2:50pm: The Warriors have tweeted that Wiseman suffered a “right meniscal injury,” while noting that the team is continuing to evaluate his most recent MRI results.
2:18pm: Warriors rookie center James Wiseman, the No. 2 pick out of Memphis in the 2020 draft, has been ruled out indefinitely with a right meniscus injury. There is concern that Wiseman may miss the rest of the 2020/21 season.
Multiple reporters indicate that the injury is a meniscus tear. Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets that Wiseman has a torn meniscus. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN echoes that statement, though he notes that the Warriors intend to consult with more doctors during the next few days.
Monte Poole of NBC Sports Bay Area tweets that two league sources informed him it was indeed a torn meniscus. Poole adds that the team has called it a meniscus injury while stopping short of confirming that it’s a tear (Twitter link).
After a strong start, Wiseman has had an up-and-down rookie season. Though at one point he had lost his starting role to veteran center Kevon Looney following a February injury absence, he had gotten the starting nod long-term once again beginning on March 23. Head coach Steve Kerr noted last week that Wiseman’s play would dictate his exact minutes load.
Across just 39 games (including 27 starts), the athletic 20-year-old is averaging 11.5 PPG, 5.8 RPG and 0.9 BPG in 21.4 MPG.
#SignTarikBlack
He was pretty good with the Rockets a few years ago.
It’s too bad he hasn’t gotten any chances to return to the NBA.
James Wasteman
Warriors HAVE TO SIGN a Big Man now.
Can’t expect Draymond, Looney, and Toscano’s bodies to hold up guarding 7 Footers the rest of this season.
Top free agent Big Men currently:
:
– Thon Maker ( Stretch-5 )
– Tyler Zeller ( rebounding and defense )
– Greg Monroe
– Deyonta Davis
– Brandon McCoy
– Dakari Johnson
– AJ Hammons
– Justin Patton
– Rakeem Christmas
– Willie Reed
– Ekpe Udoh
– Kyle O’Quinn
– Hasheem Thabeet ( yes, we are that desperate )
In warriors tanking by Bob Meyer have to and should is the right wording. If they don’t go for a big man its because they want to tank the rest of the season. Without Wiseman they will not get out of the bubble if they even make it.
None of those players are any good. They are out of the league for a reason. Why bother with signing them?
I mean, GSW is probably just going to go extreme small ball, which actually has worked against the Lakers, Jazz and Clippers this season.
@Vince. We just need a Big man to stand there, with his Hands raised up, and take up space in the paint. If they had any skill it will be a bonus. Getting out-Rebounded every night hasn’t been fun to watch. Small ball lineups only work if your Shooters are making their outside Shots, which outside of Curry and Poole, hasn’t occurred this year, hence, the number of Blowout losses.
Really. You are as bad as Marty. You are describing a Washington Generals player.
That is a sad list
You forgot one
– The Corpse of George Mikan
@stevep-4 Mikan still has more Basketball ‘IQ’ than Marty.
@GangGreen23 Justin Patton is who needs to go there I mean cmon when we saw him play in Houston he looked like an elite shot blocker and defender who could definitely play in any system
@Treveon Graham did you like playing with Justin Patton
At least they can’t blame their defensive lapses on him any longer. Not that he wasn’t a culprit, just not the only one, and he had a good excuse (one that’s stood the test of time in the NBA): he’s a rookie.
many of those defensive lapses was because of poor defense by other players. The guards were not stopping players on drives so Wiseman many times had to leave his man. There is some favoritism on GSW where those players do not get called out on bad plays.
Agree 100%. Poole, Lee, Mulder and Mannion are all turnstiles on defense. Even #30 has some matador moments on D.
As you say, Steph Curry isn’t exactly a great defender himself.
Curry is a average defender. Nobody you would pick as a top 5 at his position. More the problem is the bench player other than JTA they are mostly below average defenders. Bazemore defends but commits fouls. Mulder, Poole, and Manion must step up. Paschal gets take on faster players. Looney hold his own on slow defenders but is constantly beat guarding small players.
Just as I’ve always stuck up for Harden’s D as I feel he’s underated when he’s locked in or guarding the PF, I’ll stick up for Curry. He tries to stay in front of his man and gets deflections and steals. It’s not like there’s no effort.
NBA defense in the post-handcheck era is becoming something that can almost **only** be judged collectively.
Kind of like in Fantasy Football where you select offensive players but defensive teams.
I’m not sure I trust the individual value of any current player on defense, especially if they’re perimeter guys. But tbh the game has become so switch-heavy even bigs now essentially have become perimeter defenders (if they want to stay on the floor when it counts).
The players you think the Warriors should sign are worse than turnstiles. They don’t move.
This is not uncommon on teams at all levels. Poor team defense is disproportionately blamed on rookies and bigs who have reputation as poor defenders; while blame is deflected from vets who have good defensive reputations. When it comes from within, its not helpful to end product.
