preface:
Recently, the Warriors have been stuck in the mud, of course, injuries are on the one hand, Wiggins's state is also on the one hand. At the beginning of the season, the Warriors' record was very good, which made the team quite satisfied with the lineup, but there were also big problems behind the satisfaction, especially wiggins' state problems, all the problems when winning can be covered up, but once they lose, all the problems will be exposed, perhaps Wiggins's initial positioning is wrong, the Warriors should let him play as a substitute, not play first.
Tepid, willing to be mediocre
Wiggins is very talented, but 7 years later he debuted on the NBA All-Star stage, throughout the history of the NBA, players like Wiggins are really a minority, but like Wiggins has talent, but such a mediocre person may be the only one in history. Throughout Wiggins' career, he is really like a robot, always working according to the same program, once the score exceeds 18 points, the machine immediately stopped working, although this season Wiggins became an All-Star starter, but this did not motivate him, Wiggins still worked according to his "basketball civil servant" model, commuting on time.
Although Wiggins is very professional in doing so, he really lives up to everyone's expectations for the expectations of fans. Why is Wiggins better on the bench? Because you give Wiggins 35 minutes of playing time, he can deliver an answer sheet that averages 18 points per game, but if you let Wiggins play 25 minutes, you will find that Wiggins can still complete the task of averaging about 18 points per game, implying that his score is not proportional to the time he played, but is determined by his basketball attitude, and there have been many games in the Warriors that have proved that Wiggins may have been full of offense in the first three quarters, but in the fourth quarter, the aggressiveness disappeared, and eventually his score became about 18 points.
Wiggins is one such person, neither Garnett nor Butler, can bring out his little universe, let alone the more easy-going Stephen Curry. And Wiggins and the starting players together, because there are Curry, Thompson, Poole, he prefers to put the ball into the hands of these star players in Curry, rather than taking the initiative to take the responsibility of the attack, Wiggins generally does not play by himself, but always in the state of finding someone, it seems that he is not confident, but it seems that he is such a mentality player, does not like to take on too much responsibility, but likes to do some stereotyped things, in such a situation it is better to let him come to the bench, so that Wiggins will be forced to attack, After all, he is the best player, he does not play and no one plays.
The Warriors may not have Wiggins in the future
To put it bluntly, Wiggins may not be within the Warriors' long-term plan. Because for the Golden State Warriors, the same position has a more cost-effective answer, the high luxury tax every year makes the Warriors have a hard time, but some fans say that the Warriors market value NBA top three, the annual attendance rate is also the forefront of the league, the number of votes alone can earn the deficit back, but the Warriors can obviously earn more, no one will go through with the money, the Warriors boss as a capitalist, it is impossible to sit back and watch the high luxury tax comeback every year, so change is imperative, how to change it? I'm afraid it has to be Wiggins.
Why did Wiggins play as a substitute? If you want to keep Wiggins in the Warriors in the future, now he averages 17.2 points per game but his salary is $31.58 million, and next season it is $33.33 million, the future Warriors will never be able to give him such a high contract again, of course, the Warriors have to take out this money, they also do it, but the money has to be spent on the blade, the Warriors' interior line is far weaker than the front, so it is not good to strengthen their shortcomings? Let Wiggins play as a substitute, is a means for the Warriors to reduce prices, if Wiggins can sign a 20 million one-year contract in the future, it seems that the Warriors still have room to strengthen, and the reality of letting him accept this contract is to let Wiggins play as a substitute and admit the level of his substitutes.
Truth be told, if Wiggins is really a Jordan and James-level player, he's proven it back in the Timberwolves era, but it's clear that Wiggins isn't, both in terms of skill and mentality. The Warriors' internal problems are not solved, and winning the championship seems to be a fantasy, so it is better to practice new people, and The team's Cuminga can be completely mentioned above the starting point, and the facts have proved that if Kuminga Wiggins is given the opportunity, he can also average 18 points per game. But he was younger and had more expectations than Wiggins, a number he couldn't practice.
Wiggins's slump after the All-Star Game is largely due to his too much experience in playing the interior, when Green and Porter are not there, Wiggins, who is 2 meters tall, will be in the position of the big forward, but it turns out that Wiggins not only can't defend this position, but also wastes the feel of the offensive end, so that he intentionally avoids physical contact, basically can float and shoot, absolutely will not break through, ten games after the All-Star Game, Wiggins averaged 1.7 free throws per game, which shows that he is not aggressive and of course limited by the consumption of the top inside line. So the Warriors' five-squad Wiggins can only play the forward guard swing man, making it impossible for him to top the inside line, but Cuminga top the inside line is no problem at all, which is why Wiggins is allowed to play as a substitute, he can play with Porter, someone to do what he doesn't like.
epilogue
Whether it is for the present or for the future, the Warriors let Wiggins play the bench is the most correct choice, there may be fans said, he is an All-Star starter, Kobe Bryant was also an All-Star starter, he also played the bench, although this is cruel for Wiggins, but for the team, this bit of pain is not nothing!