Which makes Wemby even more impressive. He reduced that fella to a Ben Simmons when matched up against him.

Chet was scared and refused to even attack him. There’s a difference between struggling and being scared.

Chet was still really good defensively against the Spurs and on the offensive end a lot of his problems started with Wemby shutting off his paint game and forcing him to be exclusively a 3-point shooter which Chet can usually do but as he was forced to be the 2nd option with JDub and Ajay out and the Spurs did a good job at closing out on him hard and Chet’s jump shot was just too slow so he just didn’t get it off enough. If Chet can speed up his release he’s not going to look as bad vs Wemby.

He took two shots in 33 minutes because of his matchup? In a conference final game 7? Nah, he doesn’t get that excuse

His coaching staff will work with him. He got exposed by Wemby because I don’t think he’s ever had to deal with someone taller than him and lacked the skills. He’s smart enough to work on it and not stay in the yips hopefully

Yes and no, he did turn into Ben Simmons in that series where he straight up refused to take shots and played as passive as humanly possible on offense

This is not Chet revisionist time. He shrank and choked. Nothing to do with the finals. He literally became worse than Ben Simmons in Game 7. Ben Simmons is on the bench, he was out there wasting everyone’s time.

I might not like Chet much but dude is a legit DPOY contender in a no-Wemby world.

I don’t disagree that he’s top 30 but he’s probably still the 4th best player on the Thunder. Their injury issues and going up against Wemby made it basically impossible for him to shine in these playoffs.

You can’t just bully the Deandre Aytons and Oso Ighodaros of the world then shut down against the best competition and expect people to respect you.

When you’re used to being taller than everyone around you playing against a guy that much taller than you is probably hard to adjust to. 

Maybe not exactly at the same rate but I have seen a lot of players taking u-turns against Gobert in every game, too.

This is why I refrain shitting on chet, he’s an insane player and rim protector and is the reason OKC has had an insane defense for the last 2 seasons but everything he does is usually swept under the rug because wemby just does it better.

Similar to Wemby, he needs something to go to on offense aside from just his 3 ball. I’m not sure how post ups will be successful with these lanky dudes but they need to work with Dirk since they won’t always get open threes and rim finishes with how physical teams play them

He just doesnt have the frame to carry much more weight.

Hes not built like Wemby

And he for sure isnt built like Giannis (who is a genetic superhero)

Or AD, who is freakier then them all

it really sucks that he lost two years of development.

The conversations surrounding chet would look so different if Wemby never existed.

Not quite sure where OP got his stat from so I’ll use the overall DFG% (so all shots, not just 5 feet from the rim) from the NBA site

Wemby: 40% (9.9% lower than expected)

KAT: 42% (-6.5% diff)

Gobert: 45.5% (-5.7% diff)

Mitch: 46.8% (-1.8% diff)

Chet: 47.3% (-1.3% diff)

Edit: Nevermind, I’m stupid, he linked it. 5 feet from the rim:

KAT: 60.4% on 16.2 FGA

Mitch: 67.6% on 7.6 FGA

Mitchell Robinson is a decent rim protector, he isn’t particularly elite.
Most of his defensive value comes from his switchability due to him being an insanely good perimeter defender for his size

It’s very telling that Ayton somehow allows a higher FG% than a guy who literally cannot move lmao

Ya I’d probably argue top 20 or 15, good call . 

Y’all won the championship and you still can’t stop talking about this man lol