SFGATE columnist Alex Siquig on what the Dubs need from their fifth-best player vs. Memphis.
Wiggins? He can score. It isn’t always pretty or efficient, but he can score. That’s his thing, before it wasn’t. But the talking point that accompanied the trade has always been heard loud and clear: Don’t worry, Authentic Fans, we only brought him here to be a complementary player, not a star.
No matter — the rest of this series is clearly the most that’s ever been asked of Wiggins as an NBA player. He might be Golden State's fifth-best player, but he's also the exact guy on the roster who can maximize the most out of his sometimes slumbering potential . He possesses a dangerous enough array of tricks as a fourth option on offense to punish an aggressive Grizzlies defense that is dedicated to smothering even the struggling versions of Curry, Thompson and Poole.
The Bay Area desperately wants to love Wiggins. He’s, at the moment, one of us, and he’s shown us, sporadically but clearly, his value. He’s proven he can consistently affect the outcome of tight games and force big moments on the margins. It’s not exactly a problem with his motor, though it often feels that way for long stretches. The effort is naked for the world to see. The hustle, the dunks down the gullet, taking it up a notch on defense. His rebounding in the playoffs has been incredible.
Wiggins came to the bay with baggage, but amazingly still has the chance to leave with hardware. But first, the upstarts who OK Boomer-ed the Warriors in Game 2 have to be put down. And so, this is the critical juncture in which Wiggins must elegantly fuse his two disparate trajectories, gritty workhorse and explosive hunter of buckets.
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