I think it’s pretty clear to me that this front office was banking on some type of huge I nternal development from one of the players after looking at the start to this season, and wisemen was one of those hopes for them.

But I really don’t get what this team is doing. We have been trying to be competitive in games (which we have been more competitive score wise) , and are failing miserably in the wins department. None of those guys significantly developed in the off season either, and after this terrible win streak I’m left wondering why not play James wisemen? We already have been losing badly enough why not give him minutes, because it’s clear front office evaluation of his talent hasn’t hasn’t been good and he’s been horribly bad.

If not just send him to the G league where he can actually play minutes, he should at least get some type of fundamentals on defense down, backup big men That are good are valuable in this league. They are just wasting him on the bench after trading saddiq for him. After wisemen, I don’t think I can stomach watching another super raw player get drafted. Most of those guys can barely hoop.

  • SomeguynamedjacobB
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    Just because we are losing doesn’t mean we are trying to lose.

    That’s pretty much it. Most people are out on Wiseman as a prospect anyways. We tried exactly what you’re talking about for the last 30 games of the season last year and it was awful from all angles.

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    Outside of Thansis he’s probably the worst player in the nba

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    Unfortunately this young man was drafted way too high for who he is as a basketball player. He has a middle school level basketball ball IQ. He’s 7ft with athleticism out the gym but shrinks when it matters on defense and rebounding. This is professional sports, you can’t be clueless and get minutes just because. We might be bad but we’re not trying to lose (although some of Monty’s early season rotations suggest otherwise).

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    How can you ask this? I’m not being disrespectful, I’m legitimately asking you one question? What more do you need to see from him to know who he is? He’s played plenty of games, it’s not like when he was on GS and that excuse could be made.

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    Why did they need to put Wiseman in a Pistons uni to figure these things out?

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    Ivey is more in control and finishes around the rim better

    Duren is playing better

    Stewart has a better 3pt shot

    Everyone got better this off season. Cade seems a little worse than the end of his rookie year but that’s probably because he has less spacing and rust

    Wiseman is just bad. He has very low bbiq. Getting him was so stupid. We had Duren, Stewart, and Bagley and Troy traded a wing who could shoot and was an NBA player for another center who wasn’t