Kerr: Wiggins won’t play in Warriors’ final 2 regular-season games
Warriors play at Kings and Trail Blazers in effort to avoid NBA play-in
tournament

>SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 26: Golden State Warriors’
Andrew Wiggins (22) participates during a practice session at the Chase
Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Monday, September 26, 2022. (Jose
Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
By SHAYNA RUBIN | srubin@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2023 at 7:01 p.m. | UPDATED: April 5, 2023 at 7:04 p.m.
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/04/05/kerr-wiggins-wont-play-in-warriors-final-2-regular-season-games/

Andrew Wiggins will not play in the Golden State Warriors’ final two
games of the regular season in Sacramento and Portland, head coach Steve
Kerr said Wednesday in a radio interview.

Kerr, while speaking on 95.7 The Game’s Willard and Dibs show, made the
timeline clearer after saying Tuesday that there would be “no way” that
Wiggins could play within the next few days.

That means the Warriors will be without their star forward for two
crucial games as they are hoping to lock up a playoff spot and avoid the
play-in tournament.

The hope is for Wiggins to be ready for postseason play after having
missed 25 consecutive games tending to an undisclosed family matter. The
28-year-old returned to Chase Center on Tuesday and did play in a
five-on-five scrimmage with his teammates on Wednesday, Kerr said.

“He looked good,” Kerr said. “One thing with Andrew is he has that
god-given athleticism and he’s one of those guys who doesn’t seem to get
tired very easily.”

Wiggins said Tuesday that he didn’t think it would take long for him to
return to game action. If the Warriors lock in the West’s fifth or sixth
seed, the team will have a week to prepare for the first-round series,
giving Wiggins time to ramp up.

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“He has to stack together a number of days like this before he’s ready
to go out and play an NBA game,” Kerr said. “We can’t put him in a bad
spot, health wise we have to bios him up and get his strength and
conditioning in a good place.”

Kerr also stressed that the Warriors will need Wiggins at full strength
for a deep playoff run because of his two-way ability.

“You think about all our playoff series a year ago, he was taking the
best guy whether it was Luka (Doncic) or Jayson Tatum or whoever,” Kerr
said, “and then he’s giving us 18-20 points per night, four or five
offensive rebounds. He was brilliant.”

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Shayna Rubin | General Assignment Sports Reporter
Shayna Rubin is a Bay Area News Group sports reporter for The Mercury
News and East Bay Times. She covered the Oakland A's from 2019 to 2021
and, most recently, the Golden State Warriors' championship run in 2022.
Shayna is a San Francisco native. She is a graduate of San Francisco
State University with a BA degree in journalism and a MA degree in
broadcasting and electronic communication arts.