Warriors coach Steve Kerr stays hopeful that Andrew Wiggins will return this season after the veteran ahead missed his twentieth straight sport due to a household matter.
Wiggins has been understanding on his personal every single day however when and if he returns to the defending NBA champions, the coaching and medical staffs would want to guage his health and the way a lot he may be capable of contribute and the way quickly.
“Beyond that, once he’s back our training staff will be able to get with him and see where he is,” Kerr stated Tuesday.
There have been no particulars on what Wiggins is coping with as a result of it’s non-public. He hasn’t performed since Feb. 13 in opposition to the Wizards.
He missed his fortieth sport total Tuesday in opposition to New Orleans, having been sidelined for 3 with left foot soreness, 10 due to a strained adductor in his proper thigh, and 7 video games with a non-COVID sickness.
The 28-year-old Wiggins signed a four-year contract extension final October. He is averaging 17.1 factors, 5.0 rebounds and a couple of.3 assists in 37 video games this season.
A primary-time All-Star final season, Wiggins reached the playoffs for simply the second time in his eight-year profession and sometimes took on a tricky defensive project in serving to the Warriors seize their fourth championship in eight seasons.
Still, the timeline for when Wiggins may play remains to be unclear.
“There’s hope but it’s I guess indefinite, it’s also appropriate because we don’t know,” Kerr stated.
