Wait, James Wiseman isn’t getting playing time in Detroit?

Photo by Chris Schwegler/NBAE via Getty ImagesAs hyped as I am that the Golden State Warriors have their first winning record of the 2023-2024 season and that the Chris Paul experiment is off to a roaring start, I can’t lie: I’m still keeping tabs on Golden State’s former #2 overall pick James Wiseman.

I was a huge fan of the draft pick, and even interviewed his trainer David Alexander after that 2020 draft. He assured me that Wiseman would be Rookie of the Year and a future Hall of Famer, and Wiseman absolutely showed flashes.

Unfortunately, Wiseman was waylaid by injury, Covid, a pandemic year and then a Warriors team that found their footing without him to win a championship. He never…