What we have realized about Warriors’ rotation by eight video games

The Warriors head coach Steve Kerr entered the training camp last month believing it would take him at least 20 games to solidify his rotation.

But after eight games this season, Kerr is already aiming for a rotation that he likes. Here are the great takeaways from Golden State’s lineups:

James Wiseman will soon be playing 30 minutes a night: The Warriors are keen to put Wiseman into a heavy workload, which is understandable given that he has only played three college games, hasn’t had a summer league, and missed the entire preseason due to a positive coronavirus test. But little more than half a dozen games in his NBA career, he’s clearly the Golden State franchise center.

Kerr realizes that the best way to learn is through experience and plans to play Wiseman for about 30 minutes a night in the near future. This will allow Wiseman, who currently takes an average of 21.3 minutes, to iron out inconsistencies in the blink of an eye and stabilize a center rotation that is without Marquese Chriss (broken leg) for the next several months.

Andrew Wiggins is the head of the second unit: Kerr has identified Wiggins, not Kelly Oubre Jr., as the first choice for the second unit. As Stephen Curry kicks off the second and fourth quarters, Wiggins is the undisputed leader of a group that includes Brad Wanamaker, Damion Lee, Eric Paschall and Kent Bazemore.

This has been a fruitful decision in the last few weeks as Wiggins is not only a proven goalscorer but also an experienced playmaker. By calling up a series of tall screens for Wiggins, Kerr let him showcase his skills as a presenter. On numerous occasions, Wiggins has curled up from a tall screen, drifting the color, pulling the defenses toward him, and stepping out to open archery.

Bazemore has proven to be an important part of wing rotation: Two weeks into his second term as Warriors, Bazemore has seen some ups and downs. After completing just 16 minutes in the first four games, he cracked the rotation in Friday’s loss to Portland, scoring eight points and two rebounds in 17 minutes.

Now, after three more solid appearances, Bazemore seems firmly entrenched as the seventh or eighth man of the Warriors. While not conspicuous, he is an accomplished wing that limits errors, holds multiple positions, and knocks down open 3-pointers. This kind of reliability is very much appreciated by a team with so many new players.

Paschall is undeclared as a small ball center: Sometimes injuries can be positive because they allow a player to show off a part of their game that they may not even know was there. After Chriss suffered a high right ankle sprain with a broken right fibula in training last month, Kerr started giving Paschall, who is 6 feet 6, minutes in the middle out of necessity.

Kerr found the new position ideally suited Paschall’s abilities. He has the power to guard tall men at the post, and his ability to shoot at goal and handle the ball make him a disproportionate standard for traditional attack centers. Kerr appears content with a central rotation of Wiseman, Kevon Looney and Paschall so that Golden State can’t take advantage of its $ 9.3 million disabled player exemption.

Jordan Poole is behind Mychal Mulder on the depth map: Much of the off-season conversation that came from Warriors’ camp focused on the behind-the-scenes steps of Poole, who was a successful shooter and playmaker towards the end of his rookie season. What few could have guessed, however, was that the appearance of Mulder would make it difficult for Poole to find a meaningful game time.

Mulder’s shooting ability – in eight games he has a 50% clip out of 3-point range at 2.5 attempts per game – provided the warriors with much-needed ground clearance. Despite showing promise on the floor, Poole is still not a reliable marksman or defender for granting a spot in the regular rotation.

Juan Toscano-Anderson will play meaningful minutes when he is available: Within a week Toscano-Anderson switched from cutting to power forward for the injured Draymond Green. Kerr was so impressed by Toscano-Anderson’s energy and feeling for the game that he has gone all out in the last few days to name Toscano-Anderson a true NBA player.

Although Toscano-Anderson doesn’t offer much offensively, he makes informed decisions, finds Curry off-screen, and plays tough on defense. That might be enough for Toscano-Anderson, whose two-way contract limits him to 50 out of 72 possible games, to keep his rotation slot when it’s available, and an average of 12 minutes a night.

Connor Letourneau covers The Warriors for The San Francisco Chronicle. Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Con_Chron