https://theathletic.com/2444384/2021/03/...-clippers/
Players who remained in the Bay Area during the All-Star break were given a morning window and night window. They needed to show up at the team’s facility during one of the two for a league-mandated daily COVID-19 test. James Wiseman, mentally taxed after a stressful end to the first half of his rookie season, didn’t appear on Friday or Saturday.
“He just forgot,” Steve Kerr said.
“Completely forgot about the first two days,” Wiseman said. “Tested the last two days. But I’m human. I made a huge mistake.”
Kerr planned to implement a pretty substantial rotational tweak in the second half. Wiseman was a candidate to take back his starting spot and be a key cog in a new second unit that now includes Nico Mannion and Jordan Poole. That’s a three-man lineup combination that’ll be an important part of the next couple of months but has very little court time together.
If Kerr had just handed Wiseman a starting job and an increased 20-minute per night role (as planned) right after that error in professional responsibilities, would that go over well in an older locker room that was already about to see two veterans (Brad Wanamaker and Damion Lee) lose their rotation role for Mannion and Poole? Did Kerr overdo it by completely benching him on national television?
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It was a long article. Wiseman missed a test and Kerr benched him for it. GSW were looking to increase his role and get him back to starting. That didn't happen because of a mental mistake. I think KP forgot a test as well in the bubble...
Players who remained in the Bay Area during the All-Star break were given a morning window and night window. They needed to show up at the team’s facility during one of the two for a league-mandated daily COVID-19 test. James Wiseman, mentally taxed after a stressful end to the first half of his rookie season, didn’t appear on Friday or Saturday.
“He just forgot,” Steve Kerr said.
“Completely forgot about the first two days,” Wiseman said. “Tested the last two days. But I’m human. I made a huge mistake.”
Kerr planned to implement a pretty substantial rotational tweak in the second half. Wiseman was a candidate to take back his starting spot and be a key cog in a new second unit that now includes Nico Mannion and Jordan Poole. That’s a three-man lineup combination that’ll be an important part of the next couple of months but has very little court time together.
If Kerr had just handed Wiseman a starting job and an increased 20-minute per night role (as planned) right after that error in professional responsibilities, would that go over well in an older locker room that was already about to see two veterans (Brad Wanamaker and Damion Lee) lose their rotation role for Mannion and Poole? Did Kerr overdo it by completely benching him on national television?
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It was a long article. Wiseman missed a test and Kerr benched him for it. GSW were looking to increase his role and get him back to starting. That didn't happen because of a mental mistake. I think KP forgot a test as well in the bubble...