OT: Andrew Wiggins Discussion Thread

Throwback24 · Post #41 » by **Throwback24** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:52 pm

FluLikeSymptoms wrote:
Throwback24 wrote:He will never be in the same convo as LBJ or Durant.

Until he's guarding them next year and they make a point of destroying him

It'll be like Oden, when the NBA put him up against all the best Cs in the first couple weeks. Or at least they wanted to before he got hurt in game 1 vs. the Lakers.

I feel bad for him because I'm actually quite bull-ish on him too but **** these guys re setting him up for failure. I just hope the team that drafts him has a competent coaching staff and suitable system otherwise it may turn ugly.

Waylon Mercy · Post #42 » by **Waylon Mercy** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 6:43 am

That moment when Andrew Wiggins surpasses Curling

Post #43 » by **5DOM** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:02 pm

These should be on CBC

whysoserious · Post #44 » by **whysoserious** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 12:16 pm

I get that this could be setting up Wiggings for failure but stars rise above that and if he's meant to be a star, he will rise above it. I don't like him being compared to LBJ though. They should just promote him as a potential star, the top player in his class and a Canadian.

Regardless of it being on TSN2 as well, this is pretty damn significant in terms of development of Basketball in Canada. I mean you have a national sports network now airing college basketball, highlighting a Canadian kid to the entire country. No matter how he does, another generation of kids could be hooked on basketball by this. I've also noticed since Bell/Rogers bought the Leafs/Raptors, that Raptors promos have been making their way on to some of the other networks as well. I've never seen as many Raptors commercials, quality commercials hyping the team on CityTV.

As much as I'm still uncertain about the Bell/Rogers partnership, the access the Raptors have to get promotion on other networks is hughe now.

This could be the beginning of a lot of things lining up for the Raptors over the next decade or so.

JN · Post #45 » by JN » Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:20 pm

Damn, I wish he had gone to syracuse and been able to see all their games.

duppyy · Post #46 » by **duppyy** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:46 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERJVt0PsMw#t=48[/youtube]

ruckus · Post #47 » by **ruckus** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:49 pm

On a side note, has anyone been able to source a place to buy Wiggins jerseys from? The Jayhawks store doesn't ship jerseys internationally.

arbsn · Post #48 » by **arbsn** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 2:18 pm

I LOVE YOU TSN

You have officially gone from "Damn TSN, The Score is better than you" to "TSN poos and wipes it all over Sportsnets face, Sportsnet takes the poo mixes the Poo in with The Score, puts it in a wood oven fire and creates Sportsnet 360"

IMAN5 · Post #49 » by **IMAN5** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:06 pm

this is awesome news.

ThereIsNoSpork · Post #50 » by **ThereIsNoSpork** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:11 pm

That's awesome

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Ackshun · Post #51 » by **Ackshun** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:23 pm

Brutal I just cancelled my $hitty CANADIAN cable to stream Verizon out of Philly. One of the rationales behind it was...college ball.

Now I dont get tsn or tsn2 and this happens. They should make a ballstreams for top NCAA teams

J-Roc · Post #52 » by **J-Roc** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:46 pm

Is this the official Wiggins thread? I'm watching Global National news and the top story today is the disgraced cyclist, Ryder Hesjedal. But second story was Andrew Wiggins first game with Kansas, with a full report by senior reporter Eric Sorensen, who traveled for the game. That's pretty serious stuff for a basketball story. And if that represents how non basketball media will follow Wiggins this season, that's just insanely cool.

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macro6 · Post #53 » by **macro6** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:41 am

anyone have full clips of wiggins 1st exhibition game?

MonkeyBallZJr · Post #54 » by **MonkeyBallZJr** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:06 pm

^ enjoy

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3kO1FvnJeI[/youtube]

Komodo · Post #55 » by **Komodo** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:23 pm

Thx for the highlights. In general, I hate when anything is overhyped. Then you over-analyze and scrutinize and it rarely lives up to expectations. It's still way too early, but what I'll be looking for us what mold does Wiggins fit in? Can he create for himself? For others? Athletic opportunistic scorer? Are most of his buckets assisted or can u just give him the ball and he can get off his own shot or create for orhers? Defender? 3 pt shooter? Etc. What's his demeanor like? Does he have that Rudy Gay-like laid back persona or more of an Oladipo-like drive? Hard to live up to that hype, but we'll see. I've said this before, but my immediate reaction is: underwhelmed. People will take offense to that because he's Canadian but whatever. Very interested to see how he does.

Young Buck · Post #56 » by **Young Buck** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:59 pm

cant wait for kansas season to start!!

fredericklove · Post #57 » by **fredericklove** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:00 pm

MonkeyBallZJr wrote:^ enjoy

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3kO1FvnJeI[/youtube]

awesome man.

/thank you for the clip.

carl_english · Post #58 » by **carl_english** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:02 pm

MonkeyBallZJr wrote:^ enjoy

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3kO1FvnJeI[/youtube]

I was wondering where this was

Dr Positivity · Post #59 » by **Dr Positivity** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:08 pm

That looked a lot like Rudy

fredericklove · Post #60 » by **fredericklove** » Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:16 pm

There's been mentioned of him looking like Rudy, such as poster above, and from some mock drafts, I find that as a false assumption. Wiggin's main goal is to find ways to attack off the dribble right to the rim getting bucket and drawing contact, w/ that ability he's going to get to the line a lot. Rudy looks to do as much dribbling as possible to create separation for that mid-range jumper, and rarely goes to interior in aggressive fashion. Their game and approach are entirely different, that I can tell you.