The future NBA for James Wiseman seems to be far from about Golden State Warriors who selected it with the second pick of the 2020 Draft. The explosive interior has less and less place in a shaky defending champion in 2022-2023, with 15-17 mark and needed to do movements to straighten its course. Especially when it comes to your second unit.
Although Wiseman does not fit the style of Steve Kerr and Golden StateWithout a doubt, he is a player with high potential, as he demonstrated this Tuesday against Brooklyn, scoring 30 points. It would not be surprising if the former University of Memphis could raise his performance considerably in another scenario.
If Golden State makes trades this season, Wiseman will likely be at the center of one of them. What can they get in return? Four trade ideas that would make sense for the Warriors, below.
James Wiseman by Alex Caruso
While it is clear that today Caruso (even with his enormous limitations as a scorer) is a player far superior to Wisemanespecially thinking in a Playoff context, the potential of the interior of the Warriors could seduce a Chicago that will soon have to assume a stage of reconstruction. Besides, the Bulls will surely lose Nikola Vucevic in the next Free Agency (or sooner, if they manage to trade him), so the path would be wide open for Wiseman.
Golden State, for its part, would add one of the best substitutes you could get on the market already a player who has already demonstrated his ability to perform in the most pressured moments of a season, including the title won with the Lakers in 2020. The move would immediately make the Warriors better.
James Wiseman for Monte Morris
morris is Subqualified to be a starting point guard in the NBA, but Golden State wouldn’t need that, with Stephen Curry in that spot. Instead, the arrival of the initial today with the Wizards would give them a second unit warranty, in a role with which he already knew how to stand out for years in Denver. If something is missing from the Warriors bench it is consistency and experiencetwo points in which Monte is strong.
For Washington it would be a bet without too much risk in the future, for a franchise that assumes it or not, it must look towards the long term. and although today Kristaps Porzingis He is the starting center of the team, there is no reason not to be able to join the Latvian with another interior like Wiseman, as was the case in his years with Dallas.
James Wiseman por Kelly Olynyk
Golden State would also have to add players like JaMychal Green or Ryan Rollins to make the salaries fit, but the Canadian Olynyk would be the best they could get to reinforce their interior rotation. The ex-Miami is averaging 12.9 points, 5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 43% on 3-pointers with Utah and would fit perfectly in the Kerr schemein a role similar to the one Nemanja Bjelica had last season.
Why would Utah make the move? As in the previous cases, thinking in the long term and betting on that high ceiling Wiseman’s, above an Olynyk above 30 years. Taking a step back anytime soon shouldn’t be a problem for a Salt Lake City team, either, which will want to position yourself in a good way in the next Drafts.
James Wiseman by Jakob Poeltl
The swap would be very similar to that of Olynyk, apart from the fact that the Austrian is a defensive cutting player, what would you offer virtues similar to those of Kevon Looney. Going from Gregg Popovich to Steve Kerr shouldn’t be any problem for a very efficient Poeltl for any second unit.
San Antonio, like Utah, shouldn’t mind making its team worse in the short term, with the possibility of giving it minutes and shoot Wiseman to exploit his potential.
have a rim protector like Poeltl It would be an important plus for the Warriors facing a Playoffs in which they can come across paint scorers of the caliber of Nikola Jokic, Ja Morant, Zion Williamson or Giannis Antetokounmpoamong others.
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