Despite having fun with the perfect season of his profession, which included his first All-Star choice and a NBA championship, Golden State Warriors ahead Andrew Wiggins continues to be lamenting his choice to get vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
“I still wish I didn’t get [vaccinated], to be honest with you,” Wiggins informed FanSided earlier this week. He expressed an analogous sentiment earlier than the season started.
For components of the season, native guidelines in San Francisco—like New York City—prohibited unvaccinated individuals from taking part in indoor occasions, like skilled basketball video games.
Unlike Nets enigma Kyrie Irving, who solely performed 29 video games within the 2021-22 season due to his vaccination standing, Wiggins was inoculated earlier than the season started after the NBA denied his non secular exemption software.
“I did it, and I was an All-Star this year and champion, so that was the good part, just not missing out on the year, the best year of my career,” Wiggins mentioned. “But for my body, I just don’t like putting all that stuff in my body, so I didn’t like that and I didn’t like that it wasn’t my choice. I didn’t like that it was either get this or don’t play.”
After reducing his threat for catching the possibly lethal virus, Wiggins posted 17.2 factors per sport whereas averaging nearly 32 minutes an evening. During the NBA Finals, he put up 17 factors and 16 rebounds and 26 factors and 13 rebounds in back-to-back video games in opposition to the Boston Celtics.
Still, Wiggins, 27, mentioned he desires to stay with the Warriors and doubtlessly even signal a contract extension earlier than subsequent season.
“Being here, this is top-notch. The way they treat the players … we’re all one big family. I feel like a lot of places may say that, but they show it through their actions,” Wiggins mentioned final month.
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