SeattleMack wrote:sully00 wrote:SeattleMack wrote:Okungwu. Runs both sides of the floor, you know what your getting with him. I'd look hard at Topin as well.
Wiseman to me, has character issues and is unproven. He quit on his team pretty easy last year for the suspension. The entire Penny in high school and college situation raises too many red flags for me. Also "won't talk to Minnesota" etc.....
Wiseman got screwed last year. The NCAA is totally corrupt his suspensions resulted from him and his family doing something legal that became illegal when his AAU and former NBA player Penny Hardaway took a job with the school he was headed to. The situation was ridiculous but Penny Hardaway appears to have used Wiseman's commitment to get the job at his own alma mater. He is the person who should have been punished not the kid and his family trying to navigate this bull system.
I've been around Seattle AAU ball for over 20 years. I use to post on here under tradevin. I've seen many guys come thru AAU and go on to the NBA, including a few former celtics. A friend of mine here is one of the top AAU guys and west coast coach. There are certain type of guys that swap high schools once, twice, three times. They also only have their own interest in mind, no one else's. They fade, they burnout and they wear out their welcome everywhere they go. Wiseman followed Penny to Memphis East and the followed him to Memphi$. He was getting paid at East, he was getting paid at Memphis. He knew the system, he knew the rules and then played the victim and THEN quit when suspended. Also, the way he refused to talk to the Twolves just rubbed me wrong as well. A chance to be the #1 pick in a pretty solid franchise and ??
There were also many reports about his motor in high school.
Too many red flags for me my friend.
You’re correct about guys changing schools but you should probably look into the history of why Wiseman did so. It’s actually a great story and shows what a great person Penny is...
