The Pacers have released center James Wiseman in conjunction with their previously announced signing of Micah Potter and waiving of Garrison Mathews, the team announced in a press release.
After playing one game for the team in late October, Wiseman rejoined the Pacers on December 20, signing a 10-day contract via a hardship exception. ESPN’s Bobby Marks notes (via Twitter) that Wiseman’s 10-Day contract was terminated, which requires no waiver process but allows Wiseman to earn the full amount from the contract.
He suited up in three contests for Indiana after signing with them last week, averaging 13.0 minutes per game and scoring nine total points.
Dustin Dopirak of the Indianapolis Star notes (via Twitter) that the Pacers are not getting another hardship exception at the moment.
The former No. 2 overall pick in 2020 signed with the Pacers last season but only played five minutes before tearing his Achilles and missing the rest of the season.
Still just 24 years old, he holds career averages of 9.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks in 18.8 minutes per night.
Time to go overseas for a year and comeback. Nothing wrong with it. He’s still young and talented to comeback and get on a team for multiple years.
Totally agree. He won’t be under the pressure to perform.
Top 10 on the all-time bust list.
Not really a bust, over hyped and lacked any college so he wasn’t ready for the NBA even though he had an NBA body.
I feel the term “bust” is overused but in Wiseman’s case it fits. Part of being a bust is the hype and he’s never came anywhere close to living up to it. He hasn’t even had a nice career like Andrew Wiggins or Shawn Bradley or others that have been labeled as busts.
Kirk Lacob personally chose Wiseman over the wishes of GM Myers and Coach Kerr (they wanted Haliburton at #2).
Wrong player. Kirk chose Smiley.
That was Ken :)
People always forget about the Covid season, knee injury, etc. He never really had a chance to play.
Wiseman, Curry, Thompson, Green.
I read an old article. About how much tax money Warriors saved by trading Wiseman. Never realized it was that much. Considering they weren’t going to play him really. Let’s face it he was still finding his way. I get their side of it more now. Still these are the pitfalls for teams who draft 19 yr olds. No guarantees they will help in their first contract.
I still like him. He’s had bad luck. At the same time it’s up to him to change that. He has the talent imo.