Andrew Wiggins

 the warriors should have traded this bum after the stunt he pulled last year. Then this year he shows up out of shape and refuses to play hard until he is benched and about to be traded. Then he miraculously starts to come around just before the trade deadline only to literally disappear once again when the Warriors are stupid enough to keep him knowing he cares nothing for the team, the game of basketball and only wants to collect a paycheck.

This is taking player empowerment to new lows. Give me load management over this any day. Kerr and the entire Warriors organization should be ashamed and embarrassed for setting this kind of precedent. Of course, they helped create the environment for this type of thing when they allowed Draymond to sabotage the team without impunity the last two years. These guys are the antithesis of “Heat Culture” and hopefully they get exactly what they deserve by the basketball gods. 

So, a player gets to leave the team for "personal reasons", keeps getting paid while missing TWENTY-FIVE games, and now he's doing it again this season and they'll still continue to pay him?

It’s a great job, if you can get it. I said last year that I’ve never seen anything like this in the NBA in all my life. Steve Kerr and the Warriors have taken player empowerment to a new level. Not only are all NBA contracts guaranteed but now you don’t even have to show up to get paid. Imagine what other players are thinking seeing this? Why use load management as an excuse not to play and get paid when you can just give some personal reason and disappear completely. 

Porn token.

What are the circumstances with his leave of absence. I’d love to know 

He has been dealing with mental health issues for the last two seasons. There were rumors floating around last year about his girl cheating on him with his friend, and his kid not being his. Who knows the validity of said rumors. Who knows if this latest incident is related to mental health.

Word in Toronto is that he found out his youngest daughter was never his and that the father was actually his childhood best friend. On top of that I think he found out the oldest daughter may not be his as well. That's apparently why he took that time off from last year. Maybe he's still dealing with everything. 

Also, his dad has some health issues so there could be something going on there.

I mentioned this. Those were the rumors in the Bay as well.

Dang 

Wiggins should donate his salary to Quinones, his replacement.