James Wiseman‘s third and perhaps final G League game with the Santa Cruz Warriors should temper expectations regarding his impact, according to Taylor Wirth of NBC Sports Bay Area. Wiseman ran the floor well but even though he contributed 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in 21 minutes, he also committed six turnovers on Tuesday. The Warriors’ big man has a long way to go to regain his offensive rhythm but he’s only expected to play 12-18 minutes per game during the team’s stretch run.
We have more from the Pacific Division:
- The Clippers decided not to add a point guard at the trade deadline or through the buyout market. That looks like a wise move in the aftermath of their overtime loss to Cleveland on Monday, Andrew Greif of the Los Angeles Times writes. With Reggie Jackson getting a rest, the Clippers had 29 assists and just 11 turnovers with Terance Mann and Amir Coffey among the ball-handlers initiating the attack.
- Kings forward Domantas Sabonis said this week that he intends to play for Lithuania in the EuroBasket tournament this summer, James Ham of ESPN 1320 tweets. He was a member of the Lithuanian National Team during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
- Even if Anthony Davis returns soon from his foot ailment, it won’t fix the Lakers, Bill Oram of The Athletic opines. LeBron James has acknowledged that it may be too late to develop chemistry and maximize the team’s potential. “It puts a Band-Aid on some things,” he said of Davis’ potential return. “But I mean, we just haven’t had enough chemistry, enough time with our group to be able to know exactly who we are and who we can become.”
Wiseman about to turn 21 in two weeks, warriors are gonna give him some birthday start if healthy.
It will be awesome to see Wiseman back. We dont need him to be a superstar or play many minutes. Just play 10-15 mins a game getting rebounds, couple blocks, and few dunks via Green. :)
Don’t need Wiseman offense. We need his defense and opening up the floor for the shooters. Need his defense against the big men in the playoffs so there is no cake walk inside the paint.
Good thing because he’s not a superstar.
I really feel like Wiseman isn’t going to be a part of the warriors rotation in the upcoming weeks or playoffs…
Has a 5.5M$ FA Looney deserves all the credit over Wiseman + Looney is a leader in the lockeroom and he played all games this year so Wiseman (TO 9.5+12.5M$) has to play at all star to get any minute in PO …
How could he be?
When was the last time Wiseman had a solid season? Senior year of high school? At what point do we realize we s’d the bed on him and he’s another Greg Oden?
I would say more than 2 seasons. Everyone forgets that we didn’t see embiid until after 3-4 seasons because of his foot. KAT didn’t look great his first season either and now look at him
Greg Oden comp is a little bit strong. He still have a physical potential if healthy which is already a concern and is BB iQ needs to developp cause he was lost in GSW system… Plus what contract extension do you give him next year ?