What is James Wiseman's role with the Warriors this season? | The Hoop Collective

Well, we're joined now by Kendra Andrews, who covers the US Warriors based in San Francisco, how are you doing? Kendra, she's pretty good, so I think you're going to Tokyo with the Warriors and the Wizards for two games in about a week. Here I am exactly. a week first uh Global Games we've had since 2019 I think you might have a better experience in Tokyo than I had during last year's Olympics. What do you expect with the

warriors

on that journey? I was going to say sushi, but Like, that part doesn't really include the Warriors, so I guess it's still the sushi, but you know, it'll be the pre

season

, how much can you really get out of the pre

season

?

How much can you take away from them by playing the Wizards and will take a first look. I think that's where

this

team is coming off that championship, most notably James Wiseman. We saw him play in the Summer League, it was the first time we saw him play in a year and a half. but that was with Summer League, honestly with you, that's

what

I want to see. I know Wiseman was a little, I think he averaged ten and five, yeah, he had a tall teacher, he had something like he was blocking shots protecting the rim.

For me he is one of the most interesting people to watch in the league. I've been intrigued by his talent for years, but I think he's played 39 games in his entire career. He had two knee surgeries last season and it's not just Wiseman. but also Jonathan Kaminga and Moses Moody. I mean, part of

this

first part of the season for the Warriors is

what

they have and these young men, we know what they have in their stars, but what these young men have will frame this season. a lot and it's going to be the first time we see this young group and this already solidified group completely together because we saw flashes of Jonathan Kaminga and Moses Moody with things and those guys last year we didn't see James Wiseman. with this you will add Jordan's group, so when we talk about this, the Warriors would now invest in the future, how do we balance that?

This is the first time we will see the entire group of both. those conversations play together and you're talking about you know the future with those guys and what the foundation is going to be like in the years after Steph, Draymond and Clay Wiseman. It's particularly fascinating because you know, I think they obviously will. "I have to give him time, I have to give him, you know, some minutes, some space to develop the season and show that he has done it, but there could be a very fascinating decision and, you know, maybe a difficult decision to make for Steve Kerr and the board, since they." We're getting close to the playoffs because I'll be honest with you last year, when there was still discussion about whether Weissman could come back, he could come back, it's like, man, I don't think Steve Gran, those guys want this thing back. year and then is he going to progress enough to where they're going in the playoffs and is he seen as a guy that can contribute to a championship run or is he going to be, hey, this number two pick in his third season isn't it?

Good enough to break our playoff rotation, yeah, I mean that wouldn't be good, but they can afford it if not, they have to find out what they have in him, you just Kendra, you just don't see guys that big with that guy. of skills very often not, I mean, his touch around the rim is incredible, the way he can move, like his mobility and agility for a guy who is over seven feet tall, you don't really see it, he told me in the summer as if it had been seven. ten pounds of muscle, he used to be a big guy, but his shoulders are incredibly big, the feel of it is there, it's about the nuances of the game and figuring it out, like we saw with Kaminga and Moody last season, the Warriors really.

They reduced their

role

s, they made things simple, we don't want them to do all that and they are going to ask the same of the wise men, so I think, first of all, people think that he will automatically come in and be their starter. center, even if that's not the case, they'll bring it in slowly so he gets the feel, but it's all there on paper. Can you just bring him into the game because he hasn't had the opportunity to do so? Thanks for watching. ESPN on YouTube for live streaming Sports and premium content subscribe to ESPN Plus