<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/3-best-pacers-trade-targets-after-james-wiseman-isaiah-jackson-injuries');   ga('set', 'title', '3 best Pacers trade targets after James Wiseman, Isaiah Jackson injuries');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0930.jpeg"></figure><h1>3 best Pacers trade targets after James Wiseman, Isaiah Jackson injuries</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-03T19:07:07-08:00">November 3rd, 7:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-03T19:07:07-08:00">November 3rd, 7:07pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Indiana Pacers have suffered a couple of major blows early in the 2024-25 season with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-james-wiseman-torn-achilles-season-opener">injuries to two of their centers in James Wiseman</a> and Isaiah Jackson. The Pacers still have Myles Turner up front, but the injury bug leaves them very thin in terms of their center rotation. It would be wise for the Pacers to explore the trade market when it comes to addressing their injury issues at center.</p><p>Looking around the NBA, there isn’t a big market in terms of quality centers who could be available via trade for the Pacers, but there are a couple of players who could fit the bill.</p><p>Both Wiseman and Jackson are dealing with Achilles injuries and will likely be out for quite some time if not the duration of the 2024-25 season. If the Pacers want to be a legitimate team in the Eastern Conference, they’re going to need additional help up front.</p><p>The Pacers have started out the 2024-25 season rather slowly mustering only a 2-4 record so far. It’s possible a replacement center could come in the <a href="https://x.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1852898845564235788" rel="noopener">form of a free-agent signing</a> from a player already available, as per Keith Smith of Spotrac. But the Pacers need to scour the trade front to find immediate help. Here’s a look at a few targets they could inquire about.</p><h2><b>1. Walker Kessler<br></b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0931.jpeg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This is probably a swing for the fences type move and could be more of a pipe dream for the Pacers on the trade front. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-linked-walker-kessler-trade">Kessler is coveted by other teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers</a>. Indiana would certainly have competition for him.</p><p>If the Pacers do trade for a center, it will be for someone coming off the bench as Myles Turner is the starting big man. Kessler has started all six games for the Utah Jazz so far and he may not be very amenable to moving to the bench for Indiana.</p><p>But he’s a developing player with size and talent at center. Through the first six games of the season, he’s averaging 9.7 points, 11.2 rebounds and 3.0 blocked shots while shooting 62.2 percent from the field. He would be a perfect addition for the Pacers. If the Pacers could get some kind of assurance that Kessler would be fine coming off the bench, some form of trade involving rookie Johnny Furphy and second-year guard Ben Sheppard could work.</p><p>But the Pacers like Sheppard and he’s been a big part of their rotation after a strong playoff run last year as a rookie. Kessler probably isn’t a realistic target, but one they should reach out about just in case.</p><h2><b>2. Kelly Olynyk<br></b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0932.jpeg"><figcaption>Eric Bolte-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Olynyk is a more realistic target than Kessler and would be fine with a bench role as the backup center. He’s currently dealing with back injury though and is likely a few weeks away from a possible return. The Pacers might not be able to wait that long to pull a move for a center.</p><p>But if they are willing to wait, Olynyk would be a solid addition to a team looking to make the playoffs. Even though Olynyk would be okay coming off the bench, it’s not likely he’s looking to be moved after being dealt to his hometown team last year in the Toronto Raptors.</p><p>He’s a quality veteran too, coming off a season during which he averaged 12.7 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists in the 28 games he played for the Raptors after the trade last year. He’s a stretch big too who spaces the floor with his three-point shooting at a career average of 36.9 percent.</p><p>It’s not a stretch to imagine the Raptors asking about Canada native Bennedict Mathurin in a possible trade, but the Pacers should not do such a thing. There should be other avenues towards getting an Olynyk deal done that does not include a key piece of the team’s future.</p><h2><b>3. Zeke Nnaji<br></b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0933.jpeg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Another potential center trade target for the Pacers is Nnaji, who has not been able to establish himself in the Denver Nuggets rotation despite signing a long-term contract extension during preseason last year.</p><p>Nnaji played around 17 minutes per game during the 2021-22 season and a little over 13 in 2022-23. But his minutes dropped to just under ten last year, and he’s down at three per game this year. He’s a rim-running big man who can be active in the paint. He’s also able to shoot the midrange jumper and has worked on his three-point shot.</p><p>It likely won’t take much to pry Nnaji away from the Nuggets. And at this point, a change of scenery might be what he needs. Nuggets coach Mike Malone has gone to playing Deandre Jordan over him this season. The Pacers should most certainly reach out and inquire about a trade.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 best Pacers trade targets after James Wiseman, Isaiah Jackson injuries

