Will Andrew Wiggins regain his 2022 playoff form?

[Old_Blue]

Whatever it is, I wish him the best, but I just can’t imagine a situation serious enough for him to be out this long and merit this much silence from the player and organization resolving itself in time for the playoffs.

There is only one circumstance in which I think this reasonably happens. I don't want to think about it though. I wish him the best.

[wco81]

It'll be interesting to see how long people are sympathetic to him if his absence contributes to GSW being knocked out of the playoffs and he's still iffy to return by next training camp.

Remember, earlier in his career, he was dogged for not being passionate about the game, for not being hungry enough to be great.

[tal57]

My quote
I was just going to speculate on Warriors odds in the playoffs. I was hoping for Wiggins and GPII coming back before season end and pick up their play. Would be interesting to see what the full squad can do. It would also be huge boost the the defense if nothing else, the Warriors primary Achillies heal. But you are right, I don't think Wiggins is coming back this season because the problem seems to be with himself, not a family member. And it seems to be some kind of mental problem, not physical, otherwise it would have been disclosed. With such problems you never know.

[/quote]No real reason for you to toss in stuff like this.[/quote]

Why not. It is not as if I had tossed to the public the actual reason for his absence, secretly entrusted to me by the organization, the players or someone with the precise knowledge of the situation.
It is strictly my own observation based on my speculative reason eliminating process. Because I am speculating doesn't mean I can't try. Is that a good enough reason for you? You may not like it, you may not except it, you may ignore it, as I am basically ignoring your negative reaction to my quote. Because one thing you can't do is basically tell me what I can or can't engage in writing or speculate on.

[Big J]

He might need a Michael Jordan type sabbatical year off.

[CS707]

Whatever it is, I wish him the best, but I just can’t imagine a situation serious enough for him to be out this long and merit this much silence from the player and organization resolving itself in time for the playoffs.

There is only one circumstance in which I think this reasonably happens. I don't want to think about it though. I wish him the best.

I don’t want to sound douchey but my guess is a mental health issue. If it were related to the health of a family member the organization would have a better idea of the timeframe and likely just shut him down for the year. At face value it appears they’re just slightly less in the dark about a potential return as we are. Either way, I think he’s done for the season.

[ceiling raiser]

I hope Wiggins is back for the playoffs. Don’t really buy into this mentality that people shouldn’t speculate and/or he should have as much time as he needs to handle this.

Physical availability is a big part of player valuation. If players aren’t available for non-physical reasons, that also affects their value. Given that the Warriors are close to the end of the run with this core and need all the help they can get, if he’s physically able to play and chooses not to, I think that will reflect poorly.

[Big J]

If it's a mental issue that makes a lot of sense why the Warriors would want to keep that under wraps as much as possible. His trade value could plummet if other teams knew this.

[Jerry Maine]

If it's a mental issue that makes a lot of sense why the Warriors would want to keep that under wraps as much as possible. His trade value mental health could plummet if other teams the whole world knew this.

FTFY

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

If it's a mental issue that makes a lot of sense why the Warriors would want to keep that under wraps as much as possible. His trade value mental health could plummet if other teams the whole world knew this.

FTFY

“FTFy” nope, I don’t know what that means. I will have to go back to internet acronym school.

Apparently Kerr still does not know whether to expect Wiggins back.
Iguodala had wrist surgey but without Wiggins we might need Iguodala. I wanted to cut Iguodala and replace him with a center but wthout Wiggins I might not want to cut iguodala. The other guys we could cut to get a center are Rollins and Moody.

[Big J]

Kinda thinking that Wiggins might be done playing. This has Tyrell Terry vibes to it. Andrew has made over $100 million dollars, and is an NBA champ and All Star. Probably figures he has nothing left to play for at this point. Is more money or another ring or 2 really going to change his day to day life? Not every guy loves going to the gym and getting up shots every day.

[HiRez]

Kinda thinking that Wiggins might be done playing. This has Tyrell Terry vibes to it. Andrew has made over $100 million dollars, and is an NBA champ and All Star. Probably figures he has nothing left to play for at this point. Is more money or another ring or 2 really going to change his day to day life? Not every guy loves going to the gym and getting up shots every day.

Unless it's something that really breaks him, I don't think so. Because I don't think he signs the new contract with the Warriors if he doesn't want to play, he could have just retired then. And he seemed very happy and excited to get back to playing at the time.

But, I'm not expecting him back this year. If he's going to help the Warriors survive, it's got to be soon, because I don't see them getting past the second round at best if he's not playing.

[Big J]

Well, I could be wrong. Apparently Slater just announced that he's been working out on a daily basis, so that is encouraging at least.

[wco81]

If he's not working out under team supervision, that doesn't mean much.

Hell working out on his own might mean going for a walk or riding an exercise bike for an hour.

It will have been 2-3 months since he's been out?

Not sure why he would necessarily be back by training camp, which is what 5-6 months from now so it will have been 8-9 months since he stopped playing.

But you'd think the team would want him on an offseason program of some kind given his extended absence.

[whatisacenter]

Well, I could be wrong. Apparently Slater just announced that he's been working out on a daily basis, so that is encouraging at least.

LOL - hopefully some encouraging news.

[BayAreaDub]

Good to hear he's working out but hopefully he can get some run before playoffs

even just practice

[vagelis]

I think he will be back for the playoffs

[bicycle]

I think he'll be back. I'm really curious if we'll ever find out what was going on though. He seems like the kind of guy to get to a microphone and just say it's personal and leave it there. Maybe when somebody writes the book in 30 years.

[Big J]

I think he'll be back. I'm really curious if we'll ever find out what was going on though. He seems like the kind of guy to get to a microphone and just say it's personal and leave it there. Maybe when somebody writes the book in 30 years.

We probably would have already heard what was going on if he wanted it out there. If he was a bigger star like Curry there wouldn’t be any way of keeping this silent. TMZ would be stalking his family to crack the case.

[beavis15205]

weird that Kerr said he was now hopeful that he could be back for playoffs and that he was working out on his own? They have to know at this point he's not coming back.

[wco81]

If he came back now, it's doubtful he'd have the same impact as last season or earlier this season.

I guess it's still another body though, even if fitness isn't there, he could play some minutes.