Ranking 5 burning questions by how quickly Spurs fans want them answered

2. Has Jeremy Sochan improved his shooting enough?

Spacing, spacing, spacing. This current generation of NBA basketball is about finding space to operate on offense and taking away space on defense. Jeremy Sochan is an expert on the latter practice, but the former is a longstanding concern for Spurs Nation.

Last season, the Polish Prince came out of the gate shooting the ball very well. It was so good, everyone thought he turned a corner in a historic fashion.

Instead, he regressed so harshly by the end of the season that you almost watched through squinted eyes when he pulled up for a three. That can’t continue to be the case if this team is going to reach the heights everyone hopes they’ll achieve.

Like Stephon Castle and Keldon Johnson, he’s looked great in the preseason, but judgments will be reserved until he gets into regular season action. If there’s one thing you can guarantee about Sochan, it’s that he’s going to play hard from start to finish.

That intangible is necessary, but he’ll also need to make defenses respect him from the perimeter. Otherwise, offensive issues will arise consistently when facing the best defensive teams.

1. Will Wemby's minutes be limited?

This was one of the most frustrating things to deal with as a Spurs fan last season. You couldn’t help but wonder if the Spurs could win more games if their best player wasn’t limited to less than 30 minutes a night. The mandate causes additional issues because it messes with the rotation since guys are rotating faster than they normally would.

Spurs fans are some of the smartest fans in the NBA. They understand the reasons for the caution, but that doesn’t make it any less frustrating to watch play out when you just want your team to win games. Again, that’s hard to do when the franchise is on the sidelines, especially when you’re already coming from the bottom of the league standings.

Whether you call it a “minute restriction” or a “minute limit,” the feeling the practice induces is the same: dissatisfaction. Of course, it will all be forgiven if Wembanyama lives up to the hype throughout his career and brings San Antonio more championships. But we’ll have to get there before fans look at potentially winnable games being lost fondly.