'I just wanted to get on the court so much, because I just love the game of basketball,' Wiseman said. The 7-foot-1 projected first-round draft pick was declared ineligible shortly before the team's season opener.
But the former Tiger’s first post-departure interview, conducted by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, aired on Friday’s edition of “NBA Countdown.” In it, Wiseman said he was “crying every night” because of the “mental agony” of not being able to play basketball at Memphis. The 7-foot-1 projected first-round draft pick was declared ineligible shortly before the team’s season opener against South Carolina State.
Wiseman’s status came about when the NCAA discovered Penny Hardaway gave $11,500 to Donzaleigh Artis for moving expenses when she moved her family from Nashville to Memphis in 2017 – before Hardaway was named the Tigers’ head coach. Wiseman played in three games for Memphis after obtaining a temporary injunction in Shelby County Chancery court. He eventually dropped the pending lawsuit and the NCAA ruled he must sit out 12 games, eligible to return on Jan. 12. Wiseman remained with the team until Dec. 19, when he announced his intention to withdraw from school to begin preparing for the NBA draft.“I was pretty shocked,” he said. “ the second game, I was in the courtroom for, like, two or three hours.
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