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-honors-james-wiseman-achilles-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton honors James Wiseman following Achilles injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Pacers-news-Tyrese-Haliburton-honors-James-Wiseman-following-Achilles-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton honors James Wiseman following Achilles injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-25T13:26:39-07:00">October 25th, 1:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-25T13:26:39-07:00">October 25th, 1:26pm</time><address><a>Jaren Kawada</a>Jaren Kawada is a former full-time sports bettor and is now a NFL, College Football and Betting Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. Kawada was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, after graduating from Butler University with a B.A. in sports media. Aside from football, Kawada is an avid combat sports and basketball bettor.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Indiana Pacers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>James Wiseman’s NBA career has not gone as planned, and his fifth season in the league is already over before it began. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-james-wiseman-torn-achilles-season-opener">Wiseman tore his Achilles</a> in the Indiana Pacers’ season opener on Oct. 23 leading to season-ending surgery the following day.</p><p>Following Wiseman’s catastrophic injury, Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton <a href="https://x.com/pacers/status/1849856146435412475?s=46" rel="noopener">honored his downed teammate during pregame warmups</a> in Madison Square Garden on Oct. 25. Haliburton wore Wiseman’s practice jersey over his long-sleeve warm-up shirt ahead of Indiana’s road clash against the New York Knicks.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyrese Haliburton showing love for James Wiseman 🫶 <a href="https://t.co/1nqGN7FQ63">pic.twitter.com/1nqGN7FQ63</a></p><p>— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pacers/status/1849856146435412475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Wiseman came off the bench and lasted just five minutes in the game before going down after attempting a three-pointer. He scored six points in his limited minutes against his former team, the Detroit Pistons. Without him in the lineup, Obi Toppin filled in as backup center, with second-round rookie Enrique Freeman seeing seven minutes off the bench.</p><p>Initially entering the league as the No. 2 overall pick of the 2020 Draft, Wiseman spent three years with the Golden State Warriors. He appeared in just 39 games as a rookie before missing his entire second season with a torn meniscus. During his third year, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-deadline-warriors-send-james-wiseman-pistons-3-team-trade-hawks">Wiseman was traded to the Pistons</a>, where he would spend the next year and a half.</p><h2><b>Pacers seek 2-0 start to 2024-2025 season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tyrese-Haliburton_0f2db6.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Despite the loss of Wiseman in the Pacers’ first game of the year, Indiana went on to beat the Pistons on the road, 115-109, in its season opener. The Pacers were led by 20 points, nine rebounds and four blocks from Myles Turner to hold off Cade Cunningham’s game-high 28 points.</p><p>For their second game of the year, Indiana remained on the East Coast for their first season matchup <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-vs-knicks-prediction-odds-pick-10-25-2024">against the New York Knicks</a>. The teams will meet for the first time since the Pacers eliminated the Knicks in the 2024 playoffs to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.</p><p>New York is coming off a lopsided 132-109 loss to the Boston Celtics in their first game. Miles ‘Deuce’ McBride was the only player on the Knicks to find any success on offense with 22 points off the bench to match Jalen Brunson for the team lead. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 37 points while Derrick White and Jaylen Brown both also scored over 20.</p><p>Once the Pacers finish up their current road trip in New York, they will return to Indianapolis. The team’s home opener will be on Oct. 27 when they host the new-look Philadelphia 76ers in the Gainbridge Fieldhouse.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton honors James Wiseman following Achilles injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-james-wiseman-torn-achilles-season-opener');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ James Wiseman suffers torn Achilles in season opener');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/James-Wiseman-suffers-torn-Achilles-in-season-opener.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ James Wiseman suffers torn Achilles in season opener</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-24T14:03:47-07:00">October 24th, 2:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-24T14:22:19-07:00">October 24th, 2:22pm</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Indiana Pacers center James Wiseman suffered a <a href="https://x.com/BrettSiegelNBA/status/1849555669449572781" rel="noopener">torn left Achilles</a> in the team’s opening night victory over the Detroit Pistons and will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season, league sources told ClutchPoints on Thursday.</p><p>With 1:15 remaining in the first quarter of Wednesday night’s game in Detroit, Wiseman attempted a three-point shot over Pistons big man Isaiah Stewart and appeared to tweak something in his left leg while backpedaling. He immediately struggled to put weight on that leg, and Wiseman looked behind him as if someone had kicked him in the calf or he had stepped on something.</p><p>At the next dead ball, Wiseman was helped to his feet and off the court to the bench with Pacers medical personnel. Shortly after, he was helped to the locker room, where the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-james-wiseman-leaves-pistons-game-injury">team ruled him out with a left calf injury</a>. Upon further testing on Thursday, it was determined that Wiseman did tear his left Achilles, an injury that the team initially feared. The next steps in his recovery are unknown at this time.</p><p>Wiseman, 23, was the second overall pick in the 2020 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. After being traded to the Pistons during the 2022-23 season, Wiseman proved to be a serviceable big man that showed potential as a lob threat in pick-and-roll situations. As a result, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-james-wiseman-former-warriors-free-agency">Pacers signed the young center</a> to a two-year, $4.78 million free agent contract in the offseason. The second year of Wiseman’s contract contains a $2.54 million team option.</p><p>Indiana was expecting Wiseman to hold a key role behind Myles Turner in the frontcourt, but he will now spend the remainder of the 2024-25 season rehabbing from this devastating Achilles injury. Prior to exiting Wednesday night’s game, Wiseman had recorded six points and a rebound in five minutes off the bench.