The Warriors shared some positive news on Draymond Green and James Wiseman on Thursday, as Green was able to lift weights and sit in on the team’s film session, while Wiseman completed his first individual workout. Both players had been unable to participate in training camp so far, possibly due to positive coronavirus tests.
However, as Drew Shiller of NBC Sports Bay Area writes, head coach Steve Kerr confirmed that both players will miss Saturday’s preseason opener and added that it’s “very unlikely” that either Green or Wiseman will play at all during the preseason. The Warriors’ final two preseason games – both against Sacramento – will take place next Tuesday and Thursday.
Here’s more from around the Pacific:
- Kerr said this week that guard Mychal Mulder, who is on a non-guaranteed contract, has a “good chance” to make the Warriors‘ regular season roster, as Tommy Call III of Warriors Wire writes. “He’s a shooter. He’s a smart player at both ends,” Kerr said of Mulder. “We were really pleased with his play a year ago. We’re a team that’s not heavy on shooting as we know, especially with Klay (Thompson) going out. Mike just has to be himself and play hard and compete.”
- Lakers stars Anthony Davis and LeBron James won’t play in the team’s preseason opener on Friday, head coach Frank Vogel confirmed (Twitter link via Kyle Goon of The Southern California News Group).
- Paul George‘s $176MM contract extension with the Clippers is a precursor to the real referendum on the franchise, according to Dylan Hernandez of The Los Angeles Times, who says that Kawhi Leonard‘s willingness to re-up with the team in 2021 will determine whether or not these are still the same “Clippers of old.”
Not surprising about Davis and James after an arduous playoff run followed by a shortened off-season due to the Covid pandemic.
Have they announced when the trade deadline will be?
I can imagine that if LAC stumble out the gate we may be having the Harden convo about Kawhi in a couple months lol
Tentatively March 25, but it’s not official yet.
How is Wiseman expected to play that much when the season starts after he misses all of training camp? He will fall so far behind and be playing catchup more than actual minutes. He will just have to wait until Klay returns next season to make any real impact for the team.
What training camp. All teams deal with same thing. You really believe he’s not doing anything. All teams are going easy. 4 gms is not a preseason. They need him in rotation. So they know what they are doing. He’s gotta give them more than 20 mins a gm. Frankly I don’t get why they haven’t signed a vet C.