04-04-2023, 12:35 PM
Kendrick Perkins hates the Warriors because they beat his Celtics for the LOB last season. If he is a barometer, the NBA has trepidation about the impact of Andrew Wiggins returning now the GP2 is back too.
Perk downplayed the value of Wiggins since there are "only three games left in the regular season" because he doesn't want the Warriors to be a threat. Chiney disagreed and said adding Wiggins back is a big deal, because she - like most people paying attention to this - have seen enough NBA to know great players are great when they return* after absence. And Wiggins isn't returning from injury as is typically the case, so he had nothing keeping him from keeping up his conditioning. I don't think Wiggins will take much time to be a net positive that impacts winning, because he plays defense and rebounds.
* Klay Thompson maybe wasn't but he missed nearly 2.5 seasons and rust was to be expected, but the W's still won a championship after he returned.
Perk downplayed the value of Wiggins since there are "only three games left in the regular season" because he doesn't want the Warriors to be a threat. Chiney disagreed and said adding Wiggins back is a big deal, because she - like most people paying attention to this - have seen enough NBA to know great players are great when they return* after absence. And Wiggins isn't returning from injury as is typically the case, so he had nothing keeping him from keeping up his conditioning. I don't think Wiggins will take much time to be a net positive that impacts winning, because he plays defense and rebounds.
* Klay Thompson maybe wasn't but he missed nearly 2.5 seasons and rust was to be expected, but the W's still won a championship after he returned.