The 2022-23 season has been an enormous wrestle for the Golden State Warriors, and one of many largest causes for that’s accidents.
The defending NBA champions have been with out Stephen Curry for prolonged intervals as a result of a number of accidents, whereas ahead Andrew Wiggins missed a few month of motion earlier within the season.
Moreover, veteran Andre Iguodala did not make his season debut till early January as a result of a hip harm.
He solely performed three video games, then he was out till March 5, and simply when it appeared like he was going to get loads of enjoying time sooner or later, he injured his wrist on the March 13.
The workforce introduced that Iguodala had efficiently operated on his injured wrist and could be reassessed in 4 weeks.
André Iguodala harm replace: pic.twitter.com/QULAnuTL3h
— PR Warriors (@WarriorsPR) March 22, 2023
Golden State first acquired Iguodala in the summertime of 2013, and it rapidly helped him win three world titles in 4 years starting in his second season with the workforce.
He left the Warriors in 2019, however returned within the 2021 offseason, and whereas he did not play a ton final season, he was instrumental of their fourth Curry-era championship.
Iguodala is not precisely the identical participant he was when he was youthful, however his expertise, protection and facilitation expertise are proving invaluable come playoff time.
As issues stand, it seems to be just like the soonest he might return could be the primary spherical of this yr’s playoffs — if the Warriors make the playoffs to start with.
They presently sit in sixth place within the Western Convention, however they’re solely half a sport forward of the seventh-placed Dallas Mavericks and ending sixth or larger would permit them to bypass the play-in event and make the playoffs.
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