During a recent tour of Southtown's 1906 Gallery, Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan showed he doesn't just collect San Antonio art, he's willing to get his hands dirty making some.
Sochan's varied interests, global background and love of the city give him the potential to emerge as a fan favorite on the level of Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Patty Mills.During a recent tour of Southtown's 1906 Gallery , Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan showed he doesn't just collect San Antonio art, he's willing to get his hands dirty making some.
Although Sochan's visit to 1906 was a public relations move at its core — an effort by the team's front office to collect video footage of the player — he made something more of it. Rather than the allotted hour, the walkthrough lasted two and a half, Sochan's genuine enthusiasm on display for the duration.
"For me, it's just lively," Sochan said of the area."It's a place that makes me feel something — knowing that I'm around people, I'm around entertainment, I'm around green, I'm around the river. I can walk around trails, around stuff like this, studios and art galleries. I think that's just the beautiful part of us as humans. There's so many different ways of socializing, of growing and learning.
"Jeremy is like a blank slate in that regard. Everything seems to interest him, whether we're talking about race relations in America or what kind of wine might be drunk at a dinner or just random talk about what's happening in the Middle East," Popovich told the."He wants to know, and he'll ask questions about it. ... He's jumped in and found, I think, a comfort zone where he feels like he can ask about all these things.
Teammate Devin Vassell said Sochan's offbeat sense of humor served as glue that held the team together even as it endured a season where it landed second from the bottom in the Western Conference. During his visit to the 1906, several artists asked Sochan about his elaborate tattoos, and he indulged, explaining, for example, how he wants an image of Icarus plummeting to earth to serve as a reminder not to let his ego carry him too high.
Aneta — a former point guard — proved an inspiring and demanding coach. She drilled her son on how essential defense is to the game and cut him little slack. He was required to call her"coach," not"Mom," on the court. If he slipped up, she punished him with push-ups or laps. Sochan emerged as one of the NBA’s toughest defenders. The defensive game ‘gives me some kind of energy,’ he said.Sensing he'd outgrown England's basketball opportunities, Sochan enrolled in La Lumiere School, a private campus in Indiana, but the pandemic shut down play and he headed back to Europe within months, joining a Germany club league.
Like the game's best defenders, Sochan understands that the head game is part of his arsenal. When asked how he gets under other players' skins, he smiled coyly, and said he'd rather not give up his secrets. Even so, he did let one slip. Shortly after their first meeting, Ortega and his wife and business partner Madison recommended Sochan check out the San Antonio Museum of Art. He immediately extended an invitation for them to join them on his first visit. Though work got in the way, they appreciated his willingness to hang out.
"I wondered, 'Am I walking into a frat house kind of thing? Am I gonna be there feeding all the guys?'" Gomez said."But it's turned out to be nothing like that. He's just so driven and so laser-focused on what he wants to accomplish."Both Gomez and the Ortegas said they've witnessed the strong bond Sochan maintains with his mother, stepfather Wiktor Lipiecki and a younger brother.
As he put down roots, Sochan also added to the family, bringing on a German shorthaired pointer, Otto, who's less than a year old and"completely wild," he said. Sochan doesn't see himself toning down the hair as he settles into his role as one with the Spurs. It's just another extension of his longstanding interest in fashion and self-expression, he said.
Although Sochan's one-handed free throws have struck some NBA fans as a look-at-me affectation, the origins of the technique are anything but. He adopted the approach during the 2022-2023 season after Popovich suggested it could help boost his accuracy. It paid off, as Sochan increased his average free throw percentage by 30%.
Might that someday include a fashion line? A program that gives back to the city's arts scene, small businesses or young athletes?
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