rugbyrugger23 wrote:Also, if you don't take that sentence out of context, it was from a thread about trading for Irving (if I remember correctly). And I said Middleton is my target -- more so than Irving.
Middleton and Wiggins have closer value than Wolves board will admit. But to say once again Wiggins > Middleton.
Since Wiggins is not getting traded (outside of RGM discussion) I will hold out hope he can improve, change his stripes, and accept his 3rd fiddle role. If he can be more Butler and less Rudy Gay, Wolves will have a juggernaut of a team in the West.
It's not just the Wolves board that values Wiggins higher, it's every board. There's doubters everywhere, but the majority clearly values Wiggins higher. So you are lacking objectivity, not everyone else.
21 year olds almost always improve their outside shooting.
21 year olds almost always improve their defense.
21 year olds almost always get bigger and stronger and add some muscle mass.
21 year olds almost always figure out complex team play better as they get older.
Wiggins will very very likely become better defensively and shoot better, and Middleton is in his prime as a very good #4 option while Wiggins was a below average #2 option 4 years away from his prime.
And one last thing that I forgot to mention in my last post, Wiggins will now be guarded by SGs instead of SFs and he's already shown an ability to post up SGs efficiently. It's not just his defense that should look better switching to SG even if he doesn't improve, his offense is also better suited vs smaller SGs.
I agree that on the court Middleton is better this second. I do not agree that Wiggins won't improve significantly from age 21 to age 22 (yes yes his birthday was October 29th that's not really relevant).
