Andrew Wiggins returned to the Warriors’ practice facility on Tuesday after a week-long absence last week for family matters.
What was seen in the video posted by ESPN The Athletic’s Shams Charania Initially, the team expected him to return and reported that he was on his way to the Bay Area.
Wiggins, who missed the team’s last four games, is scheduled to play Wednesday night when the Warriors host the Bucks, head coach Steve Kerr told reporters. The Athletic reported.
Video of the Warriors’ practice on Tuesday showed the 29-year-old Wiggins working on a corner 3-point shot with two members of Golden State’s coaching staff.
Wiggins was not in the lineup when the Warriors suffered a 140-88 loss to the Celtics on Sunday night, but Golden State had won the previous three games in Wiggins’ absence.
The Warriors asked Moses Moody to start in Wiggins’ absence, and he filled in admirably.
When Wiggins returns to the court, he will likely return to the starting small forward role.
On Thursday, Danny Green spoke in an interview about the balance between Wiggins’ absence and being sensitive to people’s personal lives. 95.7 San Francisco Game.
“I think there’s a lot of people who don’t know what’s going on,” Green said in an interview last week. “With Kawhi Leonard [in San Antonio] I didn’t want to pry about his injury if he didn’t want to tell me. But as a team, it’s tough because you have to act as a go-between to answer someone’s questions. You’ll have a lot of questions, and you might get distracted.
“But you never know, so we have to act with sensitivity and empathy. We hope the fans continue to protect Wiggins.”
Golden State is in 10th place heading into Tuesday’s game and is struggling to move up in the Western Conference standings.
With an 11-3 record in their last 14 games, the Warriors found themselves within reach of making it past the play-in round.
