On March 11, Beijing time, in an NBA development league game, the Santa Cruz Warriors lost to the Stockton Kings 99-109, and this game is also the first game of the Warriors' list Wiseman to return to the game this season, this game he played 20 minutes, scored 18 points and 6 rebounds, when talking about the feeling of this game, Wiseman also said: "It feels like a dream, because I have been away from the stadium for 10 months, I am very grateful to be back here." And in today's game to hand over a fairly good data sheet, it is not accidental, because in the training before the official start of the game, Wiseman shot 4 of 4 three-pointers outside the three-point line, although in the official game Wiseman three-pointers 2 of 0, but he did not rely too much on the outside line, but focused on the inside line to take points, thus playing a good performance.
As the Warriors' 2020 selected list show, Wiseman in his rookie season is indeed favored by Kerr, and even in order to cultivate him, Kerr once sacrificed Curry's core position in the team, although inexperienced, But Wiseman still handed over 11.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 51.9% shooting rate in 21.4 minutes of playing time, the overall performance is not bad, but in a regular season game with the Rockets at that time, Wiseman suffered a meniscus tear injury. The season was reimbursed, and he played only 39 games for the Warriors during his rookie season.
Although there was news that Wiseman may return to the team in December last year, but the injury recovery is not ideal Wiseman, or delayed his return time, because the Warriors maintain a good competitiveness this season, even once at the top of the league list, so for Wiseman's cultivation, the Warriors are not so important this season, because their goal is to return to the Finals this season, towards the championship again, as for Wiseman, Long before the start of the season, a Warriors reporter broke the news that his playing opportunities this season may basically be in the development of the league.
As the highest inner player in the team at present, Wiseman of 2 meters 13 does have an absolute height advantage, and the reason why the Warriors took him off at the draft was to see his height, hoping that he could become the team's inner core in the future, but this season during his injury and absence, the Warriors unexpectedly found the kind of competitiveness of the past few seasons, so Wiseman for this Warriors, it is indeed a bit of a chicken rib taste, but considering that he is only 20 years old, there is still a lot of room for improvement. The Warriors didn't try to scratch the lottery ticket.
And today in the Warriors 11 points to beat the Nuggets game, even if the opposing team has Jokic's MVP level of the top interior line, but the Warriors' penalty area is not too much downwind, relying on Rooney's defensive interior line, Jokic did not play the horror data of the previous few games, this campaign only won 23 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists (21 of 9), so Wiseman's return to the main rotation or not is not so important for this Warriors.
However, for the Warriors, who currently average only the ninth in the league in rebounding per game, if they really have to meet the kind of interior line with absolute height in the playoffs or even the Finals, it is still necessary for Wiseman to top one, even if it is to save Rooney a 10-minute break, it is also necessary, if he can continue to play such an excellent role in the development league, it is really possible to get the Warriors call after that and become the main rotation of the team again this season.