[DeanOnDraft.com] Wiggins: An Ordinary Player in an Extraordinary Body

Only confirms what in person scouting can see. Lack of handles, lack of elite half court skills. Mostly garbage points on offense on dunks, tip ins.

All athleticism and "potential" at this moment.

 

His stock does seem to be dropping, it will be interesting to see if he decides to stay another year because I think he's one of the players that could actually use it.

 

Very doubtful. He's still a lock for Top 5 (most likely Top 3), and he's already openly said he intends to be a 1-and-done. A lot would have to go wrong for him to stay another year, which I doubt happens.

 

Wiggins has probably already stopped attending class. No need to be eligible beyond this semester.

Parker is my number 1 pick if I'm making it today. Of everybody else I'm starting to think only Dante Exum if he goes nuts internationally could sway my vote. I've seen enough Wiggins and Embid to judge.

 

Wiggins and Exum are tweeners. Wiggins is a 3 in a 2's body, while Exum is a 1/2 tweener. Wiggins = better version of Gerald Green. Exum should go to college.

Jabari Parker and Marcus Smart have great size for their positions. Jabari = Melo/Paul Pierce. Smart = Baron Davis(bad shooter, but great all-around numbers).

 

Bad call about Exum, trust me when I say he is a one, he is a one nothing about him being a tweener.

 

Exum is the real deal man. These guys don't know Addias game 2 years ago. I know a star when I see one.. He's the one.

 

Exum should be #1 atm. Lots of experience for his age, great size and crossover.

Embiid has crazy upside but is far away from being NBA ready, has games where he really struggles with bad fouls and turnovers. Staying in College for one more year would do wonders for him.

Jabari seems really solid and is the most nba ready guy of this bunch, will contribute the Moment he steps on the floor. Great scorer and developed allround game.

Wiggins...kinda split about him. Has all the tools to be a dominant force on both ends. Defense is already great, shot looks solid and will improve with time. Has huge range on it. Don't really agree with this article, he really plays within the system and puts team above individual accolades. Seems like a great teammate and shows the right spirit.
Don't see any reason why he should be in the Marvin Williams, Thad Young or Green mold. Better allround game than any of these guys. Especially the Thad comparison seems really off to me, Wiggins is a true wing body- and skill-wise. Thad is a really good and versatile, but undersized 4.

 

Exum has already balled out against elite college competition. There is a reason he seems to be a lock in the top 5 despite his supposed inexperience.

You'd have to take Parker at this point. Very refined skillset, Wiggins already is tremendous defensively but is getting by on pure athleticism, very raw offensively and still has a long way to go to being the massive gamechanger that he was hyped as in HS.

Randle from the games I've watched definitely reminds me of Randolph, dude is a manchild already. but if you've got a top 5 pick in this draft, pretty hard to be disappointed.

 

I can also add from playing against him he is the ultimate professional and by all accounts a really good guy, not into any trouble off the court

 

It's pretty important for him to go #1 though and that's not happening with this class.

He's just so raw offensively that he could use it...although I guess whichever team drafts him are going to let him experiment on offense (Rocket fans remember Trevor Ariza...yeah like that.)

I know it is doubtful though.

 

1/2 "tweeners" are called combo guards. They have 0 problems in the NBA even when they don't have an ounce of court vision. Exum supposedly has good vision for a scoring PG.

 

Wiggins is not an elite defender. He misses rotations and is rarely in defensive stance. Wiggins being a good defender is very much a myth right now. Statistically, he has very poor steal rate, blocking rate, and only average rebounding rate for a SF. In addition, his defensive rating is very very mediocre compared to other NBA SF prospects. Statistics is not Wiggins' friend; there are few stats that can justify Wiggins' position right now.

 

MKG with a better jump shot....

Not a franchise player caliber talent.

 

Overall many great prospects in the 2014 draft. I have no clue about how well these players will do in the NBA. However off the charts physical ability overall seems like the best predictor of NBA success.

 

Doesn't this just prove how good of a defender he is? Watch him, yes he makes mistakes but everyone does what sets him apart is his ability to not continually get blown past as he has amazing recovery to moves forcing college level players to either have counters or just hope a jumps hot goes in. He is almost underrated now on Internet forums

 

Good sir you have mastered the art of the humble brag

 

Wiggins reminds me of Harrison Barnes.

 

Still highly overrated. This show his defensive potential. It doesn't make him an ace defender.