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James Wiseman's Rookie Defense, How Good Will it Be? Lessons from History

A look at the rookie years of David Robinson, Chris Bosh, Anthony Davis, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett and seven other rookie HS-to-Pros big men

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Eric Apricot
Nov 30, 2020
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Now the James Wiseman Era has begun. Given the role of bigs in the Kerr offense, we expect Wiseman to get most of his offense from a simple role as screener and a rim-runner on pick and rolls, fast breaks and fat putbacks, while working up to the occasional mid-post play for a change up.

So the really huge question is whether Wiseman can be a plus defen…

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