Andrew Wiggins: There's Not 100 Players Better Than Me

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Andrew Wiggins: There's Not 100 Players Better Than Me 

Post#1 » by RealGM Wiretap » Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:51 pm

Andrew Wiggins has had a disappointing pair of seasons after signing a five-year, $147.7 million max contract extension in 2017.


ESPN ranked Wiggins outside the top 100 of their annual rankings.


"I don't really look at that too much, top 100 or not top 100," Wiggins told ESPN on Thursday. "There's not 100 players better than me, so it doesn't matter what people think. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. My job is to come out here and hoop, and that's what I'm going to do."


Wiggins has played for four different coaches since entering the NBA.


"It's not an excuse to say it altered my play too much," Wiggins said. "Every coach is different, every coach has different playing styles, but no coach made me have a negative experience playing."


Wiggins would rather prove his worth on the court than in the media.


"Everyone is counting pockets. Some people are mad about [it], some people are happy for you," Wiggins told ESPN. "That's how the world goes, especially when you've got something they don't have or do something they don't do. That's how the world goes.


"Even when I averaged almost 24 points and got the max deal, people were still saying stuff," he added. "Look at max players and some max players don't average as much, but it is what it is. I'm just trying to get right, get back on track."

Via Eric Woodyard/ESPN

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Re: Andrew Wiggins: There's Not 100 Players Better Than Me 

Post#2 » by meekrab » Thu Oct 17, 2019 8:53 pm

True, there's like 300.
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Post#3 » by dice » Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:04 pm

meekrab wrote:True, there's like 300.

beat me to the punch

he might be correct if we're talking outside the nba

is wiggins the GOAT when it comes to stealing money?
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Re: Andrew Wiggins: There's Not 100 Players Better Than Me 

Post#4 » by LewisnotMiller » Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:16 pm

The quote from him about average points is telling. He's acting as if that is an objective measure of who is good.

Commentators stopped doing that 10 years ago. Basketball execs stopped a long time before that.
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Re: Andrew Wiggins: There's Not 100 Players Better Than Me 

Post#5 » by meekrab » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:20 pm

dice wrote:
meekrab wrote:True, there's like 300.

beat me to the punch

he might be correct if we're talking outside the nba

is wiggins the GOAT when it comes to stealing money?

You could argue Harrison Barnes and Chandler Parsons both got two outrageous contracts for being average players where Wiggins only got one so far. :dontknow:
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Post#6 » by mtcan » Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:33 pm

Yes there are, Andrew. :)
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Post#7 » by IAMZOOTED2 » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:30 pm

I wanna kick it with Wiggins. I'll be the contact high would be legit
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Re: Andrew Wiggins: There's Not 100 Players Better Than Me 

Post#8 » by swenjj » Fri Oct 18, 2019 2:23 am

meekrab wrote:
dice wrote:
meekrab wrote:True, there's like 300.

beat me to the punch

he might be correct if we're talking outside the nba

is wiggins the GOAT when it comes to stealing money?

You could argue Harrison Barnes and Chandler Parsons both got two outrageous contracts for being average players where Wiggins only got one so far. :dontknow:

I wish he was at least average
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Post#9 » by dice » Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:24 am

meekrab wrote:
dice wrote:
meekrab wrote:True, there's like 300.

beat me to the punch

he might be correct if we're talking outside the nba

is wiggins the GOAT when it comes to stealing money?

You could argue Harrison Barnes and Chandler Parsons both got two outrageous contracts for being average players where Wiggins only got one so far. :dontknow:

well, let's see...according to VORP, barnes has produced 7 wins for his teams thus far in his career. he will have earned 167 million dollars through his age 30 season

parsons: 32 wins, 127 mil through age 31. he used to be really good. so he's an afterthought in this convo

wiggins has COST his team 5 wins and is will have earned 171.5 mil through his age 27 season. basically a D-leaguer getting paid like he's lebron. ding, ding, ding! we have a winner
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Post#10 » by IAMZOOTED2 » Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:05 am

sorry lads, I was irie when I wrote the last comment. Since then Wiggs has gone on to lay another stinker versus Milwaukee. Now I'll grant you that the Bucks are the cat's arse right now, but Wiggs performance was off the charts awful. His contract is easily one of the worst out there and in history. The Wolves have got to find a way to get out from under that awful deal. Until they do, they aing going no where...
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Post#11 » by Vegeta10176 » Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:41 am

dice wrote:
meekrab wrote:
dice wrote:beat me to the punch

he might be correct if we're talking outside the nba

is wiggins the GOAT when it comes to stealing money?

You could argue Harrison Barnes and Chandler Parsons both got two outrageous contracts for being average players where Wiggins only got one so far. :dontknow:

well, let's see...according to VORP, barnes has produced 7 wins for his teams thus far in his career. he will have earned 167 million dollars through his age 30 season

parsons: 32 wins, 127 mil through age 31. he used to be really good. so he's an afterthought in this convo

wiggins has COST his team 5 wins and is will have earned 171.5 mil through his age 27 season. basically a D-leaguer getting paid like he's lebron. ding, ding, ding! we have a winner



They gave Wiggins the money same as all the other players.. So not angry at Wiggins at all for earning the money but the fact is he is not a top 100 player.. he doesn't get that scoring in an ineffienct manner and being poor on defence means your actually a net negative there are guys that are scoring 7 points and have more of a positive effect on their team.. Getting the shots Wiggins does not make you a top 100 player making the shots does... And at your age playing such **** defence is a joke.. To be fair this was all transparent before they gave him the max imagine they had maxed butler and let Wiggins walk.. They would be a much better team right now..
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Re: Andrew Wiggins: There's Not 100 Players Better Than Me 

Post#12 » by mplsfonz23 » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:27 pm

mtcan wrote:Yes there are, Andrew. :)


No....He meant there are not 100 players better than him on his TEAM.
Learn the facts.
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Post#13 » by Maf » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:29 pm

Wiggins is right. No way there is 100 players better! In Minnesota.
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Post#14 » by mtcan » Fri Oct 18, 2019 4:08 pm

mplsfonz23 wrote:
mtcan wrote:Yes there are, Andrew. :)


No....He meant there are not 100 players better than him on his TEAM.
Learn the facts.

That is a dumb thing to say then...we all know that a team doesn't have 100 players
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Post#15 » by mplsfonz23 » Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:08 pm

mtcan wrote:
mplsfonz23 wrote:
mtcan wrote:Yes there are, Andrew. :)


No....He meant there are not 100 players better than him on his TEAM.
Learn the facts.

That is a dumb thing to say then...we all know that a team doesn't have 100 players


You don't do sarcasm well huh? :roll:

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