</p><p>Without Wiseman in their rotations, the Pacers will now turn to Isaiah Jackson to be the second-string center behind Turner in the team’s nightly rotations. However, Jackson missed Indiana’s season opener in Detroit due to a right groin strain, which resulted in Obi Toppin and rookie second-round pick Enrique Freeman being the team’s two bench options in the frontcourt. Turner and Pascal Siakam played 36 and 32 minutes, respectively, following Wiseman’s injury.</p><p>In a total of 148 NBA games with three different organizations, Wiseman has averaged 9.1 points and 5.6 rebounds per game while shooting 56.0 percent from the floor. The fourth-year big man now faces an uphill battle to resume his basketball career in the wake of his Achilles injury.</p><p>As team and Wiseman will evaluate treatment options, Indiana will provide further updates as appropriate.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ James Wiseman suffers torn Achilles in season opener

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/pacers-news-james-wiseman-leaves-pistons-game-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Pacers’ James Wiseman leaves Pistons game with concerning injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/James-Wiseman-leaves-Pistons-game-with-concerning-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Pacers’ James Wiseman leaves Pistons game with concerning injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-23T16:54:45-07:00">October 23rd, 4:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-23T17:20:52-07:00">October 23rd, 5:20pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It didn’t take long for the injury bug to strike the Indiana Pacers in 2024-25. During the first quarter of their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-cade-cunningham-detroit-synergy">season opener against the Detroit Pistons</a>, big man James Wiseman <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1849235353065893956" rel="noopener">went down with a non-contact injury</a> after shooting a three-pointer.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">James Wiseman limped off the floor after suffering a non-contact leg injury after shooting this 3-pointer.</p><p>Prayers up to the Pacers big man 🙏<a href="https://t.co/oaixcTapg3">pic.twitter.com/oaixcTapg3</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1849235353065893956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Wiseman immediately left the game and went to the Pacers’ locker room with the training staff. He has a <a href="https://x.com/BrettSiegelNBA/status/1849235272157843540" rel="noopener">left calf injury</a> and will not return to tonight’s game, according to ClutchPoints NBA Insider Brett Siegel.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-james-wiseman-former-warriors-free-agency">Wiseman singed a two-year contract with the Pacers</a> this summer in free agency, and is looking to revive his career after unsuccessful stints with the Golden State Warriors and the Pistons. He has a chance to provide solid depth in the Pacers’ frontcourt if he’s able to get back on the floor soon.</p><p>Wiseman never found his footing in Golden State after the team drafted him No. 2 overall out of Memphis in the 2020 NBA Draft, and an injury forced him to miss the entirety of his second season in the NBA in 2021-22. He was traded to Detroit in the middle of the 2022-23 season, where he immediately found a role with the Pistons.</p><p>Following the trade, Wismean played 25 minutes per game with the Pistons and averaged 12.7 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, giving the team optimism that he could fulfill his potential there. However, he struggled to carve out a consistent role there last season, as fellow Memphis alum Jalen Duren passed him on the depth chart. Wiseman was limited to just over 17 minutes per game last season before departing in free agency.</p><p>Wiseman was off to a good start in the season opener, scoring six points in five minutes for Indiana off the bench. He was projected to be the backup five behind Myles Turner in hopes that he can provide some size and versatility off the bench. Any time there’s a non-contact lower body injury there is significant worry, so Pacers fans will be eagerly awaiting an update on Wiseman’s status.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pacers’ James Wiseman leaves Pistons game with concerning injury

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He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There hasn’t been much for Detroit Pistons fans to cheer about this season. It’s been a struggle, with the team setting a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-cade-cunninghams-humbling-historic-28-game-losing-streak" rel="noopener">not-so great accomplishment</a>. With a losing team, it’s important to have quality veterans in the locker room who can keep the team together and help maintain focus. For James Wiseman, one of the younger guys on the Pistons, <a href="https://twitter.com/Pistons__Talk/status/1767388121698631853" rel="noopener">that role</a> has been filled by veteran big man Taj Gibson as per Bally Sports Detroit.</p><p>“In just a short time, he’s given me a lot of confidence,” Wiseman said. “Just always speaking to me, just always telling me to play my game, play free out there and play with a clear mind.”</p><p>The Pistons signed Taj Gibson to a 10-day contract and it appears as if he’s earned more time on the roster, even if he doesn’t contribute on the court. James Wiseman has solidified the Pistons backup center spot after they traded Marvin Bagley at the trade deadline.</p><p>Gibson has yet to appear in a game for the Pistons, but if he can be a mentor to Wiseman, he’s worth his roster spot. Gibson played briefly for the New York Knicks this season, appearing in 16 games including one start at a little over ten minutes per game. He averaged 1.0 points per game and 1.8 rebounds with splits of 30.4 percent shooting from the field and 100 percent shooting from the free throw line.</p><p>Gibson’s value to a team now lies in his leadership and experience rather than what he can bring on the court.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
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2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
6.0	1.0	-	-	-

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