After spending the entire 2024-2025 NBA season recovering from an injury, former Detroit Pistons center James Wiseman knows the uniform he’ll be wearing when he makes his comeback. The Indiana ...

A mong many trades at the 2025 NBA trade deadline, former Detroit Pistons big man James Wiseman was included in a deal. The recovering center’s contract was sent to the Toronto Raptors.

Wiseman was hoping for a fresh start after his injury-riddled tenure with the Warriors, a February 2023 trade to the Pistons and a non-descript season plus with Detroit.

Detroit Pistons forward Tobias Harris (12) takes a shot against Indiana Pacers center James Wiseman (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Detroit.

Instead, Wiseman hasn’t truly shown much at the NBA level, outside of his 25.2 minutes per game with the Detroit Pistons in 2022-23 when he averaged 12.7 points.

He then was traded to the Detroit Pistons in 2023. In his only full season with the Pistons, Wiseman played in a career-high 65 games and averaged 7.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and a career-low 0.6 ...

Wiseman signed a two-year contract with Indiana in July 2024 after two years with the Detroit Pistons. James Wiseman played a little more than four minutes with the Pacers before tearing his Achilles ...

Wiseman, the former No. 2 pick in the 2020 draft, was acquired by the Pacers as a free agent this season after spending the previous four seasons with the Warriors and Pistons.

Including the one game this season, Wiseman has averaged 9.1 points with 5.6 rebounds in 148 games (55 starts) for the Golden State Warriors (2020-23), Detroit Pistons (2023-24) and Pacers.