KERR on Wiggins: “very calming presence…everybody loves Andrew”, “got on court w/ Jama”; day-by-day
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
ON SEEING ANDREW WIGGINS BACK AT CHASE CENTER:
“It was great to see Andrew today. You know, we've missed him for the last couple of months. Obviously, on the court, but just his presence in the locker room and the training room. He's just got a very calming presence, in general. Everyone loves Andrew and just having him back is fantastic. So we're all very happy that he's here.”
ON IF HE WAS ABLE TO DO ANY COURT WORK TODAY:
“He got on the court with Jama (Mahlalela). He went through some work with Rick Celebrini (VP, Player Health and Performance) in the training room so they were able to kind of get a look at where he is and he got some shots up and I think he was on the bike so we'll just take it day-by-day from here.”
ON POSSIBLE TIMELINE FOR ANDREW WIGGINS RETURN TO GAME ACTION:
“I don't know. We'll just kind of see. I think we'll have a better idea in the next couple of days. What this means and when he would be able to play, and if so, you know how many minutes and all that stuff, but we haven't even had those conversations yet.”
ON IF ANDREW WIGGINS COULD POTENTIALLY PLAY THIS WEEKEND:
“What day is it? Every day is Wednesday in the NBA. There is no way he’s playing in the next few days, I can tell you that, but I think, once we have an assessment over the next couple of days, we'll have a better idea of when he might be able to play.”
ON ANDREW WIGGINS’ BEING IN CONTACT WITH THE TEAM ABOUT STAYING IN SHAPE:
“No, I mean we've been in contact with him the last couple of months and we offered to send someone out to work with them and he preferred just to work on his own which was fine and, so we weren't monitoring him and his workouts we were giving him his space as everyone here knows. But he was working out on his own and now that he's back, he'll be with our group. Great to get him back with his teammates.”
ON THE TEAM’S PLAYOFF EXPECTATIONS:
“Well, we have to get into the postseason before we can have any expectations. So right now our focus is on tonight, playing against Oklahoma City. They're a really good young team. Very important game for us. We're right in the thick of everything in the playoff race, but we're not home yet. So we will just keep focusing and taking it one day at a time.”
ON REACCLIMATING ANDREW WIGGINS BACK INTO THE ROTATION:
“We will have to do some adjusting, but it's not rocket science, you know? I mean, we sit around a table and talk about what the rotations might look like and look at the rotation numbers, look at the combinations that we've been putting out there, which ones have been working well, which ones haven't look at the ones with Andrew in them. And then try to figure out within the context of how much he might be able to play, where we can fit him in, and how best to fit them in. So all those are conversations, but there's only so much you can talk about. It's all part of what we do.”
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