{"id":12202,"date":"2024-11-28T08:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=12202"},"modified":"2024-11-28T08:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T08:36:46","slug":"warriors-steve-kerr-opens-up-on-wonderful-andrew-wiggins-resurgence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=12202","title":{"rendered":"Warriors&#8217; Steve Kerr opens up on &#8216;wonderful&#8217; Andrew Wiggins resurgence"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">This is the version of Andrew Wiggins that the Warriors have sorely missed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Steve-Kerr-opens-up-on-wonderful-Andrew-Wiggins-resurgence.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Steve Kerr smiling at Warriors' Andrew Wiggins\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andrew Wiggins was as crucial as anyone not named Stephen Curry to the Golden State Warriors&#8217; championship run in 2022. But in the two seasons that followed, Wiggins&#8217; stock fell off a cliff. Not only did he deal with injuries and some personal matters, forcing him to miss a lot of games, he was also ineffective for most of that time. But the start of the 2024-25 season has shown that there may be plenty of gas left in Wiggins&#8217; tank.<\/p>\n<p>Entering the Warriors&#8217; Wednesday night clash against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Wiggins appears to be back in form \u2014 averaging 17.5 points per contest on 48\/41\/77 shooting splits \u2014 which is good for a true shooting percentage of 60.3, which would be a career-best.<\/p>\n<p>Given all the struggles Wiggins has had to endure to get to this point, the Warriors, particularly Steve Kerr, know that this resurgence from the 29-year-old forward is something to celebrate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the guy who helped us win a championship two years ago. It\u2019s been wonderful to see him in a really good place, mentally and physically playing at a high level, and enjoying himself. This is the Wiggs we all know and love,\u201d Kerr said, via Willard &amp; Dibs and 95.7 The Game.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, this is the version of Wiggins that the Warriors desperately need if they were to return to championship contention. Last season, in particular, was a nightmare for Wiggins, as the Dubs saw it fit to bring him off the bench for 12 games due to how inefficient he was being on the offensive end of the floor.<\/p>\n<p>But Wiggins has been, without a shadow of a doubt, much better for the Warriors this season, as it looks as though he has conquered whatever it is that has been bothering him over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Andrew Wiggins&#8217; resurgence has led to Warriors&#8217; revival<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Related Golden State Warriors NewsArticle continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Warriors-forward-Andrew-Wiggins-22-shoots.jpg\" alt=\"Warriors' Steve Kerr opens up on 'wonderful' Andrew Wiggins resurgence\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Wiggins has been phenomenal on both ends of the floor for the Warriors, and he has been one of the many reasons behind the Dubs&#8217; surge atop the Western Conference standings. He has given them a legitimate two-way wing who can create his own shot, and it is apparent in his body language that his joy for the game appears to be back in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>The only worry now is that some negative regression may be coming for Wiggins. But as long as he&#8217;s healthy and locked in, there&#8217;s no reason to doubt the staying power of his play to start the 2024-25 campaign.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the version of Andrew Wiggins that Steve Kerr and the Warriors have sorely missed, and they couldn&#8217;t be happier now that he&#8217;s back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[214,96],"class_list":["post-12202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-andrew-wiggins","tag-steve-kerr"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Warriors&#039; Steve Kerr opens up on &#039;wonderful&#039; Andrew Wiggins resurgence - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=12202\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warriors&#039; 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