Ok but we absolutely need a big on the waiver/buyout market… Boogie? I’m surprised he still isn’t signed yet.. Dude was huge for Denver in the playoffs
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I wouldn't mind a flyer on K Love or Holmes honestly.
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Every weakness dude mentioned is still present, especially him constantly trying to block everything.Time to turn the page on Wise but this article from 2019 just was posted on my TL and it's wild how this freelance writer pointed out all of these deficiencies that are still clear as day now and this FO glossed over all of this and still picked him #2.
Why James Wiseman might not be worth the No. 1 pick hype
James Wiseman was the nation's top recruit for 2019 and sits atop many NBA Mock Drafts. A closer look reveals he may not be worth that level of praise.fansided.com
Ain’t he like 6’8?
You mean the same deficiencies that I tried pointing out before the draft and nobody wanted to listen?Time to turn the page on Wise but this article from 2019 just was posted on my TL and it's wild how this freelance writer pointed out all of these deficiencies that are still clear as day now and this FO glossed over all of this and still picked him #2.
Why James Wiseman might not be worth the No. 1 pick hype
James Wiseman was the nation's top recruit for 2019 and sits atop many NBA Mock Drafts. A closer look reveals he may not be worth that level of praise.
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He 6’10 but the fact you so fixated on height let’s me know you ain’t learn from the Wiseman debacle
Stfu moron we are undersized full stop… When we had Zaza, Mcgee, Boguts, Festus we were never getting out rebounded and all were competent bigs… Weisman isn’t competentHe 6’10 but the fact you so fixated on height let’s me know you ain’t learn from the Wiseman debacle
The God Poster
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You’re making my point. You should be more worried about the player competency not being only “6’8”
And it’s not Weisman
unless this an inside joke?My g, it didn't pan out because he wasn't the right pick.I still stand that Wiseman was the correct pick at the time.
We desperately needed a big (and still do lol) and the guy was right there.
It just didn't pan out.
Not getting a big for depth this deadline was a bad move though.
It's not as if he suffered some freak injury that cut his career short; he just wasn't the right big man for this team. The logic you're using is the same one the organization used when they fell into the trap of drafting him. They convinced themselves that he was the answer to the hole at the 5, rather than looking at him purely as a prospect and his fit on this team (neither of which were worthy of a #2 pick).
It's the same reason why they've held onto him for as long as they did, to the point where he had no value and they had to get rid of him as a salary dump.
I blame myself for speaking it into existence:
Jesus Christ. I hope the Warriors draft Wiseman just so some of y'all can fall on the sword of y'all own stupidity.
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6'9"5 in shoes, he's played plenty of C and PF
Otto was 6'8", Beli was 6'9", Looney is 6'9" and one of the better rebounding bigs per minute in the league
I definitely see your point, and I agree that they held on for too long before trading him.My g, it didn't pan out because he wasn't the right pick.
It's not as if he suffered some freak injury that cut his career short; he just wasn't the right big man for this team. The logic you're using is the same one the organization used when they fell into the trap of drafting him. They convinced themselves that he was the answer to the hole at the 5, rather than looking at him purely as a prospect and his fit on this team (neither of which were worthy of a #2 pick).
It's the same reason why they've held onto him for as long as they did, to the point where he had no value and they had to get rid of him as a salary dump.
I blame myself for speaking it into existence:
But at the time, it was a logical decision. It's different than say, the Kings drafting 2 or 3 PGs in the same draft or something nonsensical like that.
They took a calculated risk and it didn't work. I can't be mad at that, y'know?
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This year got screwed up by the team not being as good as they thought. By having the slow start and just being mediocre it means they shrunk the margin of error which meant they lost the opportunity to worry about developing the young guys. That means the young guys lose court time and a chance to grow within the system. It's hard to grow as a young player without that court time.
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