Huwebes, Nobyembre 11, 2021

[Krawczynski] "What really bothered Wiggins, according to players who have kept in touch with him since he joined GS, was the perceived hypocrisy of it all...“That man held my daughter” Wiggins said with disdain to anyone who asked him about both his trade and his reaction to the firing of Rosas."

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As Wiggins approached the rim, Towns started to rise with him, giving some thought to contesting the dunk attempt. But the force may have surprised him. Towns wanted to see that fire from Wiggins, especially after Jimmy Butler’s exit, one that implicated both Towns and Wiggins as too soft around the league. Wiggins shrugged it off like he did everything else. Nothing got to him. Nothing bothered him, except for how things ended in Minnesota.

What really bothered Wiggins, according to players who have kept in touch with him since he joined Golden State, was the perceived hypocrisy of it all. One thing that Wiggins has always valued is family. It is everything to him. So when Rosas arrived and started to preach the importance of family to Wiggins, organized a trip to the Bahamas, met with Wiggins’ family, it resonated with him. At a Twins game during Rosas’ first summer on the job, he cradled Wiggins’ daughter in his arms and promised to build a relationship not just with Wiggins the player, but Wiggins the person.

Rosas preached the importance of staying together, of bonding and fighting even when they were undermanned. So when Rosas traded him, Wiggins didn’t flip out, because he never flips out. But he did find it funny, all that talk about family and togetherness only to see Rosas trade all but two of the players that took that Bahamas trip before Rosas’ tenure was even a year old. Then came Rosas’ unceremonious exit just before training camp, and it did not go unnoticed.

“That man held my daughter,” Wiggins said with disdain to anyone who asked him about both his trade and his reaction to the firing of Rosas.



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