After bouncing around in the league for several years early in his career, Wood emerged onto the scene in the back half of the '19-'20 season for the Pistons. Wood is a skilled big that can stretch the floor, hitting nearly 38% from three over the last five seasons. He can attack hard closeouts, and finishes decently well at the rim. He even has some off the dribble ability. While he's not going to blow by anyone, he can create enough space off the dribble to get his shot off, and doesn't need that much space due to his height. Wood can also operate as either a lob threat in pick-and-roll or as a pick-and-pop threat. He has good hands to catch passes in crowds of defenders, which makes him even more of a threat as a roll man. Wood has the skills to play power forward rather than center, but playing him at that position takes away a lot of what makes Wood unique as a skilled big. He's also probably someone that you want hanging around the rim more than the perimeter defensively, although he isn't a great rim protector either. While his block rate is decent, he doesn't have the positional awareness and defensive IQ to be a true anchor on that end. He has never posted good rim protection numbers, and he has never been very good at boxing out. However, if you have another big, skilled power forward that can slide up to center and play with Wood, then you have something interesting. That's where I thought he could thrive in Dallas, as the Mavericks could play him and Maxi Kleber together, which gave them size defensively since Kleber has always been an underrated rim protector, while still having the ability to play five-out offensively. We saw some of that in '22-'23, and lineups with both Wood and Kleber were moderately successful. The Lakers had some success in this regard playing Wood next to Anthony Davis, having a positive point differential. Overall, Wood was just never fully trusted by Jason Kidd and the Mavs' coaching staff, nor Darvin Ham and the Lakers' staff. Wood is certainly talented, but there are real questions about if he can contribute to winning, and we have yet to see him in the playoffs.