Will Andrew Wiggins regain his 2022 playoff form?

Kuya · Post #1 » by **Kuya** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 12:37 am

I don't see why not and if he does, we're a VERY tough out.

whatisacenter · Post #2 » by **whatisacenter** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 12:43 am

Time will tell. He was shooting the lights out before his injury.

Coxy · Post #3 » by **Coxy** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 12:53 am

I have my doubts. When he's not 100% fit and firing, he can noticeably look a full step off the NBA pace. He won't have a lot of time to catch up either.

BayAreaDub · Post #4 » by **BayAreaDub** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 1:19 am

Depends what he has going on. Don’t even know when he’ll be back?

Big J · Post #5 » by **Big J** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 1:47 am

How will he be between the ears? He's suffering seemingly major family tragedy right now. Kinda hard to care much about hoops when that happens.

DonaldSanders · Post #6 » by **DonaldSanders** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 6:55 am

When he came back from injury, I'm not totally sure he was 100%. The time off may be good for him from a health standpoint, hope he is doing OK with the family stuff. Klay's re-emergence is good for him, he works best when he's not counted on for points but can just fit in when needed and occasionally have a pop off night. I think he'll be fine.

michaelm · Post #7 » by **michaelm** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 7:28 am

Big J wrote:How will he be between the ears? He's suffering seemingly major family tragedy right now. Kinda hard to care much about hoops when that happens.

Hopefully for his own sake the family stuff can resolve.

Otherwise the problem for me is if he lost too much weight with illness and injury. At his height he is wiry at best, and has trouble maintaining any bulk. In the shape he was in for the play-offs last season he was quite strong in addition to all his athleticism, and had no trouble taking on the likes of Tatum and Brown.

SinceGatlingWasARookie · Post #8 » by **SinceGatlingWasARookie** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 8:04 am

I don’t think last year was a fluke.
The whole team was unable to focus this year until the last few games. We only got up for good teams. But we had the uninspiring Pelicans on a back to back and we took care of business.

I don’t see why Wiggins won’t return to last year’s form. He likes playing with winners and being a Winners. No more T-Wolves crap for him until he gets bored with winning.

wco81 · Post #9 » by **wco81** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 3:01 pm

If he isn’t back in the next half dozen games, the team may not be able to rely on him much if at all this season.

BayAreaDub · Post #10 » by **BayAreaDub** » Sun Mar 5, 2023 3:16 pm

michaelm wrote:
Big J wrote:How will he be between the ears? He's suffering seemingly major family tragedy right now. Kinda hard to care much about hoops when that happens.

Hopefully for his own sake the family stuff can resolve.

Otherwise the problem for me is if he lost too much weight with illness and injury. At his height he is wiry at best, and has trouble maintaining any bulk. In the shape he was in for the play-offs last season he was quite strong in addition to all his athleticism, and had no trouble taking on the likes of Tatum and Brown.

Unless him being out has something to do with his personal health he should be maintaining his physique

Hope he’s alright

Big J · Post #11 » by **Big J** » Tue Mar 7, 2023 12:18 am

He's out again tomorrow. I'm starting to wonder if Wiggins has some kind of substance issue going on and they are keeping it under wraps.

Dubs 707 · Post #12 » by **Dubs 707** » Tue Mar 7, 2023 12:43 am

Substance abuse? Seriously! Smh

Big J · Post #13 » by **Big J** » Tue Mar 7, 2023 1:38 am

Dubs 707 wrote:Substance abuse? Seriously! Smh

We have heard nothing about what is going on here. I don't remember a player ever missing this much time without some kind of explaination. It's legit getting weird.

Crazy-Canuck · Post #14 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Tue Mar 7, 2023 3:08 am

Read on Twitter

Doesnt sound like he's coming back any time soon.

vagelis · Post #15 » by **vagelis** » Tue Mar 7, 2023 4:21 am

I hope everything will be ok with Wiggins

xdrta+ · Post #16 » by **xdrta+** » Tue Mar 7, 2023 5:59 am

Big J wrote:He's out again tomorrow. I'm starting to wonder if Wiggins has some kind of substance issue going on and they are keeping it under wraps.

I thought you said it was because his father used cocaine 50 years ago.

watch1958 · Post #17 » by **watch1958** » Tue Mar 7, 2023 11:19 am

xdrta+ wrote:
Big J wrote:He's out again tomorrow. I'm starting to wonder if Wiggins has some kind of substance issue going on and they are keeping it under wraps.

I thought you said it was because his father used cocaine 50 years ago.

His sources are tellinJ him they were sharinJ needles.

tal57 · Post #18 » by **tal57** » Tue Mar 7, 2023 6:38 pm

Big J wrote:
Dubs 707 wrote:Substance abuse? Seriously! Smh

We have heard nothing about what is going on here. I don't remember a player ever missing this much time without some kind of explaination. It's legit getting weird.

Me neither. I've never seen a player missing half of the games Wiggins had missed if there was a family member problem, no matter what problem it is. Of course, I am speculating, but I fully believe the problem is with Wiggins himself. Possibly some kind of developed mental problem. I can't explain it any other way.

Crazy-Canuck · Post #19 » by **Crazy-Canuck** » Wed Mar 8, 2023 4:56 am

If he doesnt come back, the season is toast. He fills too many holes for this roster.

Swift21 · Post #20 » by **Swift21** » Wed Mar 8, 2023 5:59 am

Crazy-Canuck wrote:

Read on Twitter

Doesnt sound like he's coming back any time soon.

He's not coming back.