Golden State Warriors forward Andrew Wiggins will be taking a break from the team this season due to an undisclosed personal matter, coach Steve Kerr revealed on Thursday.
Wiggins missed the Warriors’ Tuesday win over the Washington Wizards and was also ruled out of Thursday’s road matchup against the New York Knicks. Amid growing speculation over Wiggins’s season availability, Kerr said the team is unsure when the one-time All-Star will return as Wiggins is reportedly dealing with a personal matter.
“We’re in a position where Wiggs is a private person and he’s asked to keep it private and we’re gonna honor that,” Kerr said on Bay Area radio station 95.7 The Game. “So it doesn’t help for me to sit here and try to explain any of that. The bottom line is we respect Wiggs, we need him and we fully expect him back, but we just don’t know when that will be.”
