Golden State Warriors star Andrew Wiggins has been under the limelight for quite some time now for reasons he has yet to reveal or confirm. The 28-year-old forward has not taken part in a single Warriors game since mid-February which has raised several suspicions among the NBA world. This prompted fans to draw assumptions about the reasons behind Wiggins’ absence. In response to the widely spread rumors, one of Wiggins’ Warriors teammates has now come forth in his defense in an attempt to shut down the gossip. However, fans weren’t pleased with the defense.
On February 13, Andrew Wiggins played against the Wizards before he abruptly took time off from the games. While the franchise has remained mum on the matter, it is being said that the basketball player is currently going through personal family issues that need his immediate attention.
Golden State Warriors star comes to the rescue
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Days after Andrew Wiggins‘ ‘disappearance’, a shocking rumor began circulating through the internet that spread like wildfire. Due to the continued silence from the 28-year-old, the speculation only got stronger with each passing minute. While the reports are yet to be confirmed, several fans believed that Wiggins’ ‘family issue’ had something to do with his girlfriend Mychal Johnson. Apparently, the 2022 All-Star discovered that Johnson was cheating on him with his best friend.
As the rumors began getting stronger, fellow Warriors player Draymond Green decided to fire back at fans for making baseless assumptions. In a recent episode of The Draymond Green Show, the 4x NBA All-Star couldn’t contain his frustration as he called out certain people for being ‘ridiculous’.
Draymond Green said, “The fact that a rumor about Andrew Wiggins…I don’t know if it’s true. I’m not here to confirm whether it’s true or not. I really don’t care, like it ain’t got nothing to do with me. You hear stuff like that and you care for like him and her, like and their children. So I care from that perspective. But whether what y’all said is true or not has no bearing on my life, nor does it have any bearing on your life.”
“Y’all are so thirsty to know what’s going on in someone’s life that that becomes the thing? He better have some cold hard evidence if you’re gonna make that a thing. And quite frankly, I’ve just seen people talking.”
Following Draymond Green’s small outburst, Twitterati were quick to respond to the 4x NBA champion with a few thoughts of their own.
NBA Twitter claps back at Green for backing Andrew Wiggins
Among the many responses, one fan tweet read, “Idk man. He didn?t say it wasn?t true.“
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Another user made his suspicions known via his comment that read, “Why did he say he’s not gonna confirm if its true or not?? That’s a very strange thing to say when it was already confirmed false.”?Below are a few more of the tweets.
Idk man. He didn’t say it wasn’t true👀
— K-Wilks🥴 (@asapaeom) March 21, 2023
@Money23Green doing damage control.
Note he didn't say "that wasn't it" he said "what if that wasn't it".
No issue though, that's what a teammate does to protect his other teammate from media scrutiny.
Should have just said, keep quiet on the sensitive matter 🤷🏿♂️.
— 🇺🇲 🇨🇦 Beta Ray Bill 🇬🇧 🇧🇷 (@RayBill2) March 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/LakersBetta/status/1638315753970585603?s=20
Draymond capitalizing again off his teammates low moment. If you know he don’t want anyone speaking on it why are YOU even speaking on it.
— Swish (@Swishcantmisss) March 21, 2023
https://twitter.com/LakeShowVictor/status/1638313060963065856?s=20
Fans were also quick to point out that by neither confirming nor denying it, Green has basically given more weight to the rumor. Additionally, they also countered by saying that while they understand the need for privacy, they would still like to know the reason behind the absence of one of the players at this crucial time for the Western Conference team.
I’m ngl watching this makes me believe that the rumor is true LMFAO
— Epictie (@TheRealEpictie) March 21, 2023
Yeah it’s no one’s buisness at all but we would like a sense of reasoning on why our second best player has been out for months
— jackbaylorlol (@jaybuckets90210) March 21, 2023
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I’m a fan of Wiggins but I don’t understand why he can’t say nothing about what’s going on! Ik it might be personal but his team is really struggling on the road without him but idk🤷🏽♂️
— THE GOAT (@C00K2023) March 22, 2023
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Interestingly, Green wasn’t the only individual to have commented on the Wiggins rumor. Several days ago, Wiggins’ girlfriend took to Twitter and dismissed the claims of her infidelity.
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