Also, to those who are saying he's inefficient, that's true... but he's a 19 year old rookie. On a bad team. 13 PER is actually very good given his age and rookie status. Especially when you consider he's already a good defensive player, and PER is bad at quantifying defense.
19 years old and on a bad team, so I'm not surprised if he puts up inefficient offensive numbers when I never really expected him to be an offensive force. I definitely see him becoming a great two-way player, though on offense he's probably better suited to be the Robin to someone else's Batman.
He's shooting 33% from 3 and getting to the line 4.7 time per game, which isn't bad. Yet his TS% is only .507. My guess is he's shooting to many long 2's. Bad system.
He was supposed to be a Lebron caliber prospect. I just can't find an example of a Lebron caliber prospect with a sub 14 PER.
I'm sure you (like me) realized he wasn't actually a LeBron-type prospect after watching some of his games in college. And that's fine. ESPN/SI/et al hyped the **** out of him, but by the team he was drafted I didn't personally believe in that level of hype anymore. He's currently on a team where he's being asked to do more on offense than he can do at an efficient level. Wolves are 22nd in PPG and are 25th in FG%, so he doesn't have a lot of guys he can rely upon to score. Quick look at his stats and it's clear he's shooting too many 16-24ft jumpers. Not sure whether that's scheme or him personally making bad choices (or both), but either way it's something that can be fixed. He could also stand to put on some weight obviously, and that will happen with time. Doing so could also make him an even better finisher. Will he be an all-time great like Lebron? No. But will he one day be in an MVP discussion? Maybe. I can't say for sure one way or the other.
Right now, he's good. He's been growing as a player on working on being consistent. I believe he'll be a great player. He has the tools to be a top 5 talent, just needs to work at it.
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I been curious about all these second generation NBAers Wiggins, Thompson, Thomas, Curry I wonder how much their dads helped them I think it is obvious that it did but wondering if the DADS should be sitting on someone's bench somewhere as a coach Rocket River
I think he'll settle closer to Deng than Orlando McGrady. Orlando McGrady was a 6'9" Russell Westbrook.
I don't ever remember Tmac playing as hard as WB. I think Tmac was a better passer and was more skilled, but Westbrook keeps attacking and going up for rebounds and just playing super aggressive.
Superstar in the making. The kid looks very coach-able and unselfish. As long as Wiggins doesn't get a career ending injury, he will be a superstar. His back court running mate Lavine will be good as well.
There are a lot more than that who were drafted and had dads with long NBA careers. (And Thomas doesn't belong on your list.) Here's some more famous ones who are under 30 Austin Rivers Glen Rice Jr Glenn Robinson Jr Patrick Ewing Jr Tim Hardaway Jr Gerald Henderson Jr Ronnie Brewer Jr John Lucas III And yes, some of the dads are coaches.
as long as flip saunders remains his coach, wiggins will never truly be elite. FS is horrible. part of wiggins's low efficiency is due to the wolves style of play
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Any comparison with LBJ is an unfair one. He was never projected to be of that caliber except by the most ignorant of fans. One very well respected NBA GM stated publicly that LBJ prior to coming out of high school would obviously be one of the top 5 NBA players in the league. He was and still is that good. If MVP voters were not trying to spread the wealth LBJ would have 10 MVP trophies on his mantle.
