I watched this cut up of all his minutes (I think) in the game vs Oregon and disagreed with a couple of your takes. I watched it once normally, then a second time on a higher speed to mark some specific plays.
James Gatz wrote:Went through and watched the Oregon game after having a bit of back and forth on this thread. Couple of key takeaways:
Good
- Sets good screens and has excellent catch radius.
- Size is undeniable and led to a block without jumping.
- Straight line speed was impressive for his size.
Mixed
- Showed some touch on his jumper but all three shots were low percentage looks at the start of the shot clock.
Don't have much to add here, or about his offense in general, but Oregon overloaded on him fairly hard to prevent him any easy looks and the Memphis guards seemed pretty bad at getting him the ball, which seems to be backed up by their leader in assists only averaging 4.3 and not having anyone else even average 3 per game. He seemed to finish well when he got it in a good position and got a couple put backs. He got a couple turnovers when they were down at the end of the game where it seemed like he was trying to do too much.
Bad
- Majority of rebounds were uncontested and was outrebounded multiple times with 50/50 balls.
I didn't notice any plays where he got outrebounded on 50-50s. The closest I saw was at
14:46, where he almost gets an offensive rebound while off balance but loses the ball. I guess you could count that one.
- Was switched out to a perimeter player twice and got beat both times.
This seems off. Here are all of his possessions in this video of PnR defense, or where he gets isolated on a ball handler.
Good
1:00 - Gets switched onto the ball momentarily after hedging PnR, denies the drive, and then recovers to his man.
2:14 - Switches onto the ball on a PnR hedge, denies the drive, recovers back to his man as the driver is forced into a tough fade-away, and gets the rebound.
5:53 - Hedges PnR, denies the drive, and gets a good contest when the handler attempts a step back.
6:18 - Switches onto the ball on a PnR, denies the drive, and recovers back to his man.
16:14 - Gets isolated on a ball handler. Gets in his stance and stays with the drive and alters the shot.
17:55 - Hedges the PnR, denies the drive, and recovers to his man.
Mixed
16:51 - Plays multiple screens well. Gets isolated on the ball handler. Gets down in his stance well, but gives the man slightly too much space and gives up a semi-contested 3.
19:51 - Steps up a little too high after switching onto the ball on a PnR and lets the handler get a half step on him. Shows good recovery speed and forces the ball into help and ultimately doesn't get punished. This play would have been more likely to be punished against an NBA PG.
Bad
7:51 - Steps out to hedge the PnR, but the ball handler rejects the screen and beats his man driving the opposite direction. Wiseman hesitates too long before recovering, which forces unnecessary help and allows an open shot at the rim.
8:50 - Hedges a PnR into the left corner, but over helps and stays on the ball too long after the primary defender recovers while his man pops behind the 3pt line. Recovers recklessly after the ball is swung to his man on the pop and gets burned after falling for a shot fake.
- Got bullied in the post more than I expected. Two And1s scored on him.
I didn't see really see him getting bullied at any point in the game.
0:07 - The first and1. More of a positioning mistake. He over-helps when the primary defender has the play pretty well contained and allows his man to get good position on the block and then fouls him after getting in the air falling for a shot fake.
15:12 - Second and1. Hes in help side on the left block and an offensive player splits a weak double team on the right block between two Memphis defenders and Wiseman is left in no mans land and makes a play for the ball. Not really his fault.
- Foul trouble caused him to sit most of first half.
- Had trouble with help rotation.
- Memphis was outscored when he was on the floor by a decent margin.
Saying he had trouble with help rotation isn't entirely untrue, but a bit of an exaggeration imo. His rotations were pretty good overall and had multiple plays where he rotated well and altered shots, but he did make a few mistakes. Heres all the other rotation mistakes I saw that I haven't pointed out already.
9:50 - Gets very slightly out of position while expecting a PnR and the ball is swung to his man. He gives up a shot at the rim despite staying with the man pretty well for not being in perfect position and almost blocking the shot.
10:26 - Slightly out of position. Should have stepped over towards the middle to help stop the drive, assuming the man he was guarding wasn't a 3pt threat (I'm not sure).
This wasn't the full unedited game, so its possible there was something that was cut out that shouldn't have been, but this seemed like it was all of his plays. Its also possible I missed something that was in the video, but I tried to find everything relevant to the things you pointed out.
He didn't get to play a ton of minutes, it was a boring game for him offensively, and he definitely made some mistakes on defense, but I still liked what I saw overall.
I think he shows potential on defense, but he definitely has some things to work on. I think he'll be a lob threat and finisher on offense right away once he gets to play with more competent guards. I wish Memphis did a better job of getting him the ball. There offense seemed pretty stagnant and they didn't run many pick and rolls. There were multiple plays where he had his man sealed with good position, but never got the ball. The few times he did get the ball around the basket he finished pretty effortlessly.