James Wiseman isn’t giving up on his dream. BigTicket_JW spoke to HowardBeck about his return and future:
, collecting eight points, seven rebounds and a block in his first regular-season appearance since April 10, 2021.
Simply put, the Warriors have not had a center with Wiseman’s build, wingspan, athleticism, mobility or touch in, well, decades. He has the strength to finish inside, the springiness to dunk over anyone, a reliable faceup jumper, a knack for shot blocking at the rim and the agility to defend away from it.
“I’m a huge believer,” coach Steve Kerr says. “I think it’s going to take some time, but I think just given the whole package, he’s gonna be an amazing player.”Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty Images “It was heartbreaking,” says Crawley. “But I did tell him, ‘It’s all right to cry. This is the way you’re supposed to feel. This is not about being a man or not being a man—you’re hurt.’ Not only physically, but mentally he was hurt, too. I had to jump on a plane a lot, go down and make sure. He would tell me he was all right. But me being Mama, I could hear it in his voice and know he wasn’t all right.
This past summer brought relief and a renewed joy. Wiseman played four games in Vegas, each one bringing a mix of nerves and excitement, some eye-popping dunks and some clumsy misplays, the signs of an athlete who’d barely plied his trade for two years . “He can be a dominant presence and a dominant figure,” says Warriors vet Andre Iguodala, who has been most impressed with the poise Wiseman has shown throughout the last 18 months. “Most guys would have been broken already. You get drafted No. 2, you gotta live up to the hype. You gotta score a certain amount of points.” But Wiseman, he says, hasn’t fallen prey to any of it.
Somewhere, in a paper bag stashed in a closet, there’s a massive black warmup shirt with the phrase “ALWAYS BELIEVE” in white lettering—and a rip from the neck to the bottom seam. Wiseman wore it in a predraft workout two years ago. The rip tells a story. But that, like everything else, will take time and reps, and everyone has to keep reminding themselves that Wiseman is still just a 21-year-old who’s played 43 official games since graduating high school in 2019. Kerr admits he “threw too much” at Wiseman his rookie season, contributing to some early struggles and early criticism. Kerr adds: “So we’re trying to simplify things now.”
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