GeorgeSears wrote:It's a testament to the Warriors' fan base. A few years back, Zaza was a top vote getter.
As for Wiggins starting, if you look at the frontcourt top vote getters, it became a process of elimination. Paul George is out, AD missed 17 games, optically having Draymond as a starter when he's avg. 8 ppg is a bad look plus he's injured, Towns, Gobert and Ayton are all centers and Jokic is already starting. So, if you break it down like that, Wiggins being the starter kind of made sense.
This is probably mostly the reason. Wiggins isn't a top 6 forward in the West when everyone's healthy, but they aren't, he has been, they probably werent going to have 2 Cs, and Wiggins is having his best season to date. Perfect storm really.
But the players and media also putting him in is a big deal. A lot of posters cant handle that.. everyone is wrong except them and their perceptions of Wiggins. Admittedly when I and some other W's fans came here early last year and talked about much better Wiggins looked - not just the jersey switch, but the defense and the shooting - it was handwaved off. It doesn't appear to have gotten much better here, but fans, players and media have definitely all come around.
And sure, the W's fanbase helps. But it didnt help Wiggins last year (7th, ahead of Wood, Ingram and Melo) so the increase is due to less competition (due to injury) and the perception of Wiggins changing around the league. Eventually the GB will catch up
