Andrew Wiggins is listed as out because of personal reasons for Tuesday night’s Warriors game in Washington.
Wiggins, a 2022 All-Star, missed two months of last season due to undisclosed personal reasons. It was reported that Wiggins’s father was dealing with medical issues.
The former Rookie of the Year winner missed 25 games last year, from mid-February through April before returning in the postseason.
Wiggins has struggled this season, averaging a career-low 12.7 points per game. He has looked more like himself in February, shooting 50.4% from the floor and 47.5% from 3. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr recently said that he thinks Wiggins is in better condition than he was earlier in the year.
Still, the Warriors have struggled to find a consistent second scorer next to Steph Curry, and Wiggins hasn’t emerged as a true candidate to fill that void.
Without Wiggins against the Wizards, Moses Moody — the former lottery pick who has fallen out of Golden State’s rotation — could see a bit more playing time. Lester Quinones and Gary Payton II remain ahead of Moody in the pecking order, though.
Golden State will be otherwise healthy to begin its four-game trip, with point guard Chris Paul playing in his first game since fracturing his hand in January.
It shouldn’t take a full squad for the Warriors to handle Washington, which is 9-48 — one win better than the worst record in the league — and just demoted Jordan Poole to the bench last week. The Wizards have lost 11 straight games entering Tuesday, the longest active losing streak in the NBA.
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