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C- IS WISEMAN BETTER THAN 21ST BEST YOUNG PLAYER IN NBA ??
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21. James Wiseman | 7-1 center, 19 years old | Golden State Warriors | Contract: 4 years, $39.6 million, last two years team options | PR: 2020 Draftee
We’ll close out this one with the third-to-last rookie on this list. So far, I’d call Wiseman’s rookie season about as successful as could have reasonably been expected. He’s a teenager on a team expecting to compete where he started the season in the starting lineup. He only played three games last season. It was going to be a process. There are some bumps in the road, and he’s taken his lumps. But he’s still producing, averaging 12.2 points and 6.1 rebounds with 1.3 blocks in just 21 minutes per night. The Warriors are better with Draymond Green at the five or with Kevon Looney in the lineup, but that doesn’t diminish the signs that Wiseman has shown. He’s enormous, he’s extremely athletic and has looked very coachable.
Offensively, he’s been useful due to his athleticism. The Warriors have used him in the dunker spot and in pick-and-roll as a finisher, and he’s succeeded there. His ability to high-point the ball above basically any other center mixed with his terrific hands allows him to be a constant lob threat at the rim. He takes a few too many midrange jumpers that tank his overall shooting percentages. He needs to either work an awful lot on his floater, or he needs to stop taking it because he’s missed all 10 that he’s taken this season. He’d probably be a bit more successful if he excised everything but the 3s and shots at the rim from his game at this stage, but the Warriors are clearly encouraging him to explore and expand his skill set. It’s always tough to balance development versus wins for a player early in his career, and the Warriors have largely erred on the side of letting Wiseman do his thing versus limiting him in the moments when he’s on the court. But the place where he’s really made an impact is out in transition. Wiseman runs the floor hard every time there is an opportunity for an easy bucket. He presents as an easy target to hit for an easy 2, and his presence draws defenders toward the rim, creating easier looks for Stephen Curry to attempt his lethal transition pull-up 3s.
Defensively, he’s still really figuring out where he needs to be. Particularly, he’s struggling with his depth in drop coverage. Teams can catch him stuck in no man’s land in the gap and hit him for pull-ups or lobs. If he gets locked out on the perimeter, his rotations can be a bit rough. But when he’s around the rim or in position to rotate from the weak side, his tools are readily apparent. He’s a monster around the basket inside already due to his 7-6 wingspan. Teams already have to account for his presence if he’s there. He’s not awesome on that end yet, but you can see the world where he’s going to learn from Green and pick things up quickly.
Ultimately, ranking Wiseman here is a bet on a very intelligent, hard-working kid coming through on the immense physical tools he has and becoming a force. It’s not an exaggeration to say that given his length, athleticism, balance, shooting ability and shot-blocking instincts that Wiseman could very quickly morph into a top-10 center. The Warriors are basically the perfect place for him to do so as well, given the presence of Curry and Green along with a great coaching staff. And at the very least, he’s going to be productive in the minutes he plays.
I’m not quite as high on him becoming an All-NBA guy as some are, given that I have some real reservations about his shot creation and his passing ability. With what we see from other centers on the offensive end, it’s tough to imagine him reaching the level of a Jokic or an Embiid on that end of the floor. He might just be a super high-level defender who finishes enough plays to make some All-Star Games if things really break right. But that’s a hugely valuable player and worthy of a ranking like this even if the floor is just a run-of-the-mill starting center at some point.
1. Steph Curry (27.9% of his mentions were negative)
2. Russ Westbrook (24.6%)
3. Joel Embiid (22.3%)
4. LeBron James (22.1%)
5. Kevin Durant (21.7%)
6. Kyrie Irving (20.7%)
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Kapler said he really likes the idea of La Stella hitting leadoff and Yastrzemski being right behind him or third. Both guys grind out at-bats. That's a rough way for an opposing starter to begin his night. 2/22/21, 12:39 PMFive-time Pro Bowl cornerback Richard Sherman seems to know he will need to find a new team this offseason.
Sherman, who recently finished his third season with the 49ers, told the Sacramento Bee, "It's been made pretty clear" he won't be back with the team next season, citing a recent conversation with 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch.
"It was a good conversation, nothing crazy," Sherman said. "Just a good conversation about where they are and where I am, and their plans. We were both very positive and as good as you can be in a situation like this."
The 32-year-old cornerback played just five games last season after dealing with calf issues. He recorded just a single interception and 18 total tackles in 2020.
Sherman signed a three-year deal with the team prior to the 2018 season and is set to become an unrestricted free agent. He had spent the first seven seasons of his NFL career with the Seahawks and won a Super Bowl. He also made three All-Pro teams.
Sherman told ESPN's Stephen A. Smith earlier this month that he wants to play two more years with a competitive team.
"Very positive. It was an incredible chapter in my career and I got to meet and play with some incredible human beings," Sherman said of his time with San Francisco. "I met some phenomenal coaches, and obviously the relationships that were forged will be lifetime connection and my relationship with 'The Faithful' has obviously evolved during that time, which has been a pretty cool arc in the story. And I'm grateful for it."
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I spoke w/ #49ers DL Nick Bosa (ACL) on the phone real quick before his workout in Ft Lauderdale, Florida today. Bosa says right now he still wants to lay low while he continues to rehab, but told me, “You’ll see my progress on the field next year. Tell them I’m gonna be better.” 2/22/21, 4:28 PMWilson said the question of whether he’s available in a trade is for the Seahawks to answer and teams have reportedly been asking. Michael Silver of NFL Media reports that one-third of the league has called the team about the possibility of a Wilson trade.
Silver adds that those teams have come away with the belief that the starting point for any serious conversations would be three first-round picks. That’s a bit different than word earlier this month that there was no chance that the team would trade Wilson, although it’s unclear if anyone has conveyed a willingness to move that number of assets to Seattle in a trade.
Trading Wilson would require the Seahawks to take $39 million of dead money onto their cap, although waiting to process a trade until after June 1 would allow them to push $26 million of it into the 2022 season. Silver also reported that the Seahawks got Wilson’s message and that there is an opportunity to alleviate his concerns before any trade would be on the table.
NFL -P DISNEY MORE THAN A BILLION APART IN NEW TV DEAL—
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As the NFL works toward extending all TV deals for another 10 years, the network with which the league must do the must work is ESPN.
Disney, the parent company of ESPN and ABC, has balked at the NFL’s demands. According to John Ourand of Sports Business Journal, the NFL initially asked for $3.5 billion per year for Monday Night Football. That would represent a 75-percent increase over ESPN’s current annual average of $2 billion.
Per Ourand, ESPN offered $2.4 billion per year, a 20-percent bump over the current amount.
Common sense suggests that the two sides will meet in the middle, possibly at $2.95 billion per year. If, after all, ESPN put $2.4 billion on the table knowing that ESPN wanted $3.5 billion, it could easily be argued that ESPN knew or should have known that the two numbers would set up a final agreement at the midpoint.
But that’s hardly a hard-and-fast method for bridging a financial gap. ESPN may stop short of $2.95 billion, especially if no other network is ready to pilfer the rights to Monday nights. Then there’s the question of whether new Disney CEO Bob Chapek would walk away from NFL rights — and the question of whether Disney can make the NFL think that Chapek would.
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