Sochan at 3 or take Sochan to bench if he is better than him). This is crucial cus individuals guarding well will relieve most of the burden and pressure on Wemby when he is playing 5. I truly think Wemby’s health is bigger than whether or not the spurs have a superstar point guard.

I've watched well over half of the spurs games this season. Sochan has holes, just absolutely massive leaks, particularly offensively. There are times where I want Pop to pull him over to the sideline and pick stick'um on his hands, a la The Replacements. But he's also regularly tasked with defending the opposing teams best offensive weapons. He sometimes makes mistakes on defense. He's particularly weak on transition D, but in half court he's been better than solid. A lot of that is going to change as he gets older. You can see the progress from last year to this year. I don't know if I would argue he's going to be the key to unlocking a championship, but I would absolutely agree that he has the potential to develop in to a top tier defender who flirts with all defense nods. The problem is going to be whether or not, in a 5 out offensively driven era of the NBA, his defense is going to be enough to overcome his lack of offense. One of the things that has happened in the last 20 years as the game evolved, no even average team has truly dead weight offensively on the floor any more. Top tier defenders still have to be able to shoot to provide the space necessary for your best offensive weapons to operate, and sochan's jumper is sketchy at best. You regularly see Sochan's defender sag into the paint to effectively double wemby when sochan has the ball on the 3 point line, frequently daring him to shoot. That is going to have to change.

Bring back DJ! GSG!

Sochan ainda será jogador 3D

wemby sochan and vessel are all untouchable everyone else we will hear offers for

This might be crazy, but I think there will be a few years in the future where the spurs could have the 1st and 2nd best defenders in the league in Wemby and Sochan

Fake Rodman needs to rapidly bulk up during the off-season.

How do you make this video and NOT mention Bruce Bowen?! SHAMEFUL!

Bro he might not have vision but how u gonna miss a 7 4 foot player

Need Topic

LeWho? We done with the 2010s! Wemby holding court now.

This dude just said he doesn't care if Wemby has 40 points LMAO. That's way more important than sochan defense. They also need sochan defense to win but your delusional to think Wemby performance isn't the main thing that will bring chips.

Watch Luka end up on the Spurs after the Clippers beat the Mavericks in the first round.

Sarr, Resacher and Topic are all good additions to spurs. But If we get raptor's pick, how about go for magic's Isaac? IMO,that's just like: Spurs gets: Issac + 2024 magic's 1st round pick Magic gets: raptor's pick + hornet 's pick + Malaki + Zach If we gogogo lucky, we may have the starters line like this: Wemby Isaac Sochan Vassell Plus our own 2024 1st pick Not for sure who we will go for this summer, But I think it'll be OK if we have such defensive starters line.

Ist units no problem just have trae young,sochan,vassel,manu,wemby d second unit a little weak malaki,champagne, collins,dj,graham

we don't accuse sochan of not "wanting" to pass the ball to wemby, we only called him dumb and blind for not doing it

Spurs need pursue LaMelo Ball or Dejounte Murray this coming off-season 🤔🤔🤔

sorry swish but ur take is wrong here. im hardcore spurs, i watch a lot of them too and sochan being elite defender is a MYTH only started with his hair colour/rodman association (and u actually fell for it, even in this vid). he s an average defender who gives some good effort. he s only 20 so yes, room to improve ofc

Except Wemby is the defensive stopper for the Spurs. Sochan's defense as of right now doesn't impact the Spurs. Stats alone can back this up. Without Wemby on the floor Spurs has one of the worst defense in the league, if Sochan's defense is really that good then it shouldn't be that case. Also to add, the Spurs defensive anchor on Duncan era was Bruce Bowen, not Manu or Tony Parker. Very casual take man.

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LOL YOU CALLED TONY PARKER AND GINOBLI AT 29 WASNT THE DEFENDER HE WAS. STEPH CURRY A BETTER DEFENDER THAN TONY PARKER

I'm not buying it. The Spurs defence shoudn't be so terrible. They have literally the best defensive player in the league, the best coach ever, and Devin Vassel as a starter, who was supposed to be a defensive specialist when he came into the league. If Sochan is a defensive prodigy, they should be at least passable. know it is weird to blame Sochan, and it isn't his fault, but there's something not adding up in San Antonio.

"The San Antonio will become a champion soon NOT because Wemby but because of Sochan" Bwhahahahhahaha nice joke. Sochan is overrated defender, just above average defender.

lebron can guard all five positions :^)

1:29 Dude watched FIVE games in row and made this video, saying Sochan not passing to Wemby is not truth. LMFAO. I watched every single Spurs game and I can tell you that: Yes, he passes the ball but he also misses lots of wide open and lobs to Wemby.

They are currently last in the Western conference, and now you're talking not just about championships but domination. Wtf are you on? So if they become no. 1 in the league at some point, they now dominate the whole solar system?

sign jaime jaquez jr, bol bol, tre young and draft aj dbyantsa because i won a 3 peat with them on 2k

you mean Jeremy Sohass ?

He is ok I guess but still a little selfish ut sorry to say this he will never be better than wemby..

Is there an emoji to laugh instead of like? Because this video is a complete joke 😅

Bro just stop 1 minute into the video, u really think sochan can win a ring without wemby?? u crazy bro ... bro they are the worst defense with him last year and with him this year too wtf u talk about bro ...

They need to draft Flagg, Sochan is not the Man, It is what it is if Sochan was the Man the Spurs would at least won 1/2 their games. I just call it like I see it.

stop it sochan dont have elite defense. just trade him and picks for m. bridges

isiot ..sochan is .pure trash