The Golden State Warriors suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was clearly unhappy with his team's overall performance, and one of the players that caught his ire was rookie James Wiseman.
Coach Kerr did not hold back in criticizing the Warriors' prized big man:
Kerr said James Wiseman is "trying to do too much" right now. "In the NBA, the game happens so fast that you just have to strip it down to, 'What can I be good at right now?'"
— Connor Letourneau (@Con_Chron) April 3, 2021
Wiseman finished Friday's blowout with 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting, to go along with five rebounds, two assists, a block, and three turnovers in 31 minutes of play. It wasn't a pretty performance from the young big man, but to be fair, the entire Warriors' side was horrible in this one.
Toronto cruised to victory, as they ended the game with a final score of 130-77. Yup, you read that right. No typo there. The lead was so big that you need to bring out calculators to compute it. The answer? 53 points. At one point, Golden State was down 60. This was a performance reminiscent of Golden State's league-worst 15-win campaign last term.
For the most part, however, Wiseman has been quite impressive for the Warriors. He's emerged as one of the most promising young big men in the NBA today, and he has played a key role for the Warriors this season. Nevertheless, as he implied above, Kerr believes that Wiseman has yet to find his true calling for the team just yet.
Wiseman is still just 20 years of age and he has a lot to learn in the game. This 53-point drubbing should serve as one hard lesson for him.
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