On September 28, Beijing time, the Warriors Media Day was carried out as scheduled, the Nets did not vaccinate Irving, and finally did not have the opportunity to meet, and Wiggins was not vaccinated, but he still appeared on the media day. This time Wiggins was very tough, repeatedly refuting the reporter without any room for tone, and finally he said that he would say all his thoughts at the right time. In an interview, Curry's tone is not quite right, saying that it is a subtle criticism of Wiggins, and the tone is full of helplessness, and there must be an element of vitality. The Warriors' attempt to cover up the situation has also attracted dissatisfaction from the US media, saying bluntly that they have no way out now and no alternative options.
About Wiggins
Reporter: "People think you haven't been vaccinated, do you want to clarify the facts?" Wiggins: "I'm all well, I just want to keep it a secret for the time being." Reporter: "What do your teammates think?" Wiggins: "They're all very supportive of me, and if they want to say something, that's okay." As reporters continued to discuss the topic of refusing vaccinations, Wiggins was a little impatient: "I am very confident in my beliefs and ability to recognize right and wrong. I will only do what I believe in myself. What one person thinks is right, another person may not think so, and vice versa. A reporter asked Wiggins what his faith was, and Wiggins replied: "It doesn't matter to you." A reporter reminded him that he would lose a lot of money if he missed the game, Wiggins: "It's not your problem, this is the problem I have to face." ”
Wiggins eventually emphasized, "When I'm ready, I'll speak my mind, and the only thing you media are doing right now is to amplify things." Yesterday, according to Warriors reporter Sloter, the Warriors not only planned to let Wiggins participate in media day activities, including preseason training camp, as well as four preseason games, Wiggins played an important role, because the San Francisco vaccination regulations will not take effect until October 13, so the Warriors have half a month to convince Wiggins to vaccinate. General Manager Miles is reluctant to talk too much about Wiggins, in the words of journalist Jason Pat, no one can change Wiggins' mind in a short period of time.
Curry was helpless
Asked by a reporter about Wiggins' reluctance to vaccinate, Curry: "It's not ideal bro, I know (vaccination) is not our obligation, we will wait, I hope we have a full lineup all year round, a lot of surveys say vaccines are absolutely safe, I believe we are the same." 」 We all want him to play, and if that doesn't work, then we'll adjust accordingly. When the reporter asked Wiggins about this decision, Curry said: "You ask everyone in the team, and everyone has 18 ways to explain his personal decision." In the end, it's all his own decision, I don't think there's any doubt about it, but we want him to receive the right information and have access to the right resources before making a decision. We all think we made the right decision, whether you agree with him or not, and now you can only go with the flow. ”
The Bay Area media also recognized the inner meaning of Curry's words, just 4 days ago, Owen had praised the vaccine conspiracy theory, saying that some secret societies would connect black people to a giant computer through vaccines. In the words of Rolling Stone magazine, this statement has spread in many team locker rooms. Apparently, Curry, he wouldn't believe the nonsense, but there are still about 50 people in the league who haven't been vaccinated right now, including Wiggins, who may believe it. Curry was certainly helpless, but how could he criticize Wiggins? Vaccinations are not an obligation, Wiggins for his faith, he is so tough, from Curry's point of view, in fact, he and his Warriors are very passive.
About Clay
Clay shared his recovery at the meeting: "I'm sliding well defensively right now, I can hit a lot of jumpers, but my reaction is not good because of the two-year truce, some rust. I expect to play full-court 5v5 in the next four weeks. Curry's attitude towards Clay's recovery is more cautious than the team," and in the words of the famous Spears, Curry wants Clay to take a little more rest, whether it is around Thanksgiving, or into December, or even Christmas, and he wants Clay to be patient and wait for the right time to play again.
Interestingly, Wiggins' friend Belitsa (the two had been teammates in the Timberwolves before, and now come to the Warriors to continue to be teammates) said to Wiggins in the tunnel: "You hurry up and get the vaccine!" Wiggins replied, "This group of people is really hard to do." Columnist Jason Pat analyzed that before Clay's return, and even after Clay's return, Wiggins will always be one of the warriors' most reliant players, no one can predict Klay's state, and need to wait for months. The most embarrassing thing is that now the Warriors have not exchanged Wiggins + quality chips for another star player to help Curry prepare, in other words, the Warriors are now pinning their hopes on Wiggins to change their minds, there is no way back, there is no substitute.