I don’t know what 21-year old big man Jalen Smith did to deserve this, but he appears to be so far out of the Phoenix Suns rotation that recent two-way signee Ish Wainright got minutes over him on Thursday night against Detroit.
Nothing against Ish, whose shoulders look like they were drawn by the late great Stan Lee for a superhero comic, but Wainright is an undersized big and career journeyman while Jalen Smith is a prototype young big that desperately needs seasoning.
Yet Monty Williams favors predictability over potential. Ish must appear more unlikely to do anything bad for the team.