Not crazy if you’ve watched him play. He finally showed flashes of being league-worthy on the Pacers before he got injured. Dude was not properly prepared for the league

He just never really got a chance to actually play much basketball. Eligibility, Covid, Injuries, being drafted to a team that was actually trying to compete and had two other highly drafted rookies…

I thought he should go to europe for one of those teams that just constantly plays/scrimmages full 5 on 5 and, with some health luck, just get a ton of reps in.

I’m old enough to remember his first 2 games with the Warriors, where he looked good and people were already clowing the Wolves for choosing Ant over him.

He’s a really good mid-2nd round pick. He just didn’t start playing basketball until he was like 18.

Nah we actually need him to play, or at least if he’s impressing would like to give him the chance to show he’s better than Drummond

Isn’t that on the Warriors’ front office misevaluating his talent and making him a #2 pick

The second he left Denver he fell off a cliff and going back didn’t fix it.

He sucks ass. Rumored he has an alcohol problem.

“I’m not taking any of those guys. You don’t understand. Them guys playing with Nikola look a whole lot better than what they really are”

-Larry Bird

Denver is desperate for warm bodies, their bench is a wasteland, so if he couldn’t stick there on a vet min with his pedigree in Denver then yikes.

He wasn’t anything amazing here but not “out of the league” bad.

Jokic merchant

old

Was he? Other than playing with Jokic in 2023 that lead to that ballon payment he’s been a minimum player. Even as a trade piece he never seemed to be valued

A worse Terance Mann

He has not been that since the championship.

it’s crazy because he still played all 82 games last season on 24 minutes per game

He got his bag and very quickly declined after that.

Lana Rhodes child support amount about to change soon.

Nuggets traded MPJ for “depth” yet that depth caused Nuggets to lose in 1st round for first time in 4 years lol

Thanks to Lana Rhoades

There’s some context here in that we absolutely had to choose a center from this group

i hated him on our team

Bruce Blown

Yeah, I’m like wtf didn’t expect his name here

Right! He was an in demand free agent a couple of years ago.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen a drop this big that wasn’t age or injury related

didn’t think of that. good looks

Good point

Yeah I thought that was an obvious connection once the Knicks signed him. Played decent in his rookie year too so Brown knows him

If Coach Brown could take two of these guys, he obviously would. Blame the apron, blame James Dolan, but don’t blame the players or the coach

Knicks will have 15 by the end of the season. Vet min contracts are prorated based on when the player signs AKA the contract is worth less and less from when it’s signed as the season goes on.

This was a thing in older cbas too. Technically “full” rosters are 13 players because that’s the minimum amount needed. 15 is just extra

At least the newer cbas have come with two way players

I agree mostly but the Knicks do have a lot of quality players that are being paid good money and 14 vs 15 players isnt that big of a deal when your aspirations are Championship, I imagine every other team will have 15 players on the roster heading into the season. May be also looking at keeping a roster spot for a buyout or waived player

This been a thing for like 15 years. And every team has 15 players by the playoffs

James Wiseman was a Culmination of COVID and the Warriors trying to compete for a Championship. He never really had a chance

Wilder that he’d be on his fourth team in four years IF he makes the cut.

Ochai has Miami Heat written all over him

why? he sucks

He’ll join the Mavericks if he can’t make the cut on the Knicks.

At least Ochai would be healthy

Wiseman a walking scratch

If AD is Street Clothes then Wiseman is Hospital Gown

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I saw that. So this is a blurb from a writer about a report he saw which cited unnamed witnesses who said Wiseman is the favorite in their opinion. That is a pretty thin bit of information you’re running, sir.

Yeah, he seems very genuine

Yeah, he probably wasn’t ready when he got drafted. Didnt he get ruled ineligible to play in college so basically went to the pros with little to no higher level playing experience?

From an athleticism standpoint, he should be in the league, but has his Basketball IQ improved?

i fucked with big jim. but i was a nut. before that draft i would weirdly fantasize that i knew the direct path to continue winning multiple chips and was in a position to be in joe’s ear, so i told him it started w drafting wiseman at 2…

the mfer didnt even see the court in 22 lol

that team would win 8 games.

An expansion is stupid as hell. We don’t need two more tanking teams every year

In short, yes

Nahhh, I don’t think he’s an NBA player

No, it’s very common. Tax teams commonly do other shenanigans too like acquiring second round picks to fill the backend of their roster with rookie minimums which are cheaper than standard minimums. They’ll also often keep the 14th spot as cheap as possible with non-guaranteed deals, rookie 10-days, and having it unfilled as long as permissible in-season.

No we were in the same situation last year. We ended up signing Sochan for the 15th spot in Feb or March once the prorated salary was low enough to fit. This year we’ll have more cash so we can get a 15th player a lot sooner.

No,common. Stupid rule because of Warriors dynasty