3 questions the Detroit Pistons must answer after the All-Star break
Detroit Pistons: Can James Wiseman and Jalen Duren co-exist?
Troy Weaver rolled the dice at the trade deadline, shipping out Saddiq Bey and Kevin Knox and bringing in James Wiseman, which was a somewhat confusing move given the Pistons’ lack of wing players and the fact that they already have one of the best young centers in the game in Jalen Duren.
That’s not to mention Isaiah Stewart and Marvin Bagley III, but Weaver is clearly betting that Wiseman has the highest ceiling of any of them and that he can reach his potential with consistent minutes.
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The question is where and how those minutes are going to come. Is Wiseman going to play backup center, pushing MBIII, who is making over $12 million a season (Weaver’s worst decision so far), to the third center spot?
Is Wiseman going to play power forward next to Duren in an attempt to go big, which was one of the main reasons behind the trade according to Weaver?
Can Wiseman do enough on the perimeter on both ends to be a power forward in the NBA or will the Detroit Pistons just have two very athletic centers that sometimes share the court?
Weaver’s tenure in Detroit isn’t likely to be affected by this trade one way or another, but Wiseman is already under contract for next season, so the Pistons need to use these last games to see how he best fits with the bigs they already have.