michaelm wrote:I am pretty much a Wiggins fan, but my rating of him is somewhere between yours and FNQ’s.
I agree with FNQ he is not being Uber utilised, he is being used close to perfectly imo, having a significant impact on both ends, I am wry happy he is playing for GSW and he himself would seem rather happy in his current situation, have you Iever previously seen him smiling as much as he does now ?.
Right now he is used more than in the beginning of the season.
Kerr has incorporated him better in his system. And Curry seems that he has a better connection with him in games.
Draymond Green always had a good connection with Wiggins and he supported him all this time as I far as I saw.
In the last 9 games Wiggins has 47 touches per game and scores 23.6 ppg with 56.5 fg% in those games (at the beginning of the season he had around 36 touches per game and scored around 15ppg with 42-43fg%).
His role got bigger in the last 9 games and his efficiency got bigger. It seems that the Warriors trust him more.
https://www.nba.com/stats/players/touches/?Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&LastNGames=9&TeamID=1610612744https://www.nba.com/stats/players/traditional/?sort=PTS&dir=-1&Season=2021-22&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&LastNGames=9&TeamID=1610612744This is fine for me I cannot complain about his role in the last games.
But it is obvious that having him take more touches his production raised and his efficiency raised in the last 9 games. Wiggins always plays better when he is more involved.
His efficiency always goes up when he gets a bigger role. That is because he is a kind of player who needs the ball to take rythm and self confidence.
This happened with the Timberwolves when he had his worst efficient seasons when his role decreased with Thibodeau,
this happened last year when he played a lot better and efficient with a bigger role when Oubre got out of the lineup,
this happens this year too in the last 9 games
Anyway, yes, he is in a very good situation for him right now and he seems happy.
And yes Warriors fans do not wait his first mistake in order to blame him for all the problems of the franchise.
It seems a very good environment for him.
But personally I think he can do more. He always can do more, his talent has no limit