Warrior announcers are so much homers they refuse to call out the poor defense of some players. Kerr’s rotations with lots of under sized players create a tough defensive assignments for the 1 big on the floor.
Fitz is so bad and he and Kelenna have approximately zero chemistry together – just another thing the moron GSW front office got wrong.
Curry is a borderline-excellent defender now, btw. 1.6 DWS so far is nothing to sneeze at, especially from a guard.
fitz is so annoying I turn off the sound when he announces. If it is on a national TV game I rather hear their announcers than Fitz. Please Fitz tell us for the 50th time each broadcast Thompson is out.
Agree with arc89. Centers often blamed for guards poor effort defending the pick-n-Roll, which leads to Wiseman’s foul trouble and slow-footed Looney getting beat off the dribble a few times per game.
This is what happens when a center tries to dunk on Kenyon Martin’s son.
How did Justin Patton look on your Rockets? Serviceable?
I’ll take any 7 Footer that can breathe, run the floor, and take up space in the paint. Being skilled would be a bonus.
Patton was fairly decent, and had a few good games before he was replaced by Kelly Olynyk. I’m sure the Warriors could do worse.
I agree he is undert
Huh? What does Kenyon Martin have to do with his injury? Knees are weak joints. It is pretty easy to tear the meniscus.
If anything, this proves GSW coaching staff has failed to train their players how to dunk. Klay, Oubre and now Wiseman all injured dunking.
Wiggins plays 5 season with no injury
He plays every game this season
I want to trade away Wiseman and Wolves pick
Off topic
I’d pay Wiggins $150 million. I don’t want to pay Oladipo $30 million
Only thing wrong with Wiggins is over paid. He is a good scorer, defensive ability solid, and consistent performer. Just not a top 10 player for how much he is paid.
It would be stupid to trade away Wiseman and the Wolves pick. But, you go ahead and trade him. I’m sure the Warriors will do it for you.
Justin Patton is truly an underrated big man finally able to play and stay healthy
Hope he’s ok. Just shut him down and get ready for next yr. Should of picked up a big long ago. Why now.
Most NBA teams should have added a big center but did not. I think teams wanted to deprive perimeter players a backstop for their defensive errors, to train them not make errors. Plus the positionless BB thing… GMs had to show they are up-to-date.
Could have traded Oubre for any 7 footer but nooo, we need more low IQ players who have one good game every other week. Worst front office in the West by miles and miles. Replacing Jerry West with your idiot son = shake. my. head.
Lacob is alllll about spending money, so he should be paying GSW diehards like me to watch this absolute trainwreck of a season, a season where Steph Curry’s best year was wasted due to people who aren’t even players. God, I hate this. Just be bad like the Rockets, don’t see Steph going ham every game and go “yeah, I think this squad of idiot smalls is enough to get us to the playoffs, we are going to stand pat at the deadline!”
Marty: need your takes over here:
link to forums.warriorsworld.net
I have no idea why Bob Meyers loves Oubre so much. Yes he has all the talent in the NBA to be a allstar player but doesn’t have the dedication or BB IQ to be that player. If he had JTA drive he would be a great player instead he coast at times others he times he just watches.
Oubre has made it clear this year he’s most likely not an NBA starter. He’ll make a really good 7th man somewhere though.
Marty, I do disagree with you on some points, but I’ve come around to the view that Myers and the Lacob family have unwound whatever dynasty Jerry West, Riley, and others had put together.
Yes, they paid max-dollar contracts to the core three, and still knowingly added a costly piece with Wiggins. They now wonder why their bench plays no D and can’t hold up their end of the load.
On top of this, they now won’t be able to move Wiseman in the offseason if they wanted to. But this is the bench that Myers constructed, and they might as well tank now for the rest of the season.
Not sure any decisions can be put on the Lacobs except making checks out. They will probably defer to Myers, or now, give some sway to the new partner(s).
Not that I cannot have typical owrner-ly suspicions of them. Maybe they get too easily impressed? (the “Light years” quote.). The Lacobs are “young” NBA-governors!
I think people who can see athletic ability can be too impressed with their “sight”… they think they are the only people who can see it. (It might be the Lacobs so attached to Oubre but that’s just a hunch. i.e. like Jerry Jones in football.). But life-long fans who have been enthusiastic about certain fine athletes, and been disappointed when they did not come out ahead, can be slower to acclaim pure athleticism.
Losing Wiseman hurts but they weren’t doing anything this year anyway
It hurts more because now Wiseman doesn’t have a chance to put up empty stats the last 3 weeks of the season against teams already booking summer vacations and artificially boost his trade value for the offseason
Worked for C.Wood… I doubt Detroit ever intended to keep him… and why they sent Drummond off before they could trade him in his expiring year. And why Drummond did not seem mad, or did not try that hard… he was always leaving.
Anyway, not hoping for that